Crazysah Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hello, What's the best way to share RAW files over the internet? Is there an easy way of doing it? Or is the best thing to do, converting the RAW Files into JPEG and then sending them? If so, what's the best way of converting them without losing that much detail? Thanks, Crazysah Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted July 5, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted July 5, 2012 Your best bet would be to use a service like Dropbox to share RAW image files, but obviously the file sizes could be absolutely anything. If you can deal with some quality loss, you could convert the images into JPEG or PNG image files... Most image editing software allows you to select the quality of the image before you save it... and if you're able to view RAW image files you probably already have the software you need. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-594981919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 So, what is the best free image editing software out there? And what's the best file format to convert it into? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-594981965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 i think Irfanview has a good RAW converter plug-in... been a while since i used it tho. convert to PNG or JPG, either one is fine for just looking at pics on a computer Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-594981975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Any other good conversion softwares out there? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-594992933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 oh yea, ThumbsPlus is cool too, but it's not free Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-594992955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titoist Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I use Lightroom 4. Paid $140 for it but so far it has been worth it. My opinion is that anything good is not free. Programs such as Lightroom definetly maintain quality and give editing flexibility as well as sharing options (Faceboom, Flickr, HDD, etc) hence the price. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-595341416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moloko Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Well if you mean share photos just resize them and share. if you mean RAW files them selves then you need to put on Dropbox or something since those files are huge. Now for me, I use lightroom, I convert to Jpeg and compress down to 100kb at a size of 800px on the long side. If I did full size Jpeg it is still 14Mb. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-595470904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Picassa and iPhoto will do it for free. Also, most cameras allow for some RAW + jpg mode if you're looking for a faster way to share the pictures without processing, although either of the aforementioned programs will allow for batch exporting of jpgs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-595470956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 The software that came with your camera should be able to do the conversion. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1089107-sharing-raw-filesconverting-to-jpeg/#findComment-595477742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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