Reuters opts for JPEG over RAW images to cull distortion and speed up processing
International news agency Reuters has requested its photographers no longer submit RAW images, as the format provides greater latitude in post-production editing and can taking longer than the standard JPEG to process.
The RAW image format records a high quantity of visual data making photoshop editing all the more easier. However, this is one of the reasons it has been banned by the agency which now exclusively seeks the compressed (and less dynamic) JPEG instead.
The announcement also stems from a prominent ethics debate in the photo journalism industry around the arguement that substantial post-production of images distorts and dramatises its subject.
PetaPixel Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
