Profiles for a better starting point

- [Narrator] We're going to start the editing workflow by … choosing a Profile. … This is how I always start my editing because … Profiles will change the appearance of a photo, … without moving any of the edit controls. … So, what exactly is a Profile? … Well a Profile is a set of instructions … that determine how the information in a photo is processed. … If it's a RAW file, a Profile is required, … to render the RAW data into an image you see on screen. … Profiles aren't required for non-RAW files, … but there are some Creative Profiles that can be used on … non-RAW like, the TIFF and JPG we see here. … I've collected five different file types in this album, … because I want to show you how the Profile options change, … depending on the type of file. … To find the Profiles, we need to open the Edit Panel, … to start editing. … The Edit Panel is the first icon in the top right here, … or you could get there with the E key on your keyboard. … We are looking at a Canon RAW file. … By default, RAW photos are all assigned the Profile called …