Irfanview and Canon RAW

I posted about this the other day. I am making progress, but still need
help. I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview. I was only able
to get 640 X 480 images. I found that in OptionsPropertiesPlugins, I had
"Load Preview image only" selected. Hence the 480 X 640. I selected "Load
using Canon DLLs (high quality image)" and now I get a pop up box when I try
to open a RAW file that says "[location & file name] : CRW Decode error!
Can't load Canon DLL:CDSDK.DLL Please read the file "i_plugins.txt for
CRW details"

I downloaded and installed the new Irfanview 392 and Irfanview_plugins_392
from the website. I also downloaded a WinZip file Canon_crw. I unzipped
the file and the contained files show on my hard drive.

So what do I do now? I feel like I am getting pretty close to making this
work. Please help if you can shed any useful information.

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From: "Terry"

I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview.

Why?

From: "Terry"

I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview.

Why?

Terry wrote:

I posted about this the other day. I am making progress, but still need
help. I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview. I was only able
to get 640 X 480 images. I found that in OptionsPropertiesPlugins, I had
"Load Preview image only" selected. Hence the 480 X 640. I selected "Load
using Canon DLLs (high quality image)" and now I get a pop up box when I try
to open a RAW file that says "[location & file name] : CRW Decode error!
Can't load Canon DLL:CDSDK.DLL Please read the file "i_plugins.txt for
CRW details"

I downloaded and installed the new Irfanview 392 and Irfanview_plugins_392
from the website. I also downloaded a WinZip file Canon_crw. I unzipped
the file and the contained files show on my hard drive.

So what do I do now? I feel like I am getting pretty close to making this
work. Please help if you can shed any useful information.

Thanks. Remove "rat" from my email address to reply by email.

My guess is that those Canon DLLs need to be somewhere IrfanView can
find them... either in the IrfanView program folder, or somewhere in the
system PATH, such as the SYSTEM32 folder (typically C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 or
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32).

Probably to view the images .. that's what Irfanview is for.

Annika1980 wrote:
From: "Terry"


I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview.


Why?

Thanks. I finally figured that out. I reunzipped the CRW files into the
Irfanview program & got it going. What happens now is that Irfanview opens
the file just fine. I can copy that and paste it into an old version of
Photoshop that I have if I want further manipulation. That all works great.
When I close a photo in Photoshop & try to paste a new picture copied from
Irfanview, Photoshop still shows the old picture. I have to completely shut
down Photoshop, restart it, then paste. That works.. Very confusing.

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Terry wrote:

I posted about this the other day. I am making progress, but still need
help. I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview. I was only
able to get 640 X 480 images. I found that in
OptionsPropertiesPlugins, I had "Load Preview image only" selected.
Hence the 480 X 640. I selected "Load using Canon DLLs (high quality
image)" and now I get a pop up box when I try to open a RAW file that
says "[location & file name] : CRW Decode error! Can't load Canon
DLL:CDSDK.DLL Please read the file "i_plugins.txt for CRW details"

I downloaded and installed the new Irfanview 392 and
Irfanview_plugins_392 from the website. I also downloaded a WinZip file
Canon_crw. I unzipped the file and the contained files show on my hard
drive.

So what do I do now? I feel like I am getting pretty close to making
this work. Please help if you can shed any useful information.

Thanks. Remove "rat" from my email address to reply by email.

My guess is that those Canon DLLs need to be somewhere IrfanView can find
them... either in the IrfanView program folder, or somewhere in the system
PATH, such as the SYSTEM32 folder (typically C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 or
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32).

Phil Wheeler wrote:

Probably to view the images .. that's what Irfanview is for.

Annika1980 wrote:

From: "Terry"



I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview.



Why?




Ignore him Phil. He's trolling but with the wrong bait.

The missing dll file is on the Canon CD which comes with the camera. The
whole Irfanview thing is free and the guy who wrote it can't be expected
to action everything in one release. The next release might have it
included. If you have trouble locating the dll file, try
http://www.dll-files.com/.


Ryadia

Phil Wheeler wrote:

Probably to view the images .. that's what Irfanview is for.

Annika1980 wrote:

From: "Terry"



I am trying to open Canon RAW images with Irfanview.



Why?




Ignore him Phil. He's trolling but with the wrong bait.

The missing dll file is on the Canon CD which comes with the camera. The
whole Irfanview thing is free and the guy who wrote it can't be expected
to action everything in one release. The next release might have it
included. If you have trouble locating the dll file, try
http://www.dll-files.com/.


Ryadia

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:32:31 -0400, Terry wrote:

Thanks. I finally figured that out. I reunzipped the CRW files into the
Irfanview program & got it going. What happens now is that Irfanview opens
the file just fine. I can copy that and paste it into an old version of
Photoshop that I have if I want further manipulation. That all works great.
When I close a photo in Photoshop & try to paste a new picture copied from
Irfanview, Photoshop still shows the old picture. I have to completely shut
down Photoshop, restart it, then paste. That works.. Very confusing.

Odd, why are you copying from irfanview to PS, isn't that defeating the
whole point of shooting in RAW? You should converting the RAW files to TIFF
or PNG (or any other lossless format) using the RAW plugin in PS, breeze
browser, or Phase One C1.

Zeyd