View Canon RAW (cr2) images

[rk225]

I installed Corel AfterShotPro (Windows 7) to complement Canon T4i. Two things are odd.
1. When I select a folder with both RAW (cr2 filetype) and JPEG images (File system tab in the Browse Panel), the program only shows jpeg images in the thumbnail panel.
2. In windows explorer if I right-click a RAW image and select open with Aftershot Pro from the submenu, the program does not load the image. On the otherhand it will load the jpeg image.

The software is supposed to work with RAW images. Is there some setting that needs to be take care of???

[afx]

Raw image support is camera specific...
http://www.corel.com/corel/product/inde ... 22112#tab4

Corel is more than half a year behind in Camera support ;-(

cheers
afx

[clifford]

yeah merry Christmas from corel

[rk225]

Raw image support is camera specific...
http://www.corel.com/corel/product/inde ... 22112#tab4

Corel is more than half a year behind in Camera support ;-(

cheers
afx

I don't see in the list any support for Canon Rebel series like T3, T3i, etc. Does anyone know if Corel plans to support Canon Rebel series? I may have made a mistake in not checking beforehand.

[Dutchmm]

I checked the Canon Rebel support in the latest (1.1.0.30) release:

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mike-RC520 bin # strings AfterShotPro | grep REBEL
CANONREBEL
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
CanonCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
CanonCanon EOS REBEL T1i
CanonCanon EOS REBEL T2i
CanonCanon EOS REBEL T3i
CanonCanon EOS REBEL T3
CanonCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
CanonCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
CanonCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
CanonCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
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If you are using a PC that supports exiftool, you should be able to run a script to D/L the photos from your memory card to the PC, and switch camera models to the T3i at the same time.

Until Corel extract the digit, that is

[rk225]

So you mean that I install exiftool, and then exiftool will switch the format from T4i to T3i for the images? I am not sure how this switching works. Can you provide a link, because I couldn't find in Aftershot Pro any place to specify the camera model. I already copied the files from the SD card to the PC harddrive.

[Trucks]

You can`t specify the model. ASP reads it out of the exifs. With exiftool you change the T4i into T3i cr2`s and ASP can use them. Not the fine way.

Trucks

[Dutchmm]

So you mean that I install exiftool, and then exiftool will switch the format from T4i to T3i for the images? I am not sure how this switching works. Can you provide a link, because I couldn't find in Aftershot Pro any place to specify the camera model. I already copied the files from the SD card to the PC harddrive.

As you are running Windows, there is a program called ExifToolGUI, which AFAIK is free, that will allow you to batch substitute the camera models. Find out whether it would suit you here.

If I were going to use this tool - whether as the command line version or with pretty windows - on any long term basis (and who knows when Corel will release the next version of AS, or which new cameras it won't support?) then I would make the model change while copying from sd card to hard disk. Exiftool makes a new copy of the file, and modifying the camera in the copy will reduce the number of old files you have to delete at the end of your workflow.

[grubernd]

or you might be concerned about *any* software changing stuff in your raw-files and therefore want to keep the untouched originals and not delete them.

since your question about exiftool didnt sound really confident, i would like to point out that raw-files are only reverse-enginneered blackboxes. exiftool is a fine piece of software and i let it do a lot of things with my jpg and tiff pictures. but never on the original raw-files.

if corel doesnt support your camera and you absolutely must use aftershot, then please do yourself a favour and only work on copies if you mangle around with the data of raw-files.

[rk225]

or you might be concerned about *any* software changing stuff in your raw-files and therefore want to keep the untouched originals and not delete them.

since your question about exiftool didnt sound really confident, i would like to point out that raw-files are only reverse-enginneered blackboxes. exiftool is a fine piece of software and i let it do a lot of things with my jpg and tiff pictures. but never on the original raw-files.

if corel doesnt support your camera and you absolutely must use aftershot, then please do yourself a favour and only work on copies if you mangle around with the data of raw-files.

I am reluctant to mangle the RAW originals, so I will instead use the Canon DPP that came with the camera. Hopefully Corel will provide support for T4i in future. Since the software has been purchased, I will just hang on to it. It was a mistake to not check on this aspect.

[jpmccormac]

I like Helicon Filter 5 for RAW processing of new/unsupported RAW file; it's a little-known gem. It will handles my Canon G15 RAW files fine. The interface is very intuitive I think. It will do batch processing though I've not used the function. Download it here: http://www.heliconsoft.com/downloads.html. You can use it free w/o a license but can only save files < 4MP.