Buster 2244 Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 Hi, Just purchased new laptop and changed from elements to Affinity. When I use to uplad from sd card with elements my photos would go into the organiser there I could view each one as first edit without opening each one to view. Now when I up load from sd card they go into picture just as a icon. I open affinity to select photo but they are still all a icon till I open it to see what the photo is. What am I missing out please. Quote
Dan C Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 Hi Buster 2244, Welcome to the forums 7 hours ago, Buster 2244 said: Now when I up load from sd card they go into picture just as a icon Are you referring to the thumbnails in Windows Explorer? Unfortunately Affinity Photo doesn't have an organiser so this will have to be done externally. Could you please confirm, after you connect your SD to your computer and open a file browser window where you see the thumbnails for your photos, if you double click on one of these images, did it previously load in an image viewer and now opens directly in Affinity Photo instead? Apologies if I've misunderstood your question! Quote
IanSG Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 8 hours ago, Buster 2244 said: What am I missing out please. Assuming you're shooting in RAW, you need the right codecs installed to display the files as thumbnails. I can only talk about Windows, but MS have a codec pack and I'd expect the camera manufacturers to have their own. I splashed out the princely sum of $9.99 and bought the FastPictureViewer codec pack, which handles everything I throw at it. For selecting / culling I use FastRawViewer - another cheap commercial product. For me, the big advantage is it shows what a processed image might look like. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10
Buster 2244 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Posted July 21, 2019 Hi DanC and IanSG, J peg thumbnail is the photo on view, but when Raw photo it is just a thumbnail you can't see what the photo is till I open it up in affinity ready to edit. I feel I am wasting time opening up each individual thumbnail just to see what one it is. Is there something that I require so I can view them all for first edit. Thanks Quote
Ron P. Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 Yes there is. IanSG advised that you need a codec. He purchased a codec pack for that. Your camera manufacturer should provide you with the codec needed to view the RAW files from your camera. I shoot Canon cameras, so Canon provides a free program called Digital Photo Professional or DPP for short. It not only contains the codecs, but the program is a RAW processor you can use to fully process your RAW files and then export/convert them. I don't use it, I use LightRoom. I'm sure Nikon has something similar. Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
Buster 2244 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Posted July 21, 2019 Hi Ron P thanks for your reply useful information I will look into it. Many thanks to you Ron P , Ian SG and Dan C for taking the time to reply to me. Buster Dan C 1 Quote
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