Minimizing loss on post-processing of jpegs

Question

Today somehow the setting on my camera had raw file saving turned off. To try to minimize loss from post processing of the jpegs I assume I should save the edited files as PSD and develop my final pictures from that? Are there any other helpful tips someone can give for my predicament?

Answer 1

KarlKrueger wrote:
Today somehow the setting on my camera had raw file saving turned off. To try to minimize loss from post processing of the jpegs I assume I should save the edited files as PSD and develop my final pictures from that? Are there any other helpful tips someone can give for my predicament?
Yes, save the edited files as PSD for further editing.
Another good option is to open the jpegs in camera raw depending on your OS and Elements version.
Do all you can edit in camera raw. All those edits will be calculated in 16 bits mode and in the internal wide range prophoto color space. No pixels will be changed, only the slider settings will be recorded in the metadata section : it's a non destructive workflow preserving your original, and you don't need to duplicate your file in another large size format if you simply click 'Done'. If you want to do further editing in the editor, then save your editor edits in a psd or tiff format version set. You can even open in the editor in 16 bits if you want for further global adjustments before you convert to 8 bits for layers or local tools (I don't : the situations where 16 bits is useful are dealt with in the ACR conversion).