re: #69 CuriousLurker

I use Picasa for image management, and it does most of the edits for posting online - I do very little except minor adjustments and cropping. WYSIWYG. I use Canon’s photo editor for manipulating on RAW files (CR2). They have a picture styles system that lets you “overlay” the style on the photo taken in CR2, so you can do stuff like twilight, portraits, landscapes, etc. Can be pretty useful.

Many cameras now have a RAW format and with memory costs dropping, it’s not a big deal to shoot exclusively in RAW, but the limitation becomes handling it on the back end - what kind of processing you’re willing to do for publishing.

Canon’s DSLRs will let you shoot CR2 and JPG at the same time in certain modes, so that’s a help if you want a lossless image plus the JPG for quick publication online.