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"With respect to SRT30D, accurate calibration is just the first step, work flow color management between programs needs to be learned also to produce an accurate print. I have the advantage as many graphic designers do of having a dual monitor set up…"

"Without getting into all kinds of technical mumbo jumbo, since you have reason to be concenrned your monitor isn't showing what you think it should be, don't worry about technicalities. Calibrating a monitor is pretty straight forward- get…"

"Prints and monitors won't perfectly match because of emitted light and reflected light.  The prints are using different color reflected light so its best to look at them in daylight not incandescent or fluorescent. Calibrate your monitor…"

"The question is pretty vague? You don't say what soft proofing software you are using  or whether you have a laptop or a dedicated graphics monitor Mac or PC? We have a self calibrating Eizo monitor that gets the printed image exactly as…"

"There're all good things about saving pictures in RAW. But remember a few disadvantages: 1. RAW pictures are bigger in size than JPG, so if you save picture you take in RAW it will fill your card and the computer quickly. 2. RAW pictures need…"

"Matt, I thank you for your question on RAW, because the excellence answers we have served a lot of people like me with my news DSLR. I have the choice in my camera to used JPGS, RAW, JPEG + RAW. Till now (one month. Ouf!) on every pictures I used…"

"Online your choices are generally JPEG, PNG or GIF depending on use.  JPEG is probably best for ordering prints unless your supplier accepts TIFF, some do, most do not. You can get a good print from a JPEG, and it displays well.  JPEG,…"

"So let's say I have edited a picture in RAW, what is the best format to save it for sharing online or for ordering prints?"

"Hi Matt, In my view you should not delete the original RAW after saving as jpgs. this gives you the option at any time of re-editing the image in original quality if for any reason the need should arise.The RAW image contains far more data than the…"

"Excellent thread, Learning about RAW so now all pics are taken in RAW format, Nice1 Matt Sciba, Appreciated  from a new Picture Social user."

"Thanks Gary Vernon for reply I'm up and running now with SilkyPix. Thanks David. "

"I persevered with another download and the laptop has allowed 'silkypix' to install, now I'll work out to make a copy of RAW into JPEG, then be able to post pics here on 'picture social' and send via email to family.  …"

" David, The Silkypix program runs normally as a 32-bit application in a 64-bit Operating system :)"

"The laptop has a 64 bit operating system?  I run lots of 32 bit programs on Vista and Windows 7 which are both 64 bit systems."

"Thanks Paul, The model I own is a DMC G10 and silkypix came with Camera, unfortunately the laptop and silkypix aren't compatible, due to it having a 64bit operating system.  I'll check wikipedia, thanks again."