Raw file conversion

[jerrysdean43]

I am a little confused on how raw converters work.

If I import raw fuji files from an sd card with Capture one into a session I assume that Capture One converts the raw file with it’s raw conversion process.

If I then open the imported file with Nitro is Nitro using the already converted raw file that Capture One converted or does it change it with it’s own raw conversion process?

If I used finder or image capture to transfer the raw files from the sd card and then open them in Nitro will they be different from the images imported with Capture One?

Thank you.

[Nik Bhatt]

There are two ways to process a RAW image. One is to “develop it.” This is what Photoshop and Affinity Photo do. They take the RAW, give you some sliders and then the result is a new file (e.g., a TIFF) or a layer. You don’t go back to the RAW again.

The other way is what RAW Power, Nitro, C1, Lightroom, etc. all do. They decode the image when needed and you can adjust the RAW decoding at any point. If you decode with C1, unless you export a file (again, like a TIFF or a JPEG), there is nothing to give to Nitro, except the RAW file. And if it gets the RAW, Nitro will decode it (differently from C1). There is no way to convert a RAW, and then somehow keep it in a RAW format. It has to be converted into another format (as a new file), or decoded on the fly as Nitro and C1 do.

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