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Title: Faststone and raw files Post by: Jeff on October 05, 2022, 11:12:07 AM Hello all you experts.
Can I have a confirmation that the Faststone image viewer when 'opening' a Raw file is actually using the embedded jpeg. Club members are insisting it is editing the actual raw data. Jeff Title: Re: Faststone and raw files Post by: admin on November 12, 2022, 02:37:34 PM Fred mentioned this post this morning and I realized I didn't reply. I don't use any of those swiss army knife tools so I had to look it up and then forgot to post here afterward. It turns out tools like Faststone and Irfanview do decode the real raws now. I believe there was a time (perhaps years ago early on) that they just "cheated" and extracted the embedded JPEG but I think all of them now have real raw support.
Regards, Mike Title: Re: Faststone and raw files Post by: Fred A on November 14, 2022, 08:31:08 AM Quote Fred mentioned this post this morning and I realized I didn't reply. I don't use any of those swiss army knife tools so I had to look it up and then forgot to post here afterward. It turns out tools like Faststone and Irfanview do decode the real raws now. I believe there was a time (perhaps years ago early on) that they just "cheated" and extracted the embedded JPEG but I think all of them now have real raw support. Mike, Do you think Jeff is a traitor? Fred Title: Re: Faststone and raw files Post by: Jeff on November 15, 2022, 07:45:21 AM Quote Fred mentioned this post this morning and I realized I didn't reply. I don't use any of those swiss army knife tools so I had to look it up and then forgot to post here afterward. It turns out tools like Faststone and Irfanview do decode the real raws now. I believe there was a time (perhaps years ago early on) that they just "cheated" and extracted the embedded JPEG but I think all of them now have real raw support. Mike, Do you think Jeff is a traitor? Fred Hello Both and thanks for replies. I am just back on line after a 14day BB Failure. No Fred, I am not a traitor. My question was Camera club related. They consider Faststone processes Raws I think it uses or did use the embedded jpeg. In fact I have just done a test and stripped a 13meg .orf and get two images in Faststone an .orf at 7.68 meg and a jpg at 7.68 meg and no difference on screen. Now back to catching up on a 14 day history. Jeff Title: Re: Faststone and raw files Post by: Fred A on November 15, 2022, 07:59:12 AM Quote Hello Both and thanks for replies. I am just back on line after a 14day BB Failure. No Fred, I am not a traitor. My question was Camera club related. They consider Faststone processes Raws I think it uses or did use the embedded jpeg. Jeff, you know me long enough that you know I was not accusing you seriously. What is a 14 day BB failure? Fred |