Quick RAW viewing

[eysha]

I have started to shoot in RAW but find viewing them, to delete the poor ones, time consuming.
At the moment i am viewing them in Picas and zooming in to them takes an age.
Is there a programme where i can quickly view RAW images and delete what i don't want, preferably a free one, quickly?
I have Elements 6 and am toying with the idea of buying lightroom 3 and ditching Picas, what advise would you give me? Should i stick with Elements and Picas or Elements and Lightroom or...
Is Lightroom a good programme to have and if so why?
Thanks in advance
E.

[thefonz78]

Are you using windows? You can download codec from Microsoft for your camera so you can view them as you would a jpeg in windows photo gallery.

Only supports nikon and canon though i think.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en...s.aspx?id=8802

Just google 'view raw files in windows' there are a few free codecs i noticed with more support for other cameras

[eysha]

Sorry, i should have said, i am using Vista and have a Panasonic FZ38.

[thefonz78]

Here you go, just found it on the panasonic website

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...raw/index.html

[eysha]

MANY THANKS. e

[eysha]

It works nicely fonz but unfortunately i cannot editor or delete from it. not bothered about the edit bit really more interested in the exif and being able to delete what i don't want.
E.

[GeoffWessex]

If you're getting Lightroom you can delete almost immediately from there (but as you're using PSE6 I wonder if your computer's getting on a bit, in which case LR3 can be very, very slow - my 5-year-old PC, with XP, even though upgraded with more RAM and faster video, makes LR3 impossible to use properly).

However, good news.... the Panasonic FZ38 was a camera added to Adobe Camera Raw in version 5.6 - which can be used in Elements 6 (it's the one I use). So you should be able to download, view and delete your Raw images (with all their EXIF etc) directly from Organizer. Find ACR5.6 here - follow the instructions for installation.

[eysha]

Hi Geoffrey, my laptop can cope no problem and isn't an old one. I have been looking at lightroom and it looks good and i am so getting into RAW photography too now.
I do have the ACR5 add on but find it slow and frustrating.
I don't want anything fancy, just quick to view and able to delete what is rubbish quickly to save time.
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[Cathus]

Try faststone image viewer.

free and quick and you can edit within. I tend to use it to delete raw files prior to loading them in to Lightroom. I aslo have it open on one screen with Phtotoshop on the other & drag pics from it into Photoshop to edit.

http://www.faststone.org/

[eysha]

Thanks, i have now downloaded it. What do you think of lightroom? I was thinking of investing in it but not sure if i should stick to Elements 6 like Geoffrey.