>>4381811Think of IR as seeing bonus light: certain objects reflect IR, others absorb it.
- a leaf reflects IR, so the ir-sensitive sensor captures it as 'white' (or whatever color you feel IR should be translated to), the 'green' is overpowered by IR.
- a tree limb absorbs IR, so it's 'color' is determined by visible light, there is no IR bouncing off the wood.
- most man-made materials do not reflect IR, so they appear 'normal' with interesting exceptions. IR penetrates skin -- IR can photo your veins. It's gross & fascinating. IR can also see-thru certain fabrics.
In short, IR is RGB+IR. RAW files have that extra data, jpgs do not. Editing RGB+IR is a creative exercise/experiment where the results are not bound by RGB rules. ymmv with various sensors, filters, apps.
