I started to shoot raw now what?

13 years 2 weeks ago #44854 by McdonS
The other day I was just taking some pictures of flowers growing and decided to switch over to raw. I transfer my pictures but my computer won't view the raw files. I'm only half ok with that. My question is more as in..what software can I use to edit raw?


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13 years 2 weeks ago #44856 by crystal
Lightroom and Photoshop are two good softwares to edit raw.
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13 years 2 weeks ago - 13 years 2 weeks ago #44859 by Baydream
If you don't have those, software that comes with the camera will read it OR the FREE Picasa software will read it just fine.

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13 years 2 weeks ago #44865 by Cre8tivefix
For awhile I used UFraw to adjust and convert mine, It works well with Gimp and is free.

I'm now using the canon software that would normally come with camera. It works better and has nice organizers and browsers.

Hope you find a program you like.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #44889 by photobod
I would have thought your camera would have come with software to cover this, go and check through it, if not you will have to down load software, the others on here have suggested some, the other option is to google it and see what comes up , should bring up plenty of choice.
Ime with Crystal on the choice of lightroom and photoshop but they aint cheap, if you can afford them go for it.
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13 years 2 weeks ago #45131 by effron

McdonS wrote: The other day I was just taking some pictures of flowers growing and decided to switch over to raw. I transfer my pictures but my computer won't view the raw files. I'm only half ok with that. My question is more as in..what software can I use to edit raw?


Photoshop Elements.......B)

Why so serious?
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13 years 2 weeks ago #45380 by Ford Plus
Your camera should have came with software to use. That software would be able to read raw format.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #45386 by arkady001

Ford Plus wrote: Your camera should have came with software to use. That software would be able to read raw format.


Canon does, Nikon doesn't - for 'additional money', you can purchase Nikon Camera Control and View NX - cheers for that...

Photoshop it is then....


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13 years 2 weeks ago #45560 by digishutterbug
I always used Photoshop, but Baydream got me started on Picasa and it's free. Now I use them both.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #45567 by Baydream

digishutterbug wrote: I always used Photoshop, but Baydream got me started on Picasa and it's free. Now I use them both.

I can be evil like that. :evil: Almost too easy. :S

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13 years 2 weeks ago #45575 by Joves
Well you can do some adjustment in Nikon ViewNX which is the loader for your camera. You just launch the utility in it a have a go at it. But as the others have said Photoshop and Picassa will do it as well. For PS you will need to get the Adobe Camera Raw for your camera.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #45782 by sunsusie

digishutterbug wrote: I always used Photoshop, but Baydream got me started on Picasa and it's free. Now I use them both.


I use Picasa, I give it a :thumbsup:


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13 years 2 weeks ago #45991 by Solstar
Lots of good options on the editing side. If you are using Windows there is a RAW viewer codec that will allow you to "open" the shot and view it though it doesn't create a nice little thumbnail. I use that to go through a lot of shots to delete the obviously poor shots (composition, blur etc). This viewer doesn't load any changes you make to the raw file (.xmp file stored separately) so they will always look pretty flat.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #46256 by Zardoz
Because it is so handy I only use Irfanview for primary viewing, converting of ALL images and movies on my computer. If I want to get serious about a shot, I convert it to a TIFF using Irfanview and open it with a more elegant processor. The speed and ease of Irfanview to makes it a no brainer, IMHO!


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