How do you upload RAW images. - DPChallenge Forums

01/14/2006 08:03:31 PM · #1

I decided I would try shooting RAW for the first time. My question is how do you upload the RAW files from your camera? I have Photoshop CS2 and Bridge. Thanks!

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/14/2006 08:10:26 PM · #2

anyone?

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

01/14/2006 08:11:43 PM · #3

you just open them up through the bridge and cs2 has a built in converter...unless you have an illegal copy

01/14/2006 08:13:18 PM · #4

Originally posted by gi_joe05:

you just open them up through the bridge and cs2 has a built in converter...unless you have an illegal copy

no, my copy's completely legal

01/14/2006 08:15:11 PM · #5

upload...

do you mean copy from your camera to your harddrive? upload the pictures to the web? See them in Adobe Bridge?

What exactly are you trying to do?

01/14/2006 08:17:48 PM · #6

upload them from my camera to my hardrive

01/14/2006 08:27:34 PM · #7

do you have a crad reader? If so that's the fastest way. Once you put the card in the cardreader it will show up as another harrdrive. Just copy the files from that drive to wherever you'd like them to permanently be and you are set. Adobe Bridge can browse and thumbnail RAW files so if you just goto the directory you copied the pics to you should see them.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/14/2006 08:47:20 PM · #8

is there a way without a card reader?

wavelength

Nikon D300

01/14/2006 08:49:46 PM · #9

I use Picasa2 to download and organize all my photos, recognizes all RAW files. You can open pics straight from Picasa to any other editing program, but it has its own editing tools too.

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01/14/2006 09:03:04 PM · #10

Originally posted by cfischl:

is there a way without a card reader?

I don't have a 20D but I believe if you hook up the USB cable to the camera and computer it will show up as a drive as well - in which case you could follow my previous suggestion from there. :)

01/14/2006 09:06:20 PM · #11

Yeah thats what i thought too, but my camera doesnt come up as a drive. in the past before i got my 20D (i've only had it for a few weeks) I would just use iPhoto to import the photos and then just drag the files to the desired folder on my hardrive. Hmm....

01/14/2006 09:10:48 PM · #12

well (again I don't have a 20D so I guessing) my Nikon D70 has 2 modes for it's usb connection that I set through the menu system. One will make it show up as a camera, the other a USB drive. Does your camera have a setting like that?

This may be an impracticle suggestion for you not knowing your situation but if you are able to get a card reader it will make life much easier and copy the files much faster (especially useful for LARGE RAW files). You can pick up card readers all over the place now for <$20 (I've seen 'em at grocery stores even).

mesmeraj

01/14/2006 09:13:47 PM · #13

picasa for me too

one of the few photo upload/organise programs that doesn't screw up your exif info - and at a price i can afford (free) i can't find a thing to complain about.

01/14/2006 09:16:48 PM · #14

I like Picasa well enough but ultimately stopped using it becaseu many of my pictures are PNG and it would not read those when I had used it.