Problem with RAW photos shot in Sepia Tone?

Question

Okay, so I own a Rebel XTi and I took some really great Sepia Toned pictures on it with the quality set at RAW. Now when I went home and uploaded them into Adobe Bridge, they show up as color! They also are in color when opened in Camera Raw and Photoshop Elements.
Thing is, they show up as sepia tone, not only on my camera, but in the folder where I have them saved. They even are sepia tone when I preview in Windows Photo Gallery. But when I go to edit them, there they are in color again! There is obviously some sort of jpg preview that is in the correct tone, but how do I get the RAW files to do the same? I don't want to have to play with the settings and curves to get them to sepia every time (because then why would I even bother to shoot in sepia?) so what do I do? How do I get them to look the way they are supposed to?
HELP? D:

P.S. - If this is in the wrong category please let me know and I'll move it.

Answer 1

The sepia mode in your camera is a special effect applied AFTER the image is captured.



RAW is by definition meant to capture all the basic data in a file WITHOUT any interference.



So, either shoot in jpg when you want to use the sepia setting, or shoot in RAW and do the sepia effect in post.



Actually, it's always a better idea to capture an image in normal mode and apply effects like sepia or conversion to B&W later in PS.



So the best approach is to shoot normally - RAW or jpg - then optimize the file in Photoshop (Crop, adjust Levels, etc.) and ONLY THEN apply a sepia tone or some other modification.

Answer 2

All the above are true. Further, In as much as you want your photos in sepia, converting them to sepia on your PC gives you more options than just using the cameras sepia tool. Also, on your PC, you cn batch edit, and have them converted with just a click.

Answer 3

RAW negates any color mode you are in as RAW captures all the colors.



What you want to do is set your camera to the RAW-JPG or JPG only mode if you plan to use the Sepia toning option in your camera.