ms.fuentecilla Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hello Affinity Photo provides no thumbnail viewing for the content of RAW images, which seems to me an omission since Win10 also fails in that respect. So it is impossible to see what one wants to open and process. Two questions then: Will this be addressed within Affinity Photo? Does anyone know of an image viewer that does reveal thumbnails of the content? Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Affinity Photo provides no thumbnail viewing for the content of RAW images… Of course not and that is no omission since the RAW data can't be modified… However, if on Mac, the finder may generate a preview. Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms.fuentecilla Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 I have since discovered Fast Stone viewer but it would be better that Affinity Photo itself permitted thumbnail images other than its logo. This rather belies the above response? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogger Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Of course not and that is no omission since the RAW data can't be modified… However, if on Mac, the finder may generate a preview. Hello Affinity Photo provides no thumbnail viewing for the content of RAW images, which seems to me an omission since Win10 also fails in that respect. So it is impossible to see what one wants to open and process. Two questions then: Will this be addressed within Affinity Photo? Does anyone know of an image viewer that does reveal thumbnails of the content? Michael I can see Nikon NEF raw thumbnails in the my pictures folder on Windows 10 on my PC. I downloaded Microsoft`s camera codec pack. I right click the mouse on the thumbnail then from the drop down menu I choose open in Affinity Photo. Not sure if that is what you mean, but hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 This rather belies the above response? I think not! The reason is in the name Fast Stone viewer. The same the finder does on Mac to quickly render an unsaved preview that does not reflect the work done on a file. Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms.fuentecilla Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Omission on my part. I meant the original camera downloads need thumbnails not the work I have done on them subsequently. That I can find because it is labelled. It is necessary to see some representation of original content otherwise after a few thousand images where does one look? So I rather fail to understand your comment kodiak. If an open source viewer can produce thumbnails then almost certainly Affinity Photo should be able to do so. Many thanks for the other comment. I shall try forthwith. I was unable to find this pack for Win10. The MS Download centre had it only for earlier versions. Did you go via Softonic perhaps? There are many warnings about this codec pack on the web. MS doesn't produce one and the link it gives has many warning notices attached. For the time being at least I shall stay with the FastStone viewer. But returning to the original comment an Affinity Photo logo is really not much help in locating images! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 For Windows there often also additional camera vendor specific codecs available, which will address thumbnail previewing. For example since I have some Nikon cams, I use Nikon's own NEF Codec here on Windows instead of Microsofts Camera Codec Pack. - When some raw codec is installed, the Win explorer and other programs like IrfanView etc. should all handle previews of RAW files. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogger Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Omission on my part. I meant the original camera downloads need thumbnails not the work I have done on them subsequently. That I can find because it is labelled. It is necessary to see some representation of original content otherwise after a few thousand images where does one look? So I rather fail to understand your comment kodiak. If an open source viewer can produce thumbnails then almost certainly Affinity Photo should be able to do so. Many thanks for the other comment. I shall try forthwith. I was unable to find this pack for Win10. The MS Download centre had it only for earlier versions. Did you go via Softonic perhaps? There are many warnings about this codec pack on the web. MS doesn't produce one and the link it gives has many warning notices attached. For the time being at least I shall stay with the FastStone viewer. But returning to the original comment an Affinity Photo logo is really not much help in locating images! This is where I got them from. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26829 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 BTW the codecs available in the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack are already built-in to Windows 10, but not all vendor cams are supported here and if you want to add support for Adobe’s DNG format, or other propriety formats not supported by Windows, you’ll still need to download a separate codec! - So it also depends on your specific camera vendor and model ! Maybe I should add, AFAIK only Nikon and Sony do offer an own vendor specific Windows codec here. For other by Windows not supported cams, one has to use then other third party codecs like the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack etc. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iam1of2 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hey Frogger - Good tip thank you but won't work with windows 10. Spec on download of this file says it requires Windows7 or Vista. Rats! I was hoping it would be this simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms.fuentecilla Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Now that was useful v-kyr about Nikon and Sony because I use Sony ILCE camera. They don't promote their codec very prominently.Shall have a search. And I had the same difficulty Frogger as Iam1of2. Eureka. The Sony codec works brilliantly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Of course not and that is no omission since the RAW data can't be modified… Jeez... So how are users supposed to know which Raw file they're opening in Photo, then? Of course it's an omission - no, it's a potential show-stopper - not to be able to see Raw thumbnails in the Open dialogue. How on earth could it be anything else than a serious problem? Lucky that some here actually know what they're talking about: Yes. Raw thumbnails in Photo. Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 So I rather fail to understand your comment kodiak. As you've gathered by now, that's because it was entirely uninformed. Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 So I rather fail to understand your comment kodiak: Granted, I did not formulated my thoughts correctly; English is not my language and, from French, I really messed up the translation. Sorry for that. To Mr. Reeder: I would respectfully ask you to ignore me, learn to be cool, get a life for yourself… what ever but would you be so kind as to stay off my back! Thank you. Quote www.kodiakmedia.at bureau@kodiakmedia.at TeamViewer: 668 015 544 Skype: kodiakonline If personal taste is involved, Light is free, Mother Nature provides the light discussion is pointless. capturing it is NOT. but talent renders the image. (Charlychuck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms.fuentecilla Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 The problem with this for Affinity is perhaps the bewildering array of RAW formats. I was naïve enough to think it might be a universal. Obviously one should reverse the letters! v_kyr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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