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   graylox
   Moderator

   Updated 27. July 2011 - 16:24 by v.laurie

   If you are a serious photographer with a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera, you may have been frustrated by the lack of support in Windows for the raw image format. Microsoft has now announced a download that adds support for raw format images to Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011. It is called the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack for Windows 7 and Windows Vista and will enable the viewing of raw photo files from more than 120 DSLR cameras in Photo Gallery, as well as in Windows Explorer. It will also enable editing copies of raw images in Photo Gallery.

   Judging from the comments at the Microsoft announcement, the new software could be better but it is a start. The codec pack is available at this Microsoft link. If you do not already have Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011, it can be downloaded here.

   Microsoft says the new support for raw images works in the 32- or 64-bit version of Windows 7, or Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 and the Platform Update for Windows Vista.

   Read the article at TSA:
   Windows Vista and 7 Now Support Raw Image Formats

   Read the announcement in the Windows Blog:
   Photo Gallery now supports raw format
   
   Thanks, gizmo and MSN, a lot of people were waiting for this.

   graylox

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   BentlyTCow
   Member

   Unfortunately, they seem to have completely skipped Adobe's universal .DNG files. I found this codec from Adobe but only works in Windows 7 x32 and x64 and isn't terribly fast.

   Adobe .DNG view for Windows Explorer

   Incedentally, you don't have to install Photo Gallery, you can just install the codec pack for use in Windows Explorer.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   If speed is an issue and you don't mind spending a few dollars ($15) I can recommend the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack as a good value purchase.

   http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/

   The codecs work (for me) without any problems, and support a wide range of formats and cameras.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   BentlyTCow
   Member

   Thanks for that, Bubby, I may consider it at some point. You can always use Photoshop Elements or Bridge (or Lightroom, etc.) but it seems a bit heavy-handed if all you want to do is see what's in a folder.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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