Viewing raw image on my win 10 computer
May 14, 2019 07:46:17 #
a6k wrote:
...but that does not change the reality.
If you find something that does, please let us know. The current reality stinks!
May 14, 2019 08:38:20 #
Mike Holmes
Loc: The Villages Fl
Howard5252 wrote:
I think the best advice you have gotten is to use the FastStone Image Viewer … it's a free download and you won't be disappointed. Yes, it will handle RAW files.
Thank you all for your help!!! I have downloaded "FastStone" and it works great.
May 14, 2019 08:49:38 #
May 14, 2019 09:08:09 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Mike Holmes wrote:
I am sure this question has been covered before but I cannot find it in search. I use Luminar to pp my images. Unless I shoot in raw&jpeg I cannot view my images in win 10 which I like to do prior to pp. I would like to just shoot raw an sort out images for pp prior to loading into pp software. How can I do this in windows?
I have no problem viewing RAW files on my Windows 10 PC.
May 14, 2019 09:11:57 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
DWU2 wrote:
Give the free Faststone Image Viewer a try.
Indeed Faststone works well. My windows machine, similar to yours, Displays Nikon (RAW) files just fine but not Olympus RAW files (ORF). Fastone fixes this problem.
May 14, 2019 10:00:36 #
May 14, 2019 10:22:32 #
jackpinoh
Loc: Kettering, OH 45419
Mike Holmes wrote:
I am sure this question has been covered before but I cannot find it in search. I use Luminar to pp my images. Unless I shoot in raw&jpeg I cannot view my images in win 10 which I like to do prior to pp. I would like to just shoot raw an sort out images for pp prior to loading into pp software. How can I do this in windows?
You can't view or print a raw file. The raw file contains data, not an image. That is why it is called a "raw file." Your computer operating system checks the extension on any file you try to open, and if your operating system doesn't have an application that is compatible with the file extension, it doesn't know how to process the data contained in the file. In addition, each camera manufacturer uses a different format for the data contained in its camera's raw file. Some camera manufacturers use multiple data formats (different formats for different series of cameras they make).
Raw data from a digital camera must be processed to produce an image that can be displayed or printed. Your digital camera uses algorithms to convert data contained in the raw file into a low quality jpeg image that is displayed on the back of your camera. All raw file processors also use algorithms to process raw file data into viewable or printable images. Different raw file processors use different algorithms.
May 14, 2019 10:40:39 #
May 14, 2019 10:58:21 #
First thing first, the manufacturer's codec for its RAW data is what allows to see those RAW data in the computer. I did not have to install it since I see the RAW data open when I want to in Windows 10.
May 14, 2019 11:25:58 #
May 14, 2019 11:34:18 #
Selene03 wrote:
I can view everything but Canon .cr3 files (R and RP). I previously used Fast Picture Viewer Codec Pacs, which worked beautifully, but they haven't updated their codecs since 2017. I know it is a new camera problem, but if anybody has any solutions, I would be interested in hearing them. I am using dpp4 and it has been a good and interesting addition to my workflow, and that may be what I use, but curious to what some might say here.
May 14, 2019 11:39:18 #
stanikon wrote:
When I open a RAW file (NEF for Nikon) in Windows File Explorer, a program called "Photos" actually opens and displays the picture. Nevertheless I am able to view RAW photos in Windows 10.
Same with my Pentax and RAW and/or PEF formats.
May 14, 2019 11:40:33 #
Download the free version of Faststone. It is lightning fast and offers a file browser that is superior to windows. The download is very small in size.
https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
May 14, 2019 12:30:21 #
You cannot view a RAW file until it is processed/ converted to JPEG or some other file.
The program that came with your camera let’s you do just that.
WJH
The program that came with your camera let’s you do just that.
WJH
May 14, 2019 13:23:16 #
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