Instant JPEG from RAW utility. (free download)

[bully74uk]

Picked the link up from another forum that I use

Have just installed it myself and it works a treat with XP SP2.

Info copied straight over from other forum:


Quote:
"Our friend Michael Tapes (he of the WhiBal), along with his colleagues at Imagenomic, have created a neat new free utility called Instant JPEG from RAW (IJFR). IJFR is not an application; it's a utility that attaches itself to the Win or Mac OS. It also doesn't process or develop RAW files; it merely extracts the JPEG that's already in all your RAWs. Its functionality isn't unique, but for many people it will be handy.

"What does it mean for you? No more shooting "RAW + JPEG" with most cameras, for one thing—no need. No more waiting for your converter to create JPEGs from large directories of RAWs—it's actually instant unless you're also resizing for the web, in which case it's just very fast. And no more waiting for frame-by-frame rendering when you zoom in. And, really, no more reason to shoot JPEG at all—the JPEG is there in the RAW file anyway, so when you shoot RAW you already have both."
For more info see:

http://theonlinephotographer.com/the...log_index.html (entry for Sept 30 - includes video of the utility in use)
http://www.rawworkflow.com/blog/2008...-raw-ijfr.html

or download at (Zipped installer file - free, but registration needed)
http://www.rawworkflow.com/instant-j...m-raw-utility/

 

[AndyB]

And none of the links work because?

 

[bully74uk]

And none of the links work because?

Maybe because I simply copied and pasted them here I don't know.

On the rawworkflow link simply go to "products" - Instant JPEG from RAW and that will take you to the registration/download page.

or click here where ive done it for you :http://www.rawworkflow.com/instant-jpeg-from-raw-utility/

 

[Marc]

It just installs a .dll file. So how do you actually use it?

 

[bully74uk]

It just installs a .dll file. So how do you actually use it?

Click on a single RAW file or select multiple RAW files from within a folder.

Right click, then in the drop down box you will see Instant JPEG from RAW, click that and the little app will open giving you the option to extract the JPEGs at their full size (default) or extract to a pre-set size (800x600 for example), hit OK and in almost no time at all a new folder will be created called extracted files (i think) and in there will be all your JPEGS.

Here's a link to the forum that I got the info from, all good replies about it so far: http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3154

 

[POAH]

cheers for the link I'll give it a go later

 

[Slapo]

I've had such an utility for almost a year now.
It's a bat file that happens to use dcraw for the extraction process and you can just drag and drop files onto the bat file and you're done. Thumbs get extracted into the same directory as the original files and a .thumb is added to the file name.

Here's the code for the bat file:

@echo off
   :start_it
   if _%1_==__ goto finish_it
   echo Process %1...
   "D:\programy\apps\dcraw\dcraw.exe" -v -e %1
   shift
   goto start_it
   :finish_it

You can get dcraw for Windows from:
http://www.insflug.org/raw/
or from
http://www.lebsanft.org/blog/?tag=dcraw

 

[Marc]

Click on a single RAW file or select multiple RAW files from within a folder.

Right click, then in the drop down box you will see Instant JPEG from RAW, click that and the little app will open giving you the option to extract the JPEGs at their full size (default) or extract to a pre-set size (800x600 for example), hit OK and in almost no time at all a new folder will be created called extracted files (i think) and in there will be all your JPEGS.

Here's a link to the forum that I got the info from, all good replies about it so far: http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3154

I clicked on Extract and it said

Files Scanned = 1
Files Extracted = 0

It created the extracted images folder but it is empty. Am I missing something?

 

[bully74uk]

I clicked on Extract and it said

Files Scanned = 1
Files Extracted = 0

It created the extracted images folder but it is empty. Am I missing something?

I honestly dont know ?

I installed it late last night and simply clicked on a single RAW file that was in my "awaiting sorting folder"

It worked fine for me and the 3 or 4 replies over at the E-System forum are all positive with no problems highlighted !

I will have a better play later on tonight.

 

[Canon Bob]

I've downloaded it and it works fine...PC version.

Bob

 

[Marc]

Must be just me then. :shrug:

 

[Frizzer]

Thanks for the link, I just installed it and it works a treat. That'll save me some space on my memory cards!
Oh and hello to everyone here as this is my first post!

 

[bully74uk]

Thanks for the link, I just installed it and it works a treat. That'll save me some space on my memory cards!
Oh and hello to everyone here as this is my first post!

Yep, very useful for those who normally shoot Raw + JPEG.