IrfanViewer for RAW files
Hi, I discovered today that IrfanView, which is free, supports RAW formats for most cameras. I have just Dled it and indeed it supports the format for my camera. Just thought I'd let people know, in case it isn't common knowledge. It seems like a cheap and pain-free way of doing quick&dirty conversions. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: IrfanViewer for RAW files
Hi Bob, I tried using Irfan some time ago for conversions, and while it will work, my feeling was it was slow to load files and that there are better free alternatives out there. I love Irfanview, but not for this process. Have you looked at RSE ... a number of people here use it and I've read positive comments about the program in various venues. I've not yet tried it myself, although it's been sitting in my download folder for a while. http://www.pixmantec.com/products/rawshooter_essentials.asp Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob W > I discovered today that IrfanView, which is free, supports RAW formats > for most cameras. I have just Dled it and indeed it supports the > format for my camera. > > Just thought I'd let people know, in case it isn't common knowledge. > It seems like a cheap and pain-free way of doing quick&dirty > conversions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: IrfanViewer for RAW files
Hi Shel, yes - I downloaded RSE, or the free version at least, recently. I didn't spend much time with it because it didn't seem to have many benefits over the Olympus RAW program. Irfan is definitely slow for this, and not ideal for dragging the stuff off the camera. I've just been using Windows Explorer to do that. It seems as simple as anything is likely to be. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 15 June 2006 21:48 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: IrfanViewer for RAW files > > Hi Bob, > > I tried using Irfan some time ago for conversions, and while > it will work, > my feeling was it was slow to load files and that there are > better free > alternatives out there. I love Irfanview, but not for this > process. Have > you looked at RSE ... a number of people here use it and I've > read positive > comments about the program in various venues. I've not yet tried it > myself, although it's been sitting in my download folder for a while. > > http://www.pixmantec.com/products/rawshooter_essentials.asp > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Bob W > > > I discovered today that IrfanView, which is free, supports > RAW formats > > for most cameras. I have just Dled it and indeed it supports the > > format for my camera. > > > > Just thought I'd let people know, in case it isn't common knowledge. > > It seems like a cheap and pain-free way of doing quick&dirty > > conversions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: IrfanViewer for RAW files
Hi Bob ... One thing your post did was to send me back to Irfanview again to look at the features. I discovered that an image can be open in Irfan, and then sent to the editor/viewer of your choice. There are many times I want to open a JPEG or a TIFF quickly, and then dump it into Photoshop if desirous. Opening PS can be slow and clunky by comparison to opening Irfan. So, now, thanks to your post, there's a neat, simple solution. Take a look at BreezeBrowser. It's not free, but it's a nice littel program for organizing files and making some simple adjustments. Bruce turned me on to it, and until I tried CS2 with Bridge, it was a nice option for some specific situations. Bridge, however, seems to be much more robust and useful.Still, it never hurts to know what's out there and how or if it might help you. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob W > yes - I downloaded RSE, or the free version at least, recently. I > didn't spend much time with it because it didn't seem to have many > benefits over the Olympus RAW program. > > Irfan is definitely slow for this, and not ideal for dragging the > stuff off the camera. I've just been using Windows Explorer to do > that. It seems as simple as anything is likely to be. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
