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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Configuring DNG Files

« on: 2011-06-14 18:05:25 »

When I installed TP8 service pack 1, I could no long see any Adobe DNG files. (I don't remember if they were natively supported in the first installation.) I manually added DNG's in preferences under the "Camera" files and set the DNG's to be equivalent to PEF raw files (the most common raw file I use.) I've been having two problems though:

First is speed. It takes 4-6 seconds for the preview to show up when I select a DNG file.  Until the preview shows up, I can't drag and drop the file into other apps. It also take several seconds when I select multiple files before I can drag them. By contrast, the preview for JPG's and even very large TIF's (600+ MB) appear within 1 second.

Second problem is that the DNG images are all adjusted to look the same. If I have three files, one well under exposed, one well over exposed, and one just right, the thumbs all look the same. They all appear to be about 1 stop over exposed with very low contrast. I'd like to be able to evaluate basic exposure based on the thumbnails and skip ones that are way off. White balance differences DO show in the thumbs. Exposure differences show in other file types like JPG and TIF.  They do not show in DNG and other raw files.

So - does Thumbs plus support DNG natively?  If so - any suggestions on how to get them to show up?  If not, any suggestions on how to add DNG's so they display better and preview faster?

Thanks -

MCC

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Cannot sort thumbnails

« on: 2011-06-12 17:54:11 »

I am running Thumbsplus 8, Service Pack 1. Among several problems with this software, the most difficult is inconsistent and erratic sorting. Specifically:

1. Keyboard shortcuts do not work at all. The have never worked in v8. They used to work fine in v 7.

2. If I click on Window ->Sort and then use the drop downs to select a sort criteria, it sometimes works, but usually does not.  Thumbs usually stay sorted by name with no change regardless of what I select. Sometimes, however, the sort does work.

3. I get screwy sort results in some cases. For example, I just did a sort by file type and the thumbs are now arranged like this: 1- PSD, 1- TIF, 1- DNG, 3 - TIF's, 806 - DNG's, 4- TIF's, 3 -PSD's, and lastly, 3- TIF's. That's not sorted. That's scrambled. I can see no order to how these images are appearing - not by date, time, etc.

4. In some cases if I select a sort and it does not work, and then exit and restart the program, the selected sort will be applied. Usually, the selected sort is gone and the drop downs under Window - Sort are blank.

5. Window - Sort -Descending does work, as does the keyboard short cut.

Any idea about how to fix this? I'm probably going back to v7 since, since being able to quickly sort through a day's photos is basic to my workflow.

I'm running Windows 7 x64, if that matters.

Thanks .