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So this ProRAW is different from the usual RAW I hear professionals use?!

25MB for a picture that looks the same as a 250KB one, much respect to the compressor inventors.
 
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So this ProRAW is different from the usual RAW I hear professionals use?!

25MB for a picture that looks the same as a 250KB one, much respect to the compressor inventors.
Technically the same in that it’s RAW data from the CCD. They just add non-destructive adjustments to the file.
 
The problem with RAW for non-Pro’s is that it DOES give you control, BUT, since Apple’s AI isn’t applied, you get a pic that looks worse than what you take with HEIC. You can MAKE it look better if you know how to, but most don’t. So, Apple captures RAW and then, in real-time applies the same kind of adjustments someone who KNOWS what they’re doing would do. So, you get a good looking pic BUT if you want to go deep and mess around at the RAW data level, you can do that.


I know someone that uses it all the time now just because there’s that one grandkid that always wants to hide once they know the shutter’s ready to snap. She showed me a pic she had taken saying that “my granddaughter always ducks”. I showed her the Live Photo feature and she captured the moment BEFORE her grandkid hid her face :)
Wouldn't it just add a profile to the RAW image like normal, storing both the raw data and the metadata (automatic adjustments), then, allowing the pros to readjust as they see fit?
 
Wouldn't it just add a profile to the RAW image like normal, storing both the raw data and the metadata (automatic adjustments), then, allowing the pros to readjust as they see fit?
Assuming Apple’s image pipeline data is the metadata, then that’s what Apple does.
 
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