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Viewing thumbnails of RAW, DNG, PSD, TIFF, and other files in Windows 7
I am curious if there is a way to see thumbnails for more than the default file types (i.e. GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG) in Windows 7. I tend to use other formats like DNG, CRW, CR2, TIFF, etc., and sadly, ...
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Cheap/free tool to view/convert Canon CR2 RAW format photo files on Windows?
Recently, my family had some professional photos taken while vacationing at a resort. The photos were given to us on CD in both .CR2 and .jpg formats.
While we can view the JPEG-format versions of ...
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Does the Canon *.CR2/CRW format contain “truly RAW” data?
In my work I am dealing with *.CR2 raw images taken by a Canon DSLR in raw mode.
When I read about the format here, I was surprised to find that it has 4 TIFF IFDs which contain a) Original Size JPEG ...
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Canon CR2 white balance utility
For Nikon I can use the free ViewNX / ViewNX 2 to adjust the white balance for NEF raw files.
Is there an equivalent from Canon for CR2 files (also free)?
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Quality of ImageMagick CR2 to JPEG conversion
Is there any quality difference between ImageMagick and Lightroom, when converting CR2 to JPEG in 100% quality?
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Why does Lightroom 4 CR2 “Edit in Photoshop” make a TIF file?
when I right-click an image (CR2) and select "Edit in Photoshop" Lightroom first creates a TIF. Can I turn this off? Or what is the point? Is this actually useful?
I normally optimize the Raw-File in ...
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Some .CR2 files open with Camera Raw but some do not - on my mac
I am able to open some but not all of my .CR2 files with Camera Raw 6.7 and Photoshop CS5. On my Canon Rebel XSi, if my Quality setting is set only to RAW, the .CR2 files open in Camera Raw 6.7 and ...
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Most effective lossless compression for sending RAW (CR2) images over the internet from OS X
I am looking for a compression software to work on folders full of RAW (CR2) files with the following characteristics:
Lossless
Excellent compression ratio (>70% would be nice)
Reasonable ...
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Non-Canon software not reading custom image settings off RAW images
I'm fairly new to photography, and I've been trying out a few image editors, and I stumbled upon one issue: any program that can read Canon's raw files, except Canon's Digital Photo Professional, ...
