AVT 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shutter Speed, Pixel, Exif

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Art and Visual Technology
• Course: AVT 252
• Professor: Rahshia Linendoll- Sawyer

Document Summary

Biggest advantage - can compress image data. Do not edit jpeg images in photo-editing programs to minimize data loss. Stores extra data as metadata with the image file. Metadata stores shutter speed, aperture, and other capture settings. If the original file is opened and resaved inside a photo editing program, the metadata may be stripped from the file. Always work on a copy of the original image file. Is the choice for bringing images into publishing programs. Does not compress as much as jpeg. Choose when picture quality is more important than file size. Can be opened in both mac and pc environments. Does not include any in-camera processing features. Provides a truer version of the scene in front of the camera. Many photo editing programs can not open raw files without plug-ins. Many programs can not import the raw file format. Each (cid:373)a(cid:374)ufacturer"s versio(cid:374) of raw is differe(cid:374)t.