The penny has finally dropped!

[Cobra]

Well the penny has finally dropped I tried a few shots in RAW
and the embedded editing RAW software in CS3 make life so much easier
But you lose a lot of definition when saving as a jpeg file.
The gif file has a lot more definition ( to my eyes) and the jpeg has a green cast, same picture just two differant save as commands
The other thing I am having trouble with, I downloaded the windows RAW file
viewer but it won't open the files in preview I get "failed to load the image":shrug:
Thanks for the help on my "RAW" thread guys Its early days yet but first impressions are good


Jpeg

Gif

 

[petemc]

Er, don't use gif. Use jpg.

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# In view of the limitation on the GIF formation to 256 colors, JPEG is a more commonly used format for digital photographs. JPEGs can save information on more than 16 million different colors and use more aggressive, lossy compression which has a less noticeable effect on photographs than it does on images with sharp edges.

 

[Cobra]

Er, don't use gif. Use jpg.

Thanks Pete but the top jpeg image look "worse" than the gif or is it just me? :shrug:

 

[petemc]

The jpg looks fine to me. Maybe its your monitor? What settings are you using to save jpgs? You really really really shouldn't use gif's.

 

[alexisonfire]

The gif looks terrible

Loss of texture, and its very noisy.

 

[Cobra]

The jpg looks fine to me. Maybe its your monitor? What settings are you using to save jpgs? You really really really shouldn't use gif's.

Once resized at around 600px I just use the highest setting that will alow me to post ie less than 150kb round about 8 or 9

The gif looks terrible

Loss of texture, and its very noisy.

Just hit the monitor with a peice of 4x2, I see what you mean now Alex, I think " someone" has been fiddling ( wanna buy a couple of teenagers? ) Cheers

 

[CT]

Thanks Pete but the top jpeg image look "worse" than the gif or is it just me? :shrug:

Specsavers are open all day.

 

[Cobra]

Any ideas as to why I can't get the windows raw viewer to open the files?

 

[mho]

Maybe your RAW file from the camera is not supported

or you dont have

Micros*** .NET Framework version 1.1 or higher installed

 

[Cobra]

Maybe your RAW file from the camera is not supported

or you dont have

Micros*** .NET Framework version 1.1 or higher installed

Ok Thanks for that Its a 400D and I think that it is supported?
i'll check out the .Net framework thingy too

 

[mho]

Also check for an update as the 400D was not included in the original version of this software.

 

[Cobra]

Also check for an update as the 400D was not included in the original version of this software.

I am raking round right now

 

[mho]

I take it your using Win XP Service Pack 2 or newer, as you cant view raw in older versions.

 

[Cobra]

I take it your using Win XP Service Pack 2 or newer, as you cant view raw in older versions.

Yep XP Pro SP 2
The image data say's its a "_CR2" which is supported occording to the download options :shrug:
I can open other files JPEG etc in the raw veiwer but not raw I am not having a good day so far

 

[mho]

if you go into advanced options for the viewer and make sure CR2 is ticked, after that its wait for the update from micros***, as i think there is more too it than just being a .cr2 file.

 

[Cobra]

if you go into advanced options for the viewer and make sure CR2 is ticked, after that its wait for the update from micros***, as i think there is more too it than just being a .cr2 file.

I ticked all the options just because I am greedy
Ok So I guess its wait then Cheers

 

[mho]

you can always use bridge to view your RAW files, and as its integrated with CS3 very nicely its easy and quick to use.

 

[Cobra]

you can always use bridge to view your RAW files, and as its integrated with CS3 very nicely its easy and quick to use.

Thanks for the info, I will give it a try. Its just that I am used to having preview thumbnails when I open a folder in windows, on my desktop, then choseing how to open the full size. But I guess I will have to get used to this, until good ole Billy Gates gets around to letting me do it my way