Continuing to dig the topic, how to quickly rake RAW, set them a rating and remove excess, ran into FastPictureViewer Pro. The program can use GPU-acceleration and it can give a decent amount random access memory, if RAM is sufficient, to speed up the download. When browsing, active caching is used, when the following photos are read into memory before being previewed, and this allows you to quickly switch between photos. In fact, viewing RAW in FastPictureViewer Pro is also fast, like viewing JPEG.
There are many types of digital image files created for different purposes. Now, given that you can mix colors together to make another shade, this gives you almost 8 million possible colors. Mixing between colors, it works up to 281 trillion possible colors! This means that 16-bit images can contain more than 6 million times more shades of possible colors! The difference is more accurate or accurate recording of the actual tones of images.
What is RAW?
So, yes, your friend is right. But, like negative ones, they are usually not displayed in the final product. This is a kind of difference between "snapshots" and "photographing". Snoopper pushes the shutter release button and expects everything that "pops out" from the camera will become a ready product. "Photographer" knows that pressing the shutter release-button is only the first step, that some of the most important works come later in the development, fine-tuning and the introduction of the final touches to the image in what we sometimes call "post-processing."
Of course, FastPictureViewer does not "manifest" RAW, as Lightroom does, but is content with sewn previews. In fact, you are watching JPEG. But, for the first sort, this is quite enough, especially on top of the picture it is convenient to display a histogram and technical information, and you can watch in full-screen mode. Checking the sharpness is also done conveniently - keeping the left mouse button makes a zoom of 100% in the cursor area, and right click 300% (configurable).
Apparently, your computer monitor lies to you. Most of the user computer monitors are too bright and do not accurately reflect the colors, which leads to misconfigured images and makes it difficult to get good final results, regardless of whether it is being used on the Internet or printed. For a photo, this can be important for "calibrating" your computer monitor. But there are devices and software, which make it pretty quick and easy.
In addition, being a beginner in this, you can really benefit from some books about these and other aspects digital photography. This is called your "workflow", and it is always better to start with good habits, and then build on them. You do not need to closely monitor each step in these books, but it is better to inform you about how to make your own after reading them.
Data on the rating, which can be assigned in LR simply by pressing numbers (1-5), is recorded in XMP, and they can later be pulled into LR when the folder is synchronized (Scan for metadata updates). So far, according to my observations, FPV is the fastest way to quickly make a rejection or choose the photos you need for processing from a really large amount of footage. This is much faster than importing into LR, pulling out previews even in the way of "Embedded & Sidecar" and then flipping, because even on a smart computer Lightroom lags (it can not be called slowing down, it's more like a periodic stop) if you quickly flip through the photo (what you have to do, when you shoot dynamics with a lot of takes).
There are also online lessons and seminars, if you prefer those, not books. Article by Daniel Zellfelder - updated. Many chefs spoil porridge. Unfortunately, this also applies to the raw data formats of camera manufacturers. The program is the so-called "shell expansion" of the researcher. It supports most of the formats on the market. The program is proposed with the installation file For loading. After installing the expander, it works against the background of the operating system. You will not find it in the "All Programs" section.
Another plus is that the program understands the DNG with Fast Load Data. When Adobe introduced this format (and did not immediately disclose technical details), many viewers stopped reading DNG, counting the received files as some non-standard ones. Technically, they just added additional content, but it confused all the popular watchers. Even worse was the case with Lossy DNG, technically being something like 16-bit JPG. Pleasant bonus - after installing FastPictureViewer all windows applications can see RAW files as thumbnails in Explorer, just like you can usually watch JPEG. In addition, RAW begin to display such primitive applications as the built-in Windows viewer (however, I always did not recommend using it because of the poor results).
When not to shoot in RAW
A preview of the data is displayed shortly thereafter. Because the program caches previews, this is much faster when the directory is called again. Therefore, from data such as exposure time, aperture and the like.
Update. This corresponds to a negative image, because all sensor data is recorded there. Microsoft has just released a codec package to address this issue. First, download and install the codec pack according to your system.
Using FastPictureViewer does not negate the use of ACDSee Pro 7: these are different programs, they are useful for various things. For example, in ACDSee Pro it is convenient to sort pictures, rename them as a package for various masks, perform batch conversion and watch the extended EXIF on the "parsing of flights", analyzing your own jambs on the shooting. For me it's not so much a viewer as a manager. IrfanView, when you need to immediately give the result, even before importing into Lightroom (I also fundamentally) Picasa is convenient to upload pictures to online albums and look for faces, sorting pictures by data about people who have been photographed.
Did you use this program? Do you know something better than FastPictureViewer Pro?
P.S. I flew to Krasnodar, to see how it will pass in the city of the relay of the Paralympic fire. About how she passed in Yekaterinburg will soon learn from the detailed photo-report.
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I am glad to greet you again, dear reader. With you on the ligature, Timur Mustayev. As you know, the blog pages have information on various image editors. We need them, first of all, to draw the maximum of information from the photo. But those editors are multi-format, most often, they are used to adjust JPG or PNG images.
Now we'll talk, which program to view photos in rAW format most popular, as well as editing.
RAW - why exactly?
If you answer the question briefly - then all the cameras are filmed in this format, but not everyone can remember it. Most often, it depends on the processor: if you put a powerful enough "stone" in the soap box, then it will be easier to save 3D images. If your camera is not new, you can not save the original data in its original form, then you will get a JPEG file instead of a RAW image.
This image will significantly lag behind in detail, the amount of noise and from RAW. Why? Because most of the "unnecessary" information from the matrix is lost to save CPU and memory resources of the flash card.
Translate the format from RAW to JPG, usually asking for the same purpose. When processing JPEG, you probably will not have enough dynamic coverage of the picture in its complex areas, because of what the photo can go to the basket.
With RAW, there is no such problem - this format preserves the maximum possible range of colors that the camera is capable of transmitting. Thanks to this, even the darkest, almost black image can be saved if it is shot in RAW, which can not be said for JPEG. Of course, some information can be "saved", but, compared to the first, it's a drop in the ocean. How to open and process RAW? Let's understand.
More details about this format, please see my article,.
Soft - for everyone
Here we should immediately make the observation that programs can be divided into several criteria. The first of these is basic software and third-party software. The first is different from the second one, which is very often distributed free of charge among camera buyers. Minus of such solutions lies in their narrow specialization: very rarely distributed with the camera utilities can carry an extensive functionality. A rare exception may be large camera manufacturers selling a large number of them.
Such editors may well be called universal, although some restrictions will still be there. Another thing - the editors from third-party developers. They differ from the first in that they are suitable for all kinds of matrices, cameras of all firms. Most often, they are able to process not only RAW, but also TIFF, JPEG. In addition, the range of their capabilities is much wider than that of complete solutions from camera manufacturers.
Now I offer you a selection of the most popular and interesting editors in my opinion.
Adobe Lightroom
One of the few cross-platform programs available in Russian and intended for processing RAW. Of course, you need to buy a licensed version. Free trial will only be available trial version, which operates for a limited time. In addition to RAW, by the way, the program copes well with tIFF formats, PNG, JPEG, PSD.
LightRum works on the same principles as the Adobe Camera RAW plug-in, which is used for Photoshop. What does this give us? The fact that we with the same ease can adjust the color, remove noise and increase the sharpness of the picture. Also, the connection with Adobe allowed us to apply the principle of non-destructible editing: the entire process is stored in a separate service file, and the original image remains unchanged.
It is important that the entire correction is applied as a kind of filter superimposed at the very last moment. Among other things, such an algorithm allows you to finish work on the decoder and continue on any other device that supports Lightroom. In addition, after processing, you can create a catalog of photos or publish them to any of the social networks.
The second comprehensive program in our list. This is a tool similar to Lightroom, which allows you to edit your photos in detail. Compared with the product Adobe, he has only one negative: the lack of cross-platform. But, this program saves all the data about the work done in one place, which greatly simplifies the process of searching for the desired file.
The device of the program here is completely unique, often surpassing the speed and efficiency of the products from Adobe. In addition, the editor from Apple is distinguished by better "noisy" and improved sharpness. No less significant difference can be considered the adaptation to the operating system MacOS, which applies only to the MacBook.
One of the most "experienced" image editors. Otherwise it is called Corel AfterShot B5 Pro, and its first version was released in 2000. Regarding competitors, he even now has a number of advantages.
- The first is the ability to work on all available operating systems, except mobile.
- The second is the possibility of batch processing of photos. Imagine how easy it is to simply turn on the program, select the frames you need and wait for the processing to end.
- The third advantage is the ability to process not only RAW, but also JPEG files.
Functions here are standard: editing colors, changing the sharpness, getting rid of noise.
The main thing here is another: the utility was developed a long time ago and was oriented towards weak PCs. With the power of the current desktops, it runs very fast, faster than most competitors.
A very interesting photo processor from Nikon. Due to the fact that it was developed by the camera manufacturer, it works perfectly only with the devices of its creator. Its "favorite" format is NEF, the same RAW, only on Nikon cameras. Why is it downloaded by owners of other brands?
First of all, this is a step-by-step processing of the results of the survey. At each stage, the change can be undone, apply it with more force, etc., and also save the intermediate result. Also in the program contains the functionality to remove all types, which, undoubtedly, is very convenient. It is distributed free of charge, complete with Nikon cameras.
Separately, you can download it from the official website Nikon.
I could not bypass the side, the program for working with RAW from Canon. Specially designed to work with the format of CR2, this is the same RAW format, only for Canon. The program is distributed free of charge, it can be easily downloaded from the official site Canon.
Specify the brand of your DSLR and go to the Software tab. There, among other programs, you can find Digital Photo Professional. Usually, it comes with a SLR camera on the disc.
The program includes all editing functionality. It completely processes CR2 files with ease. The program does a good job of editing.
Viewer programs
Below I want to cite programs, with which you can only view RAW, as well as pull out the necessary information from the photo.
I represent your attention, my favorite viewer. It is very easy to use and very light in volume. As you already know, raw photos are very voluminous. This utility does not load the computer and easily copes with its work.
I use it, only to quickly view photos. For example, it is not very convenient, all the photos taken, immediately put in Lightroom, you must first filter the garbage. This utility, it helps me.
Another plus of Free Photo Viewer is the ability to convert from RAW to JPEG, as well as to GIF, PNG.
The program reads the following formats from all known digital SLR cameras: NEF, CR2, CRW, RAW, ARW, MRW, ORF, RAF, PEF, DCR, SRF, ERF, DNG.
You can download from the official site. It is distributed free of charge.
This is the next viewer in my arsenal. A very worthwhile utility. Supports, like the first, the formats of all known cameras. Plus, you can select it, it has a small image editor. With the help of which, you can adjust, brightness, perform color adjustment, crop and so on in detail. Of course, it can not replace a full-fledged editor, but for a free version it's not bad.
It is also possible to convert to JPG, PNG, BMP, TIF. You can download it from the manufacturer's website absolutely free of charge.
In the end I want to note that it is not worthwhile to process RAW online. In most cases, your file will be format JPEG before processing.
If you really want to squeeze the maximum out RAW photos, then the below video courses will help you achieve this.
- Digital SLR for beginner 2.0 - The course will teach you how to work properly with your SLR camera. Before processing photos, you need to correctly learn to take pictures! The course contains all the current and most useful information about a SLR camera.
- Lightroom-magician. Secrets of high-speed photographic processing - The name speaks for itself. The course is dedicated to the lightrauma, in my opinion, one of the the best programs for compositing, structuring and editing photos. The video course is designed specifically for beginners. In the course everything is shown visually, on own examples.
Actually, that's it. These editors are most popular among digital camera owners. I hope you do right choice, you will find the most convenient editor for RAW-images.
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