: Publishing a RAW file after retouching RAW in photoshop Ive been requested by a magazine to supply photos in a RAW format. We get the files as RAWs from our photographer, but then touch

@Harper654

Once you open the file in photoshop the raw data is processed and can't be undone.
While editing in Adobe CameraRAW you´ll have all the sensor data to work with and all adjusts are registered into a separated xml file with same name. You can send that file enclosed to the original raw file or save it as .dng file (within CameraRaw interface) with that xml info embedded.
When your customer tries to open, it will do with your preview adjusts/corrections.

Anyway, they'll be able to change your adjusts so I think you have to advert them about retouching on their own responsibility.

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@Vandalay110

Not really, RAW is not a image format but a designation for a family of formats that contain (most of the time) the sensor data of your image. The raw data is thus not an image yet.

The process of turning the data into a viewable image is not very likely to be easily reversible. The data does not consist of pixels, ergo no 1:1 mapping. This is not to say it cannot be done just not easy to do.

Presumably this is exactly the point. The magazine wants to see your photography skill instead of your retouching skill.

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