JAlbum/Edit/RAW

RAW File editing

RAW & JPG

jAlbum converts the RAW file to a jpg file in the album's output, it does not create a jpg file within the project itself. If a jpg image with the same base filename is added then the jpg image will be used for the album and the RAW file will not get processed.

jAlbum does not currently read xml sidecar files, so will not honour conversion settings made in other applications. When editing Raw files an additional panel is added to the top of the stack to the right of the preview image, as shown below right.

The initial settings applied by jAlbum are as shown.

White balance

White balance can be set to the common camera settings of:

As shot

Auto

Default (D65 lamp)

Tungsten

Daylight

Fluorescent

Shade

Flash

Cloudy

Exposure correction

Exposure correction can be adjusted between +/-2 in steps of ¹/₃.

Preserve highlights

Preserve highlights can be set between 0 and 1 in steps of 0.1, it only works when 'blown' highlights are present in the image.

Gamma

People are good at seeing shadow detail but less good at highlights, gamma can alter an image so that details in shadows can be preserved. Gamma can be set to:

BT.709 is gamma of 2.4 and generally used for HD TV.

Linear is a gamma of 1 and is used by digital cameras.

sRGB is gamma of 2.2 and is used generally for computer screens.

Brightness

Makes the image brighter, naturally.

Can be adjusted between +/-10 in 0.1 steps.

Output colour space

Output Colour can be set to:

RAW

sRGB

Adobe

Wide

ProPhoto

XYZ

Set as default

Save the current settings as a default to be applied to all images in the current project.

Reset

Reset: to either jAlbum initial conditions or the project's default.

Custom setting reminder

Once any setting has been adjusted away from the default setting a red warning dot will appear to the right of the white balance setting, see image to the right.