Black and white pictures and raw format

I started to use raw format. however, when i shoot pictures in black and white and download them to bridge, they get converted to color pioctures. Does anybody know why and what to do about this?

In addition to this,
Raw is Raw, meaning it captures all the data your sensor was capable of. It creates also a jpeg preview extracted in camera from this Raw file to show at your camera viewer and as thumbnails on your computer.
You need a Raw converter to translate the Raw data to a picture in RGB (demosaicing they call this process).
And every setting you choose in camera for shooting is just added as metadata like all Raw settings in the Raw converter are added as metadata to reflect the changes you have made. If you want you can delete those data and start all over again with the original file because this stays as it was taken when shot, regardless all earlier applied settings.
Bridge uses Adobe Camera Raw for converting (demosaicing) the files and has it own code like others have their way of converting. It is possible that the vendor software delivered with your camera is capable of showing the in camera settings right away but then like Curt already stated it is just a reflection of your settings, the original is still the color image you have shot.
There are lots of ways (and far better then in camera setting) to convert your color image to black and white. Just start a google search for some video tutorials and choose the one you like best for your workflow.

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Hi! i took black and white pictures in RAW, but in Lightroom i see these only in color. what to do? thank you

hi! i took black and white pictures in RAW, but in Lightroom i see these only in color. what to do? thank you

You may want to read this I imported a mix of color and black and white raw files but lightroom changed all the black and white file to color?
The Black and white you see is just the cameras representation of the "raw" pixel information straight from the sensor. The RAW file format has yet to undergo demosaicing, and so it contains just one red, green, or blue value at each pixel location.
Lightroom, or any other RAW processor, doesn't recognize the in-camera processing because it is unique to the camera.

I have a nikon 3200 and i took pictures in raw format and now want to change to jpeg format

i have a nikon 3200 and i took pictures in raw format and now want to change to jpeg format

Bridge is just a file browser. It does not contain any photos inside the application itself. Bridge will see and display your photos wherever you put them.
You cannot "transfer the edited images to Bridge". That is wholly nonsensical. Just use Bridge to navigate to your image files, wherever you put them.

IMac and Raw Format

Hello everyone:
I have and old iMac (the white one), upgraded with Mac OS X 10.6.8.
The computer works perfectly, I´m a photographer and still works with Photoshop and with large files like CR2 (Raw files).
Recently I bought a new camera: Canon powershot G15 and I can´t see the thumbnails in my Finder, neither in my iPhoto´11, but I can see them in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
In order to solve this problem, I have downloaded the RAWCameraUpdate4 from the Apple Support website, wich says that support the G15 raw files, but when I tried to install it, it appears a window taht says: this software is not compatible with your system.
Because of that, I was thinking about update my OS X to Mountain Lion. I´ve been reading the technical specifications and my computer fulfills with the general requirements, but also it is writen that the supported models are iMac (Mid 2007 or newer).
My iMac was bought in decembrer 2006, I kown it´s old, but it runs perfectly, as I said before.
So finally, here´s my question:
Is to buy a new mac the only option that I have to solve my problem? Or maybe is it possible to update my system to Mountain Lion?
Thank and sorry for my english mistakes

Hola,
10.6 supported RAW formats...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3825
10.7 Supported RAW formats...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4757
To see if maybe you can run Lion/10.7...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
If it's a core Duo & not a Core2Duo, then it'll only run in 32 bit mode.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
Lion/101.7 System requirements
    •    x86-64 processor (Macs with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, or Xeon processor.)
    •    At least 2GB of memory, (I say 4GB)
    •    Latest version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), with the Mac App Store installed
    •    At least 4GB of disk space for downloading, (I say 40GB at least)
Like Snow Leopard, Lion does not support PowerPC-based Macs (e.g., Power Macs, PowerBooks, iBooks, iMacs (G3-G5), eMacs).
Lion also does not support 32-bit Intel Core Duo or Core Solo based Macs. Rosetta is no longer available in Lion, which means Lion no longer supports PowerPC applications.

IPhoto 6 and raw format

I just recently bought a new DSLR, a pentax D100, which is listed as a supported raw format with Tiger 10.4.11. I have all of the current updates installed for camera raw support, but I still can not open any of the raw images in iPhoto or preview. I have even converted my raw images to DNG format using photoshop elements 4.0, and they still won't open. I'm pretty much to the point of giving up on iPhoto all together, but I like using iPhoto for cataloging and such, that and this is just really irritating me. The fact that everything I have read here on this discussion forum and on all apple support pages says I should be able to open these files with iPhoto. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.

I use Adobe Photoshop CS6 to edit Raw photos. If you dont have a huge budget try Gimp for Mac OSX. Gimp has many function like Photshop, the free version works well. http://www.gimp.org

Hasselblad and Raw Format .FFF not supported

I try to use a Aperture 1.0.1 with my professional Raw Format from Hasselblad Camera, but nothing....
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Can you help me?
Dual G5 @ 1.8 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2 Gb Ram - Ati 9600XT

Unfortunately, you'll need to import from Aperture in TIFF or JPEG format from your Hassie.
The list of currently supported RAW formats is here:
http://www.apple.com/aperture/raw/
Apple has a feedback page, it's worthwhile for you to note your need for your Hasselblad back.

Lr5 and raw format importing

Why won't lr5 import my raw format photos from my nikon d600?

When I try to import I get the message "The files are not recognized by the RAW format support in Lightroom". My Nikon d600 is on the list of supported cameras. Just updated to LR5 last night. It should work. I'm thinking I might need to reload the Nikon Transfer software? Thoughts?
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Nikon D7100 Cannot download pictures in RAW format

With my camera Niko 7100 the pictures in raw+fina are downloded in iphoto lpga. The pictures in RA are not downlodedat all. It says unknown format.

Because it is not yet supported - and when i t is you probably will have to upgrade to OS X 10.8 (mountain Lion) for support
see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5371?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US for current RAW support
LN

Preview with light or shade editing function is not working (black or white picture)

Hello!
I have a problem with the preview function in iphoto (version 9.4.2 on a white macbook, mid 2007, os x lion, latest version, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD).
Whenever I use the light or shade editing function, the picture in the preview is getting completely black or white. If I close the editing screen, the normal preview is working with the edited picture.
I repaired the iphoto library, I tried to reinstall iphoto, I did a SMC reset but nothing worked. Yesterday, reinstalled my complete system and reinstalled iphoto but even this did not work.
Has anybody an idea how to deal with this problem? Is there a kind of BIOS funktion to activate or to deactivate like graphics boost or something like that? It would be great if anyone has an idea because editing photos efficiently is hard with my problem.
Thank you very much!

On the contrary, or at least I think so. If I remember it correctly, you can simply go to the top menu bar and click 'Photo', 'Edit in', 'Edit in Adobe Photoshop' and it will put your panorama in Photoshop so you can simply continue working on it. Hope it does the trick!

IPhoto and RAW files from Olympus camera

I have an Olympus SP-500UZ and i have been using it without any problem, but today i took some pictures in RAW format to see the difference but i was unable to open them either using iPhoto or Preview. I can see the thumbnail of each image in Finder and i have opened the files using Olympus Master (it came with the camera) but i haven't been able to see them with iPhoto or get them in my Library. Any sugestions/help?

If there is I can not find it - Google provides a list of possible methods form Adobe and others
LN

HT201071 RAW format Problem with NIKON D600 after updating to maverick.

We still have problems after this update.
Pictures in RAW format imported to Aperture are brilliant as they are with the NIKON D600. Imported Pictures with the NIKON D800 are aweful. They are kind of grey without any saturation. To convert every single Picture to JPEG brings back their brilliance and colors. We have consulted the apple and the aperture support, but they dind't have any solution to fix our issue.
Any ideas?

Have you also asked in the Adobe forums? To have people read your post, best not to include long crash reports until asked to do so.

Importing RAW format files into iPhoto 08

Hi Guys,
I searched the back catologue and couldn't find any refs so hopefully this is a valid new post.
I use iPhoto 08 on an iMac and have always worked with importing jpegs from my cheap but faithful old camera. I now have a nice sexy (& expensive) new camera & can take pictures in RAW format for increased quality. IPhotos tutorials say that it supports RAW but everytime I try to import some files I get a "could not import file" message against the RAW files. My camera automatically takes a duplicate jpeg each time I make a RAW exposure and they import without any problems. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Many thanks. Steve

Steve
What camera is it?
The Raw from every camera model is different - note that's camera Model, not brand - and has to be supported separately. So, the Raw from a Nikon D3 is not the same as the Raw from a Nikon D3s and so on - even though they both produce files with a NEF extension. Same with Canon and it's CR2 files and so on.
Raw support can also depend the OS and version of iPhoto that you have.
Regards
TD

Can't import RAW format

I have a new Panasonic DMC-FZ35, and a Macbook Pro w/ OS 10.5.8 and iPhoto '09. I tried taking some pictures in RAW format, and they won't import. Get a message that they are in an "unrecognizable format". Have tried creating a new library, didn't work. Help! Thanks.

TD is correct.
Your camera is not on the supported RAW list for 10.5: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1475 (although the Panasonic DMC-FZ50 is on the list. Panasonic must use a different method of encoding RAW for the FZ30). Your camera is also not on the list for 10.6 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3825.
You might want to let Apple know if you are interested in seeing this RAW type added to the OS. iPhoto > Provide iPhoto Feedback.
Re-saveing your RAW files to a usable format as TD suggests would be a good work around.
Cheers

Support for RAW format for Leica cameras

Does anyone know when iPhoto might provide RAW support for the Leica D-LUX 3 digital camera?

Larry, thx for the clarity. I didn't realize asking about future directions was a no-no here.
I since found an Apple document indicating support for the Leica D-LUX 3 and RAW format in an OS 10.4.10(?) release. I think I'll have to drag my Mac to the camera store, take a few pics with the D-LUX 3, attempt to sync and see if/how the RAW images come over, and then advise here on if it worked with OS 10.5.2 and iPhoto '08.
Peter

Camera Raw and Black & White Pictures

I am using Potoshop Elements 7.0 and I just downloaded the latest camera raw (5.2). However, both with the old and new camera raw plug when I import black & white pictures from my Nikon D80 in NEF format I see them as colour pictures in the PSE organizer. How can I keep the original format (black and white in this case) while importing the pictures?

Your images are indeed color pictures. That's their original format. When you think you're shooting B&W, the camera built-in software just adds a flag for the camera manufacturer's raw converter to render them as B&W. ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) ignores that flag and leaves it up to you to convert the images to B&W through the method of your choice.

Black and white pictures and raw format

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