CROSSEDIT FALL 2026
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What the heck is CROSSEDIT?
Well, it is a term i just invented for this event. It is when a group of us each submit one unedited RAW file and then we edit each other's photo to the way we would treat it. We get together to see what others saw in our photo and what techniques and ideas that they brought to it. It is a great way to hear what others saw in your composition and what stories they can make of it. Plus you get to learn a bit about their techniques. This event is specifically for people of ALL skill levels. We need people who are newbies because it causes conversations that other newbies can use and we need advanced people because they bring valuable insights and techniques.
The minimum requirement is that (1) you have a raw file that you have already edited for yourself and (b) that you have an editing software like lightroom or something similar and a basic understanding of cropping and other fundamental techniques.
Go through your photos and find one that you love or one that has a lot of potential, but you just couldn't make it work right. Send us a jpg of the unedited file to [chicagonorth1958@gmail.com](mailto:chicagonorth1958@gmail.com) with the topic CROSSEDIT and your full name. A group of us will go through the submissions and pick a 8 or 9 that we think would be good challenges and will cause interesting conversations.
Of the photographers selected, you will receive a link to drop off the your raw file and to receive your other photographers copies. You will then have a few weeks to edit their photos before our comparisons.
Wikipedia defines raw files as data that comes right from the sensor unchanged (hence it is raw) and that there are "Many raw file formats, including IIQ (Phase One), 3FR (Hasselblad), DCR, K25, KDC (Kodak), CRW CR2 (Canon), ERF (Epson), MEF (Mamiya), MOS (Leaf), NEF NRW (Nikon), ORF (Olympus), PEF (Pentax), RW2 (Panasonic) and ARW, SRF, SR2 (Sony) ..."
JPGs, TIFFs, BMPS, and other formats are not raw files and are harder to manipulate. We will only be working with raw formats.
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