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Wildcat

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Support for .ORF Raw format
« on: April 28, 2006, 06:38:43 pm »

Is there a plug-in or any plans to support .ORF Raw format?
(fingers crossed)  :'(
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Wildcat

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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2006, 09:22:31 pm »

Sorry...scratch that.
I just noticed there is support for this.
 
I am unable to view these in MC.

File Association is set but all I see is red + blue checkered board.

Is there anything else I should have set or may have set wrong?

MC Ver. 11.1.174
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Alex B

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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2006, 04:00:44 am »

ORF support was introduced about a year ago (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=27690.0).

Usually, after making some corrections I convert ORF files to JPEG or TIFF and keep the raw files only in my archive as "digital negatives", so I have not really used ORF files with MC.

I tried it again now. I imported a few ORF images to MC. MC downloaded automatically a component (named Canon... something) and everything seems to work. (MC 11.1.178)
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Wildcat

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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2006, 07:50:15 am »

Thanx for the reply Alex
I jummped to ver .178 with no change

I also use my raws for archiving and convert changes to .TIFF's. But I don't keep any .JPG's

Did you download from your camera or from your drive? I just imported from my drive.

I guess I not sure I understand why MC would download something from Canon for an .ORF
Does MC need a plug-in from Olympus in order to view these? They view fine in PS

I will try downloading from my camera later and see if that changes anything.
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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2006, 08:06:39 am »

I am quite cautious and never let any software directly access my camera. I use always files that are on a HD after I have made backups of my original images.

The "canon something module" was downloaded from JRiver. A new subfolder named "Canon RAW" appeared under the MC plugins folder. I have no idea if that folder contains support for all different raw formats or if the download was needlessly triggered.

I wonder if Olympus has changed the orf format recently. My camera is not exactly new. I have an Olympus E-20.
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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2006, 08:06:10 am »

I agree with ya on that one. I have never connected my camera and think i will keep it that way.

The "Canon RAW" folder is present on my computer but i'm sure it's not related.

I did search around and it seems other programs have had updates for the .orf format but it wasent clear if was due to changes in the format itself.

I do have a new Olympus (E-500), Possibly you are right!

I'm just going to go back to using Olympus Master, which is fine but I would like to get things down to one program someday  :)

Thanks for the imput.


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JimH

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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2006, 08:28:01 am »

We'll see if we can do anything about this.  Stay tuned.
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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2006, 09:49:30 am »

The reason it downloads the Canon RAW stuff is because I put the check for file extension in after the bit that downloads the Canon RAW stuff.  It should be harmless.  I'll try to make that better when I get a chance.

The RAW support in MC is courtesy DCRAW.  Unfortunately the version of DCRAW it is based on is about a year old.  We are looking to update how this is done.
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Re: Support for .ORF Raw format
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2006, 11:07:01 am »

Thanks, much appreciated!  ;D
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