Originally posted by Digitalis Also I'll point out that for commercial work re-touching artists prefer un-sharpened images because it makes editing processing images simpler and less destructive to IQ. Many publications I have worked with over the years have their own in house image retouching departments and in my experience none of them ever work with jpegs, it is always full 16 bit uncompressed formats with embedded colour management*.
Depends on the Canon model you are shooting with. The higher up 1D models DPP doesn't sharpen anything at all**.
* Embedded colour management is what I use to give me an amor-plated embankment against a client complaining about colour mismatches. If the client is using the wrong profile - it's their fault. I have my own profiles for all my cameras,displays and common output media. Printing proofs also is a big help.
**At least that is how it used to behave. It has been years since I have used DPP, things could have changed since then.
Yes, this. proper agency's prefer raw only, they have more than capable "you" (no offence meant, but they know what they want more than you do about what they want...soooooooo......) files supplied in raw format are what they want, but..... offering your idea of how that image should be seen is also as valuable, pdf format is also good ( yes, you can supply a pdf photo. cmyk ready) , in cases, psd's retain how you see the image should be, but, they are paying for it, and they have control, soooooooooooooooooo....... ICC profiles at easily removed, trust me, I remove them, I always supply raw dng files, plus a high res jepg . as well, in static product shots. both raw and jepg , also with pixilshift, (blew their minds, actually said, not to give them 165meg files of chocolate sauce again, no-one wants 165meg files of chocolate sauce, no.........one....... ) from feedback, they use the camera jepgs for most of their work. all shot in consistent lighting studio conditions, on an horizionless background for simple deep etching.
Just ask your client what they want, raw, or.... pics, they can quickly work with.