To get started, all you need to do is view your photo in the Photos app (or tap the gallery in the camera app). The Photos app has a versatile set of editing options, ranging from fairly straightforward or subtle changes, right through to more advanced edits that sort out larger problems. But for the purposes of this piece we’ll pick just one to concentrate on - which, as it’s the season, will be the artificially lit Christmas scene. Light is either low or mixed and they’re generally lacking a little oomph. Low light, especially when there is artificial sources of light in the scene, is the ideal situation to shoot with ProRaw, as you’ll have greater scope to edit the shot to your own preferences later.Ībove are a few different scenes that would arguably benefit from being shot in ProRaw. The exception there is if the winter sun is bright and low in the sky, causing a high-contrast effect. Choose the right sceneīecause each ProRAW file is large and not as easy to share as JPEG / HEIC files, it’s really worth considering which scenes are worth shooting in the format, and which aren’t.Įveryday snaps of your lunch aren’t worth the extra storage or hassle – and it won't give you huge benefits for the average landscape shot in bright and sunny conditions, either.
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How to shoot and edit Apple ProRaw photos 1. Once you’ve shot your raw photo, it’s worth switching ProRaw back off again if you intend to carry on shooting other scenes.
If that's a feature you need, third party apps like Halide allow you to shoot a ProRaw + JPEG at the same time.
Tapping it will remove the line and you’ll now be shooting in ProRaw.īefore you do this, there is one other thing to bear in mind – Apple's Camera app does not shoot a JPEG or HEIC image simultaneously with ProRaw, so you’ll want to be sure that you really want to shoot in the format before using it. By default, this will have a line through it to indicate that it’s not activated. The next time you start up the iPhone’s native camera app, you’ll notice that there’s now a “RAW” icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
There are pros and cons to using it, which you can jump to below, but its real benefits can be seen in challenging conditions – think indoor situations, strange or artificial lighting, and shorter days where the sun is low in the sky and creates a high-contrast scene. But in this guide we'll be focusing on three main practical questions – how to turn on Apple ProRaw, when you should use it, and how to edit ProRaw files in both Apple's Photos app and third-party ones like Lightroom.Īs we'll see, the main thing to bear in mind is that Apple ProRaw isn't a golden bullet for better photos in all situations. If you want a more in-depth explanation of the format itself, check out our ' What is Apple ProRaw?' explainer. In certain situations, it has the potential to seriously elevate your photography. What is Apple ProRaw? In short, it's halfway house between compressed JPEGs and uncompressed raw files, which means it gives you the benefits of iPhone's computational trickery in a file with huge editing flexibility.
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