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How can I preview RAW files
how do i view my photo's in raw befor i edit them,this is the first time i have shot in the raw,tried viewing in the windows picture library but no go,i can view them in ps and helicon but this is a very very slow process and info will be welcome,
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You can usually download a raw reader for your OS from your camera manufacturers website. Although sometimes you get it in an OS update.
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You could also convert to DNG and view them in Photoshop 
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You can download the FREE FS Viewer which reads RAW files, you can also use it for basic editing.
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thankyou everyone for your help,,,,,,,
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Do you not have the Raw software that came with your Canon Camera ?
Now memory cards are so much bigger and cheaper - another option to minimise review time is to set the camera to take Raw + Jpeg. You can quickly rifle through the jpegs to decide which of the RAW files you want to take forward.
Now memory cards are so much bigger and cheaper - another option to minimise review time is to set the camera to take Raw + Jpeg. You can quickly rifle through the jpegs to decide which of the RAW files you want to take forward.
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this is why I asked on another thread if my workflow was right or wrong or could be improved
if I shoot RAW I get 197 pictures on my card
if I shoot RAW and JPEG im down to Im down to 144 pictures
so I shoot RAW and I take out the embedded JPEG (which is used to allow us to check our pictures in camera ) using CS5
for those that dont know how I put the RAWs into a folder which is called "new folder" ,I leave it as new folder until it finished grabbing the JPEGs because this comes up every time and theres no searching .
open CS5
click file and down to scripts and across to Image Processor
click select folder and find "new folder" (you only need to do this the first time)
then click run
this then automatically puts a new folder in with the raws with the JPEGS in
when its finished rename the main folder
the JPEGS are between 1.5 and 2 megs so well good for seeing what ones to dump etc
if anyone knows better ways please let me know
Cakey
if I shoot RAW I get 197 pictures on my card
if I shoot RAW and JPEG im down to Im down to 144 pictures
so I shoot RAW and I take out the embedded JPEG (which is used to allow us to check our pictures in camera ) using CS5
for those that dont know how I put the RAWs into a folder which is called "new folder" ,I leave it as new folder until it finished grabbing the JPEGs because this comes up every time and theres no searching .
open CS5
click file and down to scripts and across to Image Processor
click select folder and find "new folder" (you only need to do this the first time)
then click run
this then automatically puts a new folder in with the raws with the JPEGS in
when its finished rename the main folder
the JPEGS are between 1.5 and 2 megs so well good for seeing what ones to dump etc
if anyone knows better ways please let me know
Cakey
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If you can get hold of Lightroom, that allows you to review all the raw files and then obviously edit them. Lightroom let's you quickly sort the files you want to keep or delete, without the need to waste space on the card on jpeg.
Since my switch to raw I do almost all my editing in lightroom, only crop, clone if needed and re size in the shop.
Also I think can use bridge to view them too, or go mac and use iphoto which is free
Since my switch to raw I do almost all my editing in lightroom, only crop, clone if needed and re size in the shop.
Also I think can use bridge to view them too, or go mac and use iphoto which is free
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