nigelblake
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White balance is recoverable on Jpegs its just not as easy as on a RAW file and likely to add noise.
Having your monitor properly calibrated applies whatever file type you are processing.
Your camera processes an image to jpeg and discards other data that is not necessary to the image file according to the setting made on the camera, with RAW however all of that data is still in the image file, that is why you stand a better chance of correcting blown whites.
When there is a likelyhood of blowing whites I generally underexpose (- compensate) by 1/3rd or 2/3rds (sometimes more, Dippers being an example) of a stop and then dual process my image (make two conversions) to get best exposure on the highlights and shadows, these can then be combined using layers and some erasing or selected cutting to get the best 'across the image' appearance.
Having your monitor properly calibrated applies whatever file type you are processing.
Your camera processes an image to jpeg and discards other data that is not necessary to the image file according to the setting made on the camera, with RAW however all of that data is still in the image file, that is why you stand a better chance of correcting blown whites.
When there is a likelyhood of blowing whites I generally underexpose (- compensate) by 1/3rd or 2/3rds (sometimes more, Dippers being an example) of a stop and then dual process my image (make two conversions) to get best exposure on the highlights and shadows, these can then be combined using layers and some erasing or selected cutting to get the best 'across the image' appearance.
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