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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Configuring DNG Files
« on: 2011-06-14 23:05:10 »
> .DNG files are supported through the Digicam plug-in, which is actually two plug-ins: Digicam and Digiraw. ....
Many thanks - my install of the Digicam plugin was apparently corrupted - I uninstalled it and reinstalled. Now the DNG files show up fine, without being a clone of the PEF files.
> One of the options there is if (instead of developing the full raw data, which takes time) you want to use the embedded preview image for thumbnail creation, slideshows, viewing, etc, to speed things up.
Unfortunatley, I'm not seeing improvement here. It still is taking 4-6 seconds to display. I checked and 'use embedded preview' for the raw files is checked and so is 'quick interpolation' in DCRaw.
> The exposure equalization that you are seeing is probably due to a DCRAW feature that causes it to develop raw images such that none of their pixels are clipped (even if they really should be, due to over-exposure). I'm not sure which of its settings affects this.. it could be 'load 16 bits per channel' or (if that's inactive) 'automatic brightness level'. You may want to experiment with those, or try plug_digicam instead of plug_digiraw for the 'Load File Using' setting.
Thanks - it was the 'auto gamma' setting. That was enabled for the PEF's and that was copied over to the DNG profile I had created. Now the exposure of the images is showing properly. I don't usually work with the PEF's - I convert them to DNG's and work from those - but I ran some tests and the 'auto gamma' setting also makes the PEF's look all the same. Disabiling it solves that problem...
Thanks again - this has been very helpful!
Many thanks - my install of the Digicam plugin was apparently corrupted - I uninstalled it and reinstalled. Now the DNG files show up fine, without being a clone of the PEF files.
> One of the options there is if (instead of developing the full raw data, which takes time) you want to use the embedded preview image for thumbnail creation, slideshows, viewing, etc, to speed things up.
Unfortunatley, I'm not seeing improvement here. It still is taking 4-6 seconds to display. I checked and 'use embedded preview' for the raw files is checked and so is 'quick interpolation' in DCRaw.
> The exposure equalization that you are seeing is probably due to a DCRAW feature that causes it to develop raw images such that none of their pixels are clipped (even if they really should be, due to over-exposure). I'm not sure which of its settings affects this.. it could be 'load 16 bits per channel' or (if that's inactive) 'automatic brightness level'. You may want to experiment with those, or try plug_digicam instead of plug_digiraw for the 'Load File Using' setting.
Thanks - it was the 'auto gamma' setting. That was enabled for the PEF's and that was copied over to the DNG profile I had created. Now the exposure of the images is showing properly. I don't usually work with the PEF's - I convert them to DNG's and work from those - but I ran some tests and the 'auto gamma' setting also makes the PEF's look all the same. Disabiling it solves that problem...
Thanks again - this has been very helpful!