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Lionel:
Hi there
New to PM.I shot a bunch of Products shots for a catologue client who wanted raw files??.So I only shot in Raw.Now he wants jpegs too and I was wondering if PM has a easy way of converting the Raw images to jpegs.(A fast way)
I tried and had a look but could not find anything.Must be my age.Thank you for a wonderful piece of software.Kind regards
Lionel

Kirk Baker:
Lionel,


--- Quote from: Lionel on March 24, 2007, 12:45:07 AM ---New to PM.I shot a bunch of Products shots for a catologue client who wanted raw files??.So I only shot in Raw.Now he wants jpegs too and I was wondering if PM has a easy way of converting the Raw images to jpegs.(A fast way)
I tried and had a look but could not find anything.Must be my age.Thank you for a wonderful piece of software.
--- End quote ---

You didn't state which operating system you run.  The Windows version has no facility for rendering RAW files.  The Mac one does, but it only renders the 'as shot' settings (no adjustments.)  That said, your RAW files have JPEGs built into them (well almost all modern RAW formats do) and we have a command on the Tools menu titled "Extract JPEG Previews from RAW photos..." which will quite rapidly provide you with a set of JPEGs of pretty good quality.

Just select your files with the mouse and then run the tool.

HTH,

-Kirk

Lionel:
Hi Kirk
Thank you for your prompt reply.I just found it and krikey was blown away by the speed of it.
One more question,how can I save all the raw files to tiff's in one go.(Same client again).
I use XP professional on both my laptop and desktop.
Kind regards
Lionel
Ps I love your software.

Kirk Baker:
Lionel,


--- Quote from: Lionel on March 24, 2007, 01:44:20 AM ---One more question,how can I save all the raw files to tiff's in one go.(Same client again).
I use XP professional on both my laptop and desktop.
--- End quote ---

You would have to open the folder containing the extracted JPGs and then use Save As..., choosing TIFF as the output format.

But the best thing (for highest quality) would be to use a separate RAW converter to generate the TIFFs.  The reason being that many RAW files don't include a full resolution embedded JPEG so you're not getting as high quality image as you could.  If this process is just for proofing then that's fine.  But if this is for final delivery, then I would use PM in conjunction with another application to convert the RAW files.

HTH,

-Kirk

Lionel:
Hi Kirk
Thank you,Solved..I figured that and use some other software.Thank you for taking the time to respond.
Any hope that PM will have that facilty in the near future.
Kind regards
Lionel

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