Abstract:
Over the past decade or so, digital video has seen an enormous increase in popularity as technology improves and both amateurs and professionals alike make the switch from film to digital. Along with an increase in camera hardware, compression software has been improved drastically, allowing users a variety of options for every potential situation. Perhaps one ofthe fastest growing codec categories is the group of camera RAW codecs. By removing the incamera processing associated with other codecs, RAW files allow the user more control over their images/footage at the cost of larger file sizes. I look at the technical and visual differences between some of the most standard codecs and CinemaDNG, perhaps the most popular RAW file type. I also outline a potential CinemaDNG workflow and look at the history of RAW file types and what lead to their increase in popularity over the past few years.
