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I know that there are a number of RAW converters available but,I am wondering if this particular piece of software may prove useful to some of you out there. If it has already been mentioned on the forum then I apologise. I did have a look but didn't spot it. I'm just trying to be helpful as a comparative newbie......

I had a book for Christmas, The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby, who I gather, is a well respected chappie in his field. In the book he mentions a piece of FREE SOFTWARE that is available that extracts the JPG preview that is embedded in every RAW file and places it in its own new folder. You can even choose the size of the JPEG you require, in case you intend to upload it to a website. The software is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD from www.rawworkflow.com. When you come to use it you simply open a folder of RAW photos, RIGHT CLICK on that folder and choose INSTANT JPEG from the menu that appears, choose your size and then click EXTRACT and in seconds you have your JPEGS in a new folder.

I'm sure that there are many of you out there that are aware of this software but, hopefully for those that aren't then this will prove to be a very useful tool. There are many other interesting items on this website which I'm sure some of you will find useful, although not all of them are free.
 
I have been using it for some time, I don't use raw and jpeg since getting it, just raw then use IJFR to make a jpeg version, I use this then as a basis for any further editing to the raw (mainly to view the raw) but they are handy if you need a quick image for the web.
 
Bluenose said:
I know that there are a number of RAW converters available but,I am wondering if this particular piece of software may prove useful to some of you out there. If it has already been mentioned on the forum then I apologise. I did have a look but didn't spot it. I'm just trying to be helpful as a comparative newbie......

I had a book for Christmas, The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby, who I gather, is a well respected chappie in his field. In the book he mentions a piece of FREE SOFTWARE that is available that extracts the JPG preview that is embedded in every RAW file and places it in its own new folder. You can even choose the size of the JPEG you require, in case you intend to upload it to a website. The software is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD from www.rawworkflow.com. When you come to use it you simply open a folder of RAW photos, RIGHT CLICK on that folder and choose INSTANT JPEG from the menu that appears, choose your size and then click EXTRACT and in seconds you have your JPEGS in a new folder.

I'm sure that there are many of you out there that are aware of this software but, hopefully for those that aren't then this will prove to be a very useful tool. There are many other interesting items on this website which I'm sure some of you will find useful, although not all of them are free.
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I am sorry but I see not point in having this you can view your RAW files as are. If you have bridge you can output any that you might like to use, as is, to it own folder. It all about knowing your software, Why fill your computer up with lots of software when the one will do it all.
 
Chaz Photos said:
I am sorry but I see not point in having this you can view your RAW files as are. If you have bridge you can output any that you might like to use, as is, to it own folder. It all about knowing your software, Why fill your computer up with lots of software when the one will do it all.
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I agree. I don't see the point in having yet another piece of software just to view RAW images. Might as well use your editing software.

On my Mac RAW viewing is built in - no need for any further sw to do it for you.
 
nuttyboy78 said:
I agree. I don't see the point in having yet another piece of software just to view RAW images. Might as well use your editing software.

On my Mac RAW viewing is built in - no need for any further sw to do it for you.
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Same with windows some might need a small file to add to windows but I can see mine in Windows explorer as well
 
On my Mac RAW viewing is built in - no need for any further sw to do it for you.

Then you don't need or want it - so why bother mentioning it. Surely the thread is for those who might find it useful; not for those who wouldn't.
 
If you have the desire to convert RAW to JPEG, then PS Elements 7 can do it, so can DPP for Canon people. Sure there are is other software we currently use with this feature built in
 
I haven't downloaded the software but doesn't this offer something that isn't available in DPP? Perhaps I don't know DPP well enough.

I can certainly view the embedded jpeg using current software on my computer, but if I want to upload it to facebook for instance I need to process the raw file and produce a jpeg. I'm new to raw and I must admit I'm finding this a pain and thinking about taking everything in jpeg instead.

If you can right click on a raw file to release the embedded jpeg and use that I'd like that feature. Does that already exist on my computer?
 
Bridge is the browser application that installs with Photoshop, that incorporates Adobe Camera Raw (ACR).
 
I have this software, and find it a very useful tool!.....We don't all have Photoshop
 
Bridge is clunky, slow and requires you to have photoshop, IJFR is neither, it's a very small usefull program. If you don't like it don't use it.
 
Just given it a try, and find that a narrow border can appear on the left and top edge of resized images.

IrfanView is another freebie option, which will also batch process and watermark.
 
Bluenose said:
I know that there are a number of RAW converters available but,I am wondering if this particular piece of software may prove useful to some of you out there. If it has already been mentioned on the forum then I apologise. I did have a look but didn't spot it. I'm just trying to be helpful as a comparative newbie......

I had a book for Christmas, The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby, who I gather, is a well respected chappie in his field. In the book he mentions a piece of FREE SOFTWARE that is available that extracts the JPG preview that is embedded in every RAW file and places it in its own new folder. You can even choose the size of the JPEG you require, in case you intend to upload it to a website. The software is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD from www.rawworkflow.com. When you come to use it you simply open a folder of RAW photos, RIGHT CLICK on that folder and choose INSTANT JPEG from the menu that appears, choose your size and then click EXTRACT and in seconds you have your JPEGS in a new folder.

I'm sure that there are many of you out there that are aware of this software but, hopefully for those that aren't then this will prove to be a very useful tool. There are many other interesting items on this website which I'm sure some of you will find useful, although not all of them are free.
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Thanks Bluenose :thumbs:

I'm sure lots of newbies / inexperience people (like me :) ) will find this helpful / useful / or interesting and thought provoking :)

It's all about learning and sharing, so thank you for your contribution :thumbs:
 
swanseamale47 said:
Bridge is clunky, slow and requires you to have photoshop, IJFR is neither, it's a very small usefull program. If you don't like it don't use it.
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I don’t find it at all
It will batch PP to Jpg it will make contact sheet pdf it will make web pages it’s a full program for all your photos and videos you can tag, rate, sort, it’s such a powerful program I not be with out it
 
HopefulM said:
Thanks Bluenose :thumbs:

I'm sure lots of newbies / inexperience people (like me :) ) will find this helpful / useful / or interesting and thought provoking :)

It's all about learning and sharing, so thank you for your contribution :thumbs:
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Thank you for your thanks HopefulM. I am VERY VERY new to photography and not too hot at this stage in the use of any photo related software and this article in my new book just seemed like a cracking idea and I was hopeful that my thread would be helpful to some people, I do realise that there are some very experienced folk out there that may be aware of sme better software (and my are we grateful to those experienced people for all the help that they offer on this site and not just in pp of course) I think that I may have done the odd tog or two a little favour here. Happy New Year everyone.
 
I dowloaded it yesterday BlueNose and found it very helpful so thanks :thumbs:
 
Chaz Photos said:
I am sorry but I see not point in having this you can view your RAW files as are. If you have bridge you can output any that you might like to use, as is, to it own folder. It all about knowing your software, Why fill your computer up with lots of software when the one will do it all.
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I think you have missed the point of the OP. This software is used to extract jpg's from the RAW file prior to editing - it's useful if you want a quick jpg to share with friends/post to the web - not to view the RAW file. It is far faster at achieving the jpg than converting the RAW file - I can extract about 100 jpg's in the time Bridge takes to load on my old IBM laptop :)

It may not fit the bill for everyone ... each to his own :)
 
Bristolian said:
I think you have missed the point of the OP. This software is used to extract jpg's from the RAW file prior to editing - it's useful if you want a quick jpg to share with friends/post to the web - not to view the RAW file. It is far faster at achieving the jpg than converting the RAW file - I can extract about 100 jpg's in the time Bridge takes to load on my old IBM laptop :)

It may not fit the bill for everyone ... each to his own :)
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YES that's it Bristolian you've hit the nail on the head, that is exactly what it is for, maybe I didn't explain myself very well initially. You can extract your JPG quickly if you need to sent a piccy to someone prior to doing any pp. As I said I am new to this game and am just trying to do my bit. I'm glad that some of you have found it helpful. I am sure that I will make use of it.
 
So basically it produces a batch of JPG files a lot faster than it would take to do a batch conversion from the RAW files? In which case I can see it would be handy for some people.
 
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