Windows 64bit OS image/RAW codecs

[darktiger]

Just because I am a nice guy, and a lot of people are mad that there are no 64bit codecs for windows. I am here to tell you, now there is, it works perfectly. No more needing to buy Ardfry codec packs. Enjoy

Free to boot :)
http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/

[Sonny]

Hmmmm, I never had a problem before with codecs and Win 7 64-bit.

I'm using these free codecs. No viruses, trojans, adware, or spyware.
http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

[darktiger]

Raw image codecs (CR2, etc) not video...

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Only 32bit raw codec were available to see raw image files in 32bit OS, not 64bit. There were some work arounds, but it kind of defeated the purposes of having a 64bit OS.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by darktiger

Raw image codecs (CR2, etc) not video...

darktiger added 1 Minutes and 9 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Only 32bit raw codec were available to see raw image files in 32bit OS, not 64bit. There were some work arounds, but it kind of defeated the purposes of having a 64bit OS.

HAHAHAHAHAHA, my bad.


Are you talking about viewing RAW images in Windows 7? Like you would view jpegs?

[darktiger]

Originally Posted by Sonny

HAHAHAHAHAHA, my bad.

NP,

I use KLite for my video codecs, but lately I have been reading on lots of computer and windows 7 forums that people are moving towards the new shark codecs

http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by darktiger

NP,

I use KLite for my video codecs, but lately I have been reading on lots of computer and windows 7 forums that people are moving towards the new shark codecs

http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.

[boxofrocks]

Dumb question:

If I'm running CS4 64 on a 64 bit Vista machine, do I need to install (additional?) 64 bit codecs? How will this help me?

[darktiger]

You know how you see the thumbnails in explorer (my computer), well in Vista 64/win7 64 you cannot see the thumbnails of raw files (nef, cr2, etc). This just allows you to see your raw files without going into a editor/LR/etc.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by darktiger

You know how you see the thumbnails in explorer (my computer), well in Vista 64/win7 64 you cannot see the thumbnails of raw files (nef, cr2, etc). This just allows you to see your raw files without going into a editor/LR/etc.

oooooh, now I get it. Thanks again.

[Peacock]

Originally Posted by boxofrocks

Dumb question:

If I'm running CS4 64 on a 64 bit Vista machine, do I need to install (additional?) 64 bit codecs? How will this help me?

No, this is only if you would like to have thumbnail views when using Windows Explorer, or when open a photo in Windows Photo Gallery or live photo gallery, whatever they call it now!

[darktiger]

I thought I explained that??? Anyways this only applies if you have a 64bit OS and would like to see raw files in Explorer...

[KBerntsen]

Thanks for the link. I'll have to check this out.

[Casey]

I installed this and now Photoshop CS4 won't open a RAW file from my Canon 50D. Suggestions?

[revjvegas]

For whatever its worth, I created a shortcut on my desktop to make explorer show thumbnails of my nef files

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe /separate /e, /root,f:\DCIM

That and I installed the codec from the Nikon download site.

YMMV.

[Casey]

I may have jumped the gun. I put this software on a new box that I THOUGHT I had already tested with Photoshop. I'm wondering if I Photoshop didn't have the codecs it needed before I put the new stuff on.

Maybe I'll test that tonight.