Hi, I'm using an iPhone 13 Pro Max with High Efficiency checked in my camera settings for my photos. I use a wired connection between my iPhone and MacBook Pro M1 Max to maintain original quality and information for editing. Upon uploading in Image Capture I receive three files with two of them as photos. One without an E along with the other having an E as shown. In addition, there is an AAE file. I have no idea why I'm receiving two duplicate photos with different aspect ratios as well as the AAE file. When shooting in JPEG plus RAW I receive a JPEG and DNG as the raw file... simple therefore, is one of these HEIC formats a RAW file? I do want to be able to color grade, etc. my photo's. I'd like to add, I do have "Keep Originals" checked under Settings > Photos. If someone could please explain to me what these three files are used for along with what I could delete without losing information, I would sincerely appreciate it. Thanks. Ray
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Did you intend to show a screenshot? In any case, it seems to be an Image Capture artifact for the 3 files. I know at one time there were certain effects (some filters) that couldn’t be saved appropriately into sidecars (AAE) and were burned in to a file with ”E”. The AAE file is a sidecar containing editing instructions. I may have some of my facts wrong as I rarely use an iPhone for photography and don’t use Image Capture, but that’s the gist. Those E files I believe go away if you “revert to original”. The AAE files shouldn’t show up in Photos, but Photos will apply those instructions to the file you see on screen. Don’t get rid of the AAE files. They’re very small anyway.
HEIC is not a raw format. It’s a somewhat better-sized JPEG and does give a bit more wiggle room in dynamic range recovery. For the best color grading, use the DNG (raw) file as your starting point. FYI, you don’t need a wired cable for original quality and maintaining information for editing. Using iCloud transfer directly into Photos will maintain that too.
HEIC is not a raw format. It’s a somewhat better-sized JPEG and does give a bit more wiggle room in dynamic range recovery. For the best color grading, use the DNG (raw) file as your starting point. FYI, you don’t need a wired cable for original quality and maintaining information for editing. Using iCloud transfer directly into Photos will maintain that too.
