Paint Shop Pro support - Raw files in PSP 7

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Raw files in PSP 7

JEC

2005-02-14, 6:41 pm

Hi, When I open a raw (nef) file in PSP 7 the image is very very small,
and when I zoom in there is a huge loss of quality (jaggies). Does PSP 7
not open the raw file formats normally? If yes the what do I need to do
to the program to open those files? Thanks

Ron Lacey

2005-02-14, 6:41 pm

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:53:54 -0500, JEC <cronin04@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi, When I open a raw (nef) file in PSP 7 the image is very very small,
>and when I zoom in there is a huge loss of quality (jaggies). Does PSP 7
>not open the raw file formats normally? If yes the what do I need to do
>to the program to open those files? Thanks

PSP7 doesn't support camera RAW file conversion. What you're opening
is an embedded thumbnail. PSP9 will open Nikon RAW camera files for
these cameras...

D1, D1h, D100, D2h, D1X, D70

Ron

ron@ronsfotos.com
http://borealphotography.com

Kris Zaklika

2005-02-15, 4:22 am

JEC wrote:
>
> Hi, When I open a raw (nef) file in PSP 7 the image is very very small,

You aren't opening a RAW file in PSP 7. PSP 7 has no support
for digital camera RAW files (though it does support the quite
different graphics RAW format). Instead, you are opening a
JPEG thumbnail embedded in the RAW file.

> and when I zoom in there is a huge loss of quality (jaggies).

It's a thumbnail with very few pixels in it, not a full-size
digital camera image.

> Does PSP 7
> not open the raw file formats normally?

It does not open digital camera RAW files at all.

> If yes the what do I need to do
> to the program to open those files? Thanks

Upgrade to PSP 9, which does have digital camera RAW support.
Alternatively, use the RAW format reader that came with your
camera, save the file as TIFF and then open that in PSP.