Windows 7 & RAW support

[illmonkey]

Microsoft have released a patch to allow RAW images to natively render in Windows 7 explorer.

Microsoft blog said:

Over on Inside Windows Live, Brad Weed announced today the release of the new Microsoft Camera Codec Pack. This enables the ability to natively render supported RAW photo file formats in Windows 7 (Windows Explorer) and in Windows Live Photo Gallery. Being that I’m someone who shoots a lot of photos and manages them with Photo Gallery, I thought I’d blog about the process of getting RAW support with the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack.

First off – you’re going to need the QFE2 update for Windows Live Essentials 2011 for the Microsoft Codec Pack to work correctly with Windows Live Photo Gallery. To install that update, head on over to download.live.com and run the Windows Live installer. It will update Windows Live Essentials if you don’t have QFE2 installed. And if you do have it installed, it will tell you there’s nothing to update. If you don’t use Photo Gallery, you can view RAW files from within Windows Explorer by installing the Microsoft Codec Pack separately by itself via the Microsoft Download Center. However you need to have QFE2 installed for Windows Live Essentials to ensure the RAW photo support functions correctly.

With QFE2 installed, Windows Live Photo Gallery will detect if you have photos in any of the supported RAW photo file formats and will alert you that a codec pack is available for download. You’ll of course want to choose to download and install!

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[Condieboy]

Cheers, works on my Win7 64-bit Vaio.

[Comacchio]

Earlier today.