Question on what would retain the most available detail in a scan.
I edit and colour grade in photoshop. Currently I will convert using nlp then right click and select ‘edit in photoshop’.
However it got me thinking as to which method is “better” for retaining detail? Create a tiff copy then bring that into photoshop?
Cheers
I suppose that it doesn’t matter, here’s why: In order to work the image in Photoshop, the raw image file has to be “developed” and all things Adobe use Camera Raw for this. No matter how you get its services, it’s Camera Raw.
Nevertheless, test both ways and see if the final exports are identical or not.
Edit the raw files. All you are doing is changing the metadata. The original data from the camera is NEVER changed until you export a NEW file.
What do you mean by “preserving detail”? Detail and resolution are not the same thing. Detail depends on the quality of the film media, sensor and lens used to do the scan. That will be frozen from capture onward, unless you destroy it in the TIFF file with too low a resolution setting. And no matter how high the resolution, you will get no better detail than what was scanned-in. Resolution is a matter of PPI. When you convert a raw file to a TIFF whether from Lr or from within PS, the resolution and colour space of the resulting TIFF file depends on the preferences you set in Camera Raw or Lightroom for TIFF renditions.