Question Concerning Lightroom and Photostacking - JPG Vs. RAW

[CrazyChef]

So I'm curious... I've been delving a bit into macro photostacking. If I shoot in RAW mode, will I still get the benefits of shooting in RAW after the photos are stacked? Or am I better (or at least not worse) off using JPG mode for speed?

Thanks!

 

[Ysarex]

So I'm curious... I've been delving a bit into macro photostacking. If I shoot in RAW mode, will I still get the benefits of shooting in RAW after the photos are stacked? Or am I better (or at least not worse) off using JPG mode for speed?

Thanks!

I assume you're talking about focus stacking: Working with raw files would then still yield all the benefits of raw over JPEG. Speed? What if the JPEGs require correction?

Joe

 

[BrentC]

Use RAW. Adjust your images before you stack. Just pick one image and do your adjustments then copy that to the other images. When I stack them I end up with a TIFF file which is still great for editing and do my final minor adjustments.

 

[CrazyChef]

Just pick one image and do your adjustments then copy that to the other images.

Awesome idea - Thanks!!!