Getting JPGs quickly from RAW
Mar 22, 2012 16:46:26 #
I've been doing a lot of experimenting lately. Unfortunately, it's caused a problem this morning.
I go to the San Diego Zoo once a week, and that was this morning.
I usually shoot RAW + JPG although I've never done anything with the RAW other than summarily delete them.
I accidentally had my Canon 550D set for RAW only this morning and came home with 158 pictures from a two-hour trip.
I tried opening all of them in Corel PaintShop Pro X4. It crashed.
I tried opening all of them in Photoshop CS5.1. It crashed.
I downloaded Photoshop CS6 Beta and tried opening all of them there. It crashed.
I was able to open all of them very easily in Lightroom 4 and easily export them as JPGs in a batch export process. Took a while though. Certainly says a lot for taking RAW + JPG out in the field.
Anyone else doing something unique or is this just an anomaly that I created for myself this morning?
I go to the San Diego Zoo once a week, and that was this morning.
I usually shoot RAW + JPG although I've never done anything with the RAW other than summarily delete them.
I accidentally had my Canon 550D set for RAW only this morning and came home with 158 pictures from a two-hour trip.
I tried opening all of them in Corel PaintShop Pro X4. It crashed.
I tried opening all of them in Photoshop CS5.1. It crashed.
I downloaded Photoshop CS6 Beta and tried opening all of them there. It crashed.
I was able to open all of them very easily in Lightroom 4 and easily export them as JPGs in a batch export process. Took a while though. Certainly says a lot for taking RAW + JPG out in the field.
Anyone else doing something unique or is this just an anomaly that I created for myself this morning?
Mar 22, 2012 17:26:56 #
ACDSee Pro 5 will do quite a bit.
http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-pro-5
I use it a lot to edit ( view & delet) rank, batch-rename, convert files- raw to tiff to jpeg, color space conversions, tag keytwords, rotate....I've used it since it was freeware.
http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-pro-5
I use it a lot to edit ( view & delet) rank, batch-rename, convert files- raw to tiff to jpeg, color space conversions, tag keytwords, rotate....I've used it since it was freeware.
Mar 22, 2012 18:14:45 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
ACDSee Pro 5 will do quite a bit.
http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-pro-5
I use it a lot to edit ( view & delet) rank, batch-rename, convert files- raw to tiff to jpeg, color space conversions, tag keytwords, rotate....I've used it since it was freeware.
http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-pro-5
I use it a lot to edit ( view & delet) rank, batch-rename, convert files- raw to tiff to jpeg, color space conversions, tag keytwords, rotate....I've used it since it was freeware.
I will check it out to see if it's faster than Lightroom 4. I must say, though, that I was really disappointed in Photoshop CS5 and CS6 for handling, or lack thereof, the files.
Mar 22, 2012 19:56:13 #
russelray wrote:
I will check it out to see if it's faster than Lightroom 4. I must say, though, that I was really disappointed in Photoshop CS5 and CS6 for handling, or lack thereof, the files.
Will be intersting to hear the comparison.
ACDSee will work on our server and search for photos on any resource that's plugged in.
Mar 22, 2012 20:53:11 #
humm...I have Paintshop Pro 4x, never had a problem with downloading or opening my RAW files. And I just took about 2000 (yep 2K) in RAW a couple of weeks ago and no problem.
Mar 22, 2012 20:56:27 #
Photoshop should have opened them. Sounds like a RAM memory problem? RAW pics are REALLY big.
Mar 22, 2012 21:29:25 #
Mar 22, 2012 21:31:36 #
Time to sit down and think it over with a good bottle of bourbon in my opinion!
Mar 22, 2012 21:47:59 #
6GB of memory and a 1.5TB hard drive. Windows 7, 64bit operating system and software.
Mar 22, 2012 21:49:33 #
GPoyner wrote:
humm...I have Paintshop Pro 4x, never had a problem with downloading or opening my RAW files. And I just took about 2000 (yep 2K) in RAW a couple of weeks ago and no problem.
But did you try to open all 2000 of them at the same time in PSP4?
I've never had a problem with one file, or even ten or twenty files. I think the most I ever opened at one time was probably fifty or so. This time I tried 158 and the software was stumped.
Mar 22, 2012 21:50:58 #
russelray wrote:
But did you try to open all 2000 of them at the same time in PSP4?
I've never had a problem with one file, or even ten or twenty files. I think the most I ever opened at one time was probably fifty or so. This time I tried 158 and the software was stumped.
GPoyner wrote:
humm...I have Paintshop Pro 4x, never had a problem with downloading or opening my RAW files. And I just took about 2000 (yep 2K) in RAW a couple of weeks ago and no problem.
But did you try to open all 2000 of them at the same time in PSP4?
I've never had a problem with one file, or even ten or twenty files. I think the most I ever opened at one time was probably fifty or so. This time I tried 158 and the software was stumped.
PSP4 has companion software designed specifically for RAW files, its called AfterSHot Pro, it make PSP4 what it was meant to be for RAW shooters.
Mar 22, 2012 21:53:21 #
MT Shooter wrote:
quote=russelray quote=GPoyner humm...I have Pain... (show quote)
Interesting. I'll check on that. Thanks!
Mar 22, 2012 21:54:19 #
WHAT????
(Finally seeing the problem...)
You tried to open them at the SAME time?
No wonder everything crashed on you.
(Finally seeing the problem...)
You tried to open them at the SAME time?
No wonder everything crashed on you.
Mar 22, 2012 21:57:08 #
English_Wolf wrote:
WHAT????
(Finally seeing the problem...)
You tried to open them at the SAME time?
No wonder everything crashed on you.
(Finally seeing the problem...)
You tried to open them at the SAME time?
No wonder everything crashed on you.
Didn't crash in Lightroom! Lightroom 4 handles them with great ease. I was really surprised that Photoshop 5.1 and 6 did not.
Mar 22, 2012 21:58:12 #
What saved LR4 (or lesser) is that it does not open the files but rather read the header then export all RAW one by one to whatever you like (same as ACDSee). The other software titles mentioned need to load the whole thing before exporting to a new format.
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