Re: Reading RAW files

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  Paul Noble <[email protected]> said on Nov 09, 2007 22:14 -0500 (in 
part):
> I have a Pentax K10D digital SLR. It can record images in three formats, JPEG, Pentax RAW (PEF format) and Adobe RAW (DNG) format.
>
> JPEG's, of course are no problem for GIMP.
>
> It apparently doesn't know what to do with the Pentax RAW files. It tries to read them but they only show up as a checkerboard pattern.
>
> When I open an Adobe RAW format, it reports the file size as 16MB, which is correct, and it opens a recognizable image, but the image is only 160 x 120 pixels. In reality, the image is 3872 x 2592 pixels. Its as if GIMP is only loading a thumbnail of the full image.
>
> Is there some sort of plug-in or something that I need, in order to read RAW files? I have a copy of "GIMP 2 for Photographers" from the library (I think I'll have to buy it). The book talks about a plug-in filter for importing RAW files.
http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/
Rolf Steinort's Meetthegimp video series has a tutorial on using this: 
http://meetthegimp.org/episode-11-raw-converting-with-ufraw/

Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail
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