RAW Support in Windows Vista

RAW Support in Windows Vista at Imaging Insider

RAW Support in Windows Vista at Imaging Insider — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:36:07 GMT

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re: RAW Support in Windows Vista

pcolmer — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:18:45 GMT

This is a timely posting ... I'm running Vista at the moment and Photo Gallery keeps on prompting me that an update is available but the eventual trail of links ends up at a Coming Soon page.

Looks like someone pushed the trigger too soon ;-)

It is a good way to implement the solution though, and I look forward to being able to see my RAW photos in the Gallery.

Nikon releases NEF RAW codec for Windows Vista

Microsoft Photography Blog — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:28:26 GMT

It feels like only a few days ago when I was discussing the RAW codec architecture on this blog...in

re: RAW Support in Windows Vista

richardlawler — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:04:56 GMT

I actually tried Nikon's RAW codec 1.0 for Vista today.

Indeed if you use Windows Photo Gallery to modify the image metadata or tags those NEF files become damaged and unreadable in obscure programs like Photoshop.

I downloaded and installed the Nikon codec from Nikon. (Actually due to a flaw in Nikon's download unpackager I was almost unable to install the codec because it unpackages the files to some apparently random place on your drive and then doesn't start the installer nor give you the location of the files. So the actual installer gets lost on your drive. The Nikon Codec installer files ended up in "\Program Files\Collectors.com\Movie Collector" on my system!)

The install also requires you to reboot your computer which is very unusual under Vista.

After backing up a folder full of NEF files from my D70, I tagged a dozen or so files in Windows Photo Gallery (which is actually a nice simple photo browser).

The NEF files I tagged where then garbage in Photoshop CS3 (actually Adobe Camera RAW) and in Bridge CS2. Interestingly, Bridge CS3 was able to view the tagged NEF files. But Adobe Camera RAW invoked from Bridge CS3 could not. The files that I did not modify with tags were undamaged and could be read by Adobe Camera RAW.

Fortunately I was able to easily uninstall the Nikon Camera RAW 1.0 codec and no more damage is done. (Of course the tagged files are still mangled.)

I don't know if this is a continuation of the fight between Adobe and Nikon with respect to proprietary nature of Camera RAW data.

It is also clearly a dumb thing to allow any software (even software from Nikon) to modify RAW files.

Microsoft should not automatically forward end users to this codec until it can be fixed and validated. Nikon should remove this codec from distribution until Nikon and Microsoft can fix the problems.

Understanding RAW Image Support in Windows Vista

Windows Vista Team Blog — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:11:04 GMT

We've posted on Windows Photo Gallery before, but I've been noticing a great deal of questions regarding

Canon RAW Codec for Windows Vista Released

Mike Swanson's Blog — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:27:10 GMT

I used to be a Nikon guy, but I decided to dabble with the Canon Rebel XT a couple of years ago, and

re: RAW Support in Windows Vista

Photography — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:48:05 GMT

Windows Vista Team Blog said:

"We've posted on Windows Photo Gallery before, but I've been noticing a great deal of questions regarding"

It's very interesting!

re: RAW Support in Windows Vista

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