Viewing raw image on my win 10 computer (Page 3): I'm pretty sure you can set Windows 10 "Photos" as the default app for opening images, RAW & Jpeg. Just go to Settings. (right click...

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

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'm pretty sure you can set Windows 10 "Photos" as the default app for opening images, RAW & Jpeg. Just go to Settings. (right click the Start logo)< Settings<Default Apps<Photo Viewer and select Windows "Photos".

Good luck,
Mark

margaretnewell

I have recently purchased a Cacon EOS R and also not able to view the RAW images on my iMac. I spoke with Canon and they advised that Apple have not yet updated their software to allow raw images to be opened, so I assume that it is the same with Windows. Images can be opened in Adobe Bridge, PS or Canon's DPP and I presume Lightroom, but I prefer being able to view them immediately on my computer. We need to hassle the computer makers to update their software!

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

margaretnewell wrote:

I have recently purchased a Cacon EOS R and also not able to view the RAW images on my iMac. I spoke with Canon and they advised that Apple have not yet updated their software to allow raw images to be opened, so I assume that it is the same with Windows. Images can be opened in Adobe Bridge, PS or Canon's DPP and I presume Lightroom, but I prefer being able to view them immediately on my computer. We need to hassle the computer makers to update their software!

Can you view them in Bridge?

margaretnewell

Can be viewed in Bridge.

tvhasben Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

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 use Irfanview to view my Sony .ARW raw files. You have to add the file type to the list of image types it will open, but after that it reads them just fine in both Irfanview and Irfanview Thumbnails. Download is free as are plugins.

DVZ Loc: Littleton CO

Most viewers are displaying the embedded jpeg in the raw file and not the actual raw file itself.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

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 get a free Win 10 Raw Viewer CODEX from Microsoft. I use it some times. I know it works for DNG, Canon Raw, Nikon Raw, and Pentax Raw. So should view Sony, Fuji, Olympus, and Panasonic as well. Will not view Adobe PSD and PSB Photoshop files though.

royb_36-cox.net Loc: Phoenix

jackpinoh wrote:

You can't view or print a raw file. The raw file c... (show quote)

Windows 10 has photo codecs built into Windows File Explorer or that can be added, (CR2 was built into my last Windows 10 computer). This allows the display of my Canon CR2 raw as well as jpeg images in File Explorer. I couldn't find what other raw files it could convert to images.

foggypreacher Loc: Dickinson, Texas

Cwilson341 wrote:

You just need to Google "codec for _______"your camera brand. I recently got my first Sony and had the same issue. I found the codec online, downloaded and installed it and now I can see all my raw files just fine.

I just downloaded the a Nikon codec and it works just fine. Wish I had known that before. Faststone is OK, but I would rather not use it. IMHO.

Carusoswi

tvhasben wrote:

I use Irfanview to view my Sony .ARW raw files. You have to add the file type to the list of image types it will open, but after that it reads them just fine in both Irfanview and Irfanview Thumbnails. Download is free as are plugins.

tvhasben wrote:

I use Irfanview to view my Sony .ARW raw files. You have to add the file type to the list of image types it will open, but after that it reads them just fine in both Irfanview and Irfanview Thumbnails. Download is free as are plugins.

I also use Irfanview. That piece of software has been around for a long time, and it will run not only in Windows, but also via Wine or Crossover in Linux. To reiterate what many other posters keep pointing out, you are actually viewing the embedded jpeg which the camera includes with the RAW data file. Without that embedded jpeg, you wouldn't even be able to view your RAW shots on the rear LCD of the camera.

Irfanview has uses in addition to viewing RAW files. If you have shot a series of RAW files and just need a quick unedited tif or jpeg, it can handle the conversion, either one file at a time, or an entire directory containing any number of files. You can set the output destination to the location of your choice and also set the desired quality (degree of compression) on the jpeg files. As tvhasben mentions, it is also free.

I have never used Faststone, but, out of curiosity, will download and give it a try.

Good question, good discussion.

Thanks.

Caruso

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

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 need to install a "codec", to view RAW and some other image file types (TIFF, PNG, and more) that Windows normally can't "see".

I recommend Fast Picture Viewer, which costs $10 and you can find here: https://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/

Once you install that, you'll be able to see thumbnails of your images in the Windows browser, as well as enlarge the images in other programs such as Windows Photo Viewer.

Note: The thumbnails will reflect camera settings such as contrast, saturation, color temp and tint, etc. The enlarged views, on the other hand, show an unprocessed RAW file, which will tend to appear lower contrast and desaturated. Windows browser and Photo Viewer are not color calibrated. Even so, it's useful to be able to use the browser to locate a particular image or to view the images larger with Photo Viewer to check on details like focus accuracy.

I've had Fast Picture Viewer codec installed on three Windows computers for some years. It works very well and is much better than the free codecs some camera manufacturers supply, which only translate their own specific RAW files. With Fast Picture Viewer I've had no trouble viewing RAW from a wide variety of different cameras. I use Canon gear personally, but have fairly worked with other peoples' images from Nikon, Pentax and Olympus... less often with images from some other camera systems. I have not tried or compared any Microsoft codec.