Vista Raw viewer?

[Rednut05]

Hey.

I had XP and had the Microsoft Raw viewer installed so I could view Raw files without having to open up Photoshop.

It's still not a standard feature in Vista and thus I can't see Raw files without opening PS, which, to be blunt, is a pain in the rear.

To my knowledge, the same little bit of software doesn't work in Vista. So is there any easier ways other than opening up PS?

David

[cw42]

irfanview. Find myself using this more and more nowadays, and with the package of plugins you can get, raw files are a breeze

http://www.irfanview.com/

[Rednut05]

Brilliant. I'll give it a try.

Thanks.

[Rednut05]

Anyway to get it to show the RAW thumbnails?

So when I browse through a folder I can see the thumbnails, instead of what appears to be a red cat?

David

[cw42]

lol, I had the same problem until I dl'd the plugins http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
Once you've installed those, you get a seperate window to browse your photos, raw or otherwise

[iamlofi]

Microsoft and Nikon have release patches for there Photo and Fax viewer thing for raw, and it works great

[theboyfold]

Give Picasa from Google a try, I really like it

http://picasa.google.co.uk/intl/en/#utm_source=en-...

[RobDickinson]

Canon have a vista raw viewer driver to download. works fine.

One thing it doesnt do tho is enable CR2 in WMC, so I cant view my pics on my 360 unless I convert.