iCreate - UK (2021-07)

Shooting in RAW enables you to reveal more

shadow detail while keeping noiseat bay

Find the right format

for your shots

Shoot and edit in an iPhone image format that suits your

photography needs

T

he iPhone 1 2 Pro and 1 2 Pro Max enable

you to shoot photos in a wide range

of image formats – HEIF, JPG and

AppleProRAW. But which format should you be

using? If storage space is an issue then a 2 MB

High Efficiency Image Format photo will take

up 90% less space than a chunky 20 MB Apple

Pro RAW snap! To share a shot on social media,

then a 3 MB .JPG file is a good compromise as it

has more information to work with than an HEIF

file but it’s lighter than a ProRAW file. However

if you need more quality and control in the edit

stage then ProRAW enables you to use Photos

to reveal missing colour and detail.

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Develop RAW shots

Enjoy the extra benefits of the RAW format

Digital Negatives
Apple ProRAW files are saved as
.DNG (digital negative) files. This is
a universal RAW format created by
Adobe. If you don’t have an iPhone
12 Pro (or Pro Max) then you can still
shoot RAW files using apps such as
Firstlight and Halide. The Photos app
will recognise these RAW files and give
you more editing options.

Knowledge base

Photos

Developer

Apple Inc

Difficulty

Time

needed

Working with RAW files

If you save space by storing your original files in the iCloud,

then Photos will need to download a full version of a file

before you can edit it. To edit an Apple ProRAW file in a

third-party app, hold down alt and drag the thumbnail to

the desktop.

Look for the label
If you capture a shot on your iPhone as
an Apple ProRAW file then you’ll see
a RAW label on the shot in both the
iOS and macOS versions of Photos.
Shots without a label will be either
compressed .JPG or .HEIC files.

Info

If you click the ‘i’ icon you

can summon theinfo

panel. This will tell you if

a shot has been captured

in RAW or .JPEG format.

A RAW file will give you

better looking results

during the edit.Youcan

then share it as a .JPG for

exporting to the web.

Extra tools

When working with a RAW file you have extra

noise reduction tools. You can easily reduce nasty

specs of Colour noise without losing important

image detail. The Luminance noise slider helps you

get a balance between smoothing noise caused by

a high ISO setting while preserving key details.