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Saving files in the right photo format

Saving files in the right photo format

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Saving files in the right photo format

- Once you're done editing your photos, it's time to export them in the right format. Now, typically, this is pretty straight forward. You're going to need to write a high quality JPEG file. This should be at the highest quality your software can write. It needs to be in the RGB image mode and you wanna make sure that the sRGB color profile is applied for broadest compatibility. Let's explore how to export a JPEG file from a few different photo applications. I've opened up the Photoshop document that I created earlier. If you were following along, you should have your own Photoshop file as well. Additionally, let's choose file, open, and select the other RAW image in the photos folder. Now in this case, when you open up the image, you cannot submit a RAW file to stock agencies. They're gonna want a processed JPEG image. So, make sure that you've applied any adjustments that you deem necessary to the shot. I'll quickly apply a small change here to the image, bringing out the clarity…

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