D60 CRW RAW Converter Released

paulc said:

If Colin's converter works well ( I bought it, but have no RAW
images at work, so I will see a little bit later ), then maybe
Chris would consider having an optional mode where Breezebrowser
uses Colin's tool instead of the Canon SDK, if the user owns both.

Paul.

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colin_walker said:

Hi,

I have updated d60.exe to V1.10 it now includes the ability to
alter Red & Blue Colour Balances:-

Canon EOS D60 CRW Converter v1.10
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d60.exe options file.crw or batch convert with .crw

Options:-

-r Set Red Balance (daylight = 1.0)
-b Set Blue Balance (daylight = 1.0)

The default is set to daylight.

If you find good settings for other WB's please mail them to me to
include in the readme and benefit other users.

V1.10 will be sent to all registered users in the next couple of
hours.

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Rene Kissinger said:

colin_walker said:

Hi,

I have updated d60.exe to V1.10 it now includes the ability to
alter Red & Blue Colour Balances:-

Canon EOS D60 CRW Converter v1.10
----------------------------------------------------

d60.exe options file.crw or batch convert with .crw

Options:-

-r Set Red Balance (daylight = 1.0)
-b Set Blue Balance (daylight = 1.0)

The default is set to daylight.

If you find good settings for other WB's please mail them to me to
include in the readme and benefit other users.

V1.10 will be sent to all registered users in the next couple of
hours.

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Hi!

Hmmm. not quite sure what I could be doing wrong....
1. When using an option (e.g. : d60.exe -b .crw)
The converter ignores a file that are in the directory.
Had one in there named crw_1536.crw and another named
020625_006.crw. The converter ignores the last one.
When using no option both files are converted normally.

2. The file that is converted with the -b option looks like this



.

No further comments on this one, but I would appreciate an comment
from you.

René

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colin_walker said:

Hi all,

I have a version available of my D60 CRW RAW Converter (An
alternative to software that uses Canon's dll files for decoding
RAW files), it is still a "Windows Only" Command Line program but
can batch convert images with no problem.

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Rene Kissinger said:

colin_walker said:

Hi all,

I have a version available of my D60 CRW RAW Converter (An
alternative to software that uses Canon's dll files for decoding
RAW files), it is still a "Windows Only" Command Line program but
can batch convert images with no problem.

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I think maybe colin should rethink over that shareware thought.
So far I´m not very pleased with the action and converter, as out
of 100 files about 4 had an acceptable result. I hope someday I
will get something working for my 16$. If it would have been
shareware, I could have saved my money for now. I think there is
far more damage to colin through people that bought and weren´t
satisfied, than through the ones that do not register his shareware.
If you know photoshop pretty well, it may be possible to get good
results with his action even with the current version. But if you
knew photoshop that good, you possibly wouldn´t need the action
anyway.
I think colins converter could do pretty well in future, and I hope
that I don´t have to pay for it again.
As I said before : My favourite still is Fred´s action.

René

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colin_walker said:

Hi all,

I have a version available of my D60 CRW RAW Converter (An
alternative to software that uses Canon's dll files for decoding
RAW files), it is still a "Windows Only" Command Line program but
can batch convert images with no problem.

The Program will be supplied with a new ICC Profile & Photoshop 6/7
Action.

Please note the above will produce the best image quality from D60
CRW files but will require a working knowledge of PhotoShop to get
the best results

If you would like the package, please send $16 via Paypal.com to:
[email protected]

Samples posted below:-

http://www.pbase.com/colinwalker/crw

Best Regards,

Colin Walker

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colin_walker said:

Thanks for the support Chris, I have just sent to you.

Colin

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colin_walker said:

Rene,

I clearly stated that a knowledge of Photoshop is required to use
this converter to it's fullest potential, you obviously do not have
this ability or do not want to use it.

I would be more than happy to help you if you would e-mail me, but
you refuse to.

I value your custom, but I now believe from another source you are
a friend of Fred Miranda! it all now makes sense!!!!!.

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Fred van der Windt said:

I did some more tests with Colin's V1.1 version. It still sunny and
bright outside, so I didn't use the commandline options to fiddle
with the WB.

I compared a few pictures processed by YarcPlus and Fred Miranda's
linear action with the results from Colin's converter and -action.

Two very obvious differences:

Colin's pictures are (much!) sharper: the really have more fine
detail.

The colors are 'off'. It's difficult to get accurate colors. I got
a blue cast on some pictures (like other people mentioned in this
thread). I'm not that good with PS so that is a problem (at least
for me). I also wouldn't want to fiddle too much in PS after taking
a few hundred pictures....!

I'd love to have sharpness and extra detail of Colin's converter
with the better (or should I say easier) color rendition of the
other linear actions...!

I hope he'w working on that now: it's far mor important than a nice
GUI.

--

Fred!

D60 28-70L 100-400L mindstor girlfriend cat

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colin_walker said:

Hi Rene,

I have been working hard on a new action, I have sent this to you
and all other registered users.

I have also included a sample workflow to try and help people
understand the process a little better.

As I said before I want to help you Rene, but I need a direct
dialog with you via e-mail. I think if you and other users
persevere with the converter you will be rewarded in the end.

Kind Regards

Colin

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Fred van der Windt said:

I hope he'w working on that now: it's far mor important than a nice
GUI.

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Ralph McIntosh said:

Ralph

colin_walker said:

Hi Rene,

I have been working hard on a new action, I have sent this to you
and all other registered users.

I have also included a sample workflow to try and help people
understand the process a little better.

As I said before I want to help you Rene, but I need a direct
dialog with you via e-mail. I think if you and other users
persevere with the converter you will be rewarded in the end.

Kind Regards

Colin

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colin_walker said:

Thanks for your feedback, I hope that as people use the converter
and action we can generate some command line parameters for
different WB lighting situations.

The blue issue is very annoying, I do not get it with any of my
test images, and if there are slight colour shifts I use "Colour
Balance" to cure them.

Please mail me the Blue RAW file, I may need to generate a new ICC
Profile.

Colin

Fred van der Windt said:

I did some more tests with Colin's V1.1 version. It still sunny and
bright outside, so I didn't use the commandline options to fiddle
with the WB.

I compared a few pictures processed by YarcPlus and Fred Miranda's
linear action with the results from Colin's converter and -action.

Two very obvious differences:

Colin's pictures are (much!) sharper: the really have more fine
detail.

The colors are 'off'. It's difficult to get accurate colors. I got
a blue cast on some pictures (like other people mentioned in this
thread). I'm not that good with PS so that is a problem (at least
for me). I also wouldn't want to fiddle too much in PS after taking
a few hundred pictures....!

I'd love to have sharpness and extra detail of Colin's converter
with the better (or should I say easier) color rendition of the
other linear actions...!

I hope he'w working on that now: it's far mor important than a nice
GUI.

--

Fred!

D60 28-70L 100-400L mindstor girlfriend cat

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Fred van der Windt said:

Fred van der Windt said:

I hope he'w working on that now: it's far mor important than a nice
GUI.

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He is.

I just received a new version of PS action. It works better: I
still have a blue cast on some pictures (but not as bad as the
pictures from the previous action) but it is 'easier' to get rid
off with PS Color Balance adjustments.

--

Fred!

D60 28-70L 100-400L mindstor girlfriend cat

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Ralph McIntosh said:

The blue cast is almost in every picture I convert.
I am confirm with PS and can, if I do some time a hard work with
it, remove the cast.
In the duck picture I posted it can be removed by sacrificing the
greens.

But I also have pictures where there is no chance at all to remove
the blue cast. It seems it?s not a WB issue. It?s in there in
general.

Here the picture. At 22.00 Night and ISO800. Colins version shows
visible less noise (in the origin size)! The house on the right is
light yellow. Colours in the canon version are almost right.

Colin:



Canon:



Ralph

colin_walker said:

Thanks for your feedback, I hope that as people use the converter
and action we can generate some command line parameters for
different WB lighting situations.

The blue issue is very annoying, I do not get it with any of my
test images, and if there are slight colour shifts I use "Colour
Balance" to cure them.

Please mail me the Blue RAW file, I may need to generate a new ICC
Profile.

Colin

Fred van der Windt said:

I did some more tests with Colin's V1.1 version. It still sunny and
bright outside, so I didn't use the commandline options to fiddle
with the WB.

I compared a few pictures processed by YarcPlus and Fred Miranda's
linear action with the results from Colin's converter and -action.

Two very obvious differences:

Colin's pictures are (much!) sharper: the really have more fine
detail.

The colors are 'off'. It's difficult to get accurate colors. I got
a blue cast on some pictures (like other people mentioned in this
thread). I'm not that good with PS so that is a problem (at least
for me). I also wouldn't want to fiddle too much in PS after taking
a few hundred pictures....!

I'd love to have sharpness and extra detail of Colin's converter
with the better (or should I say easier) color rendition of the
other linear actions...!

I hope he'w working on that now: it's far mor important than a nice
GUI.

--

Fred!

D60 28-70L 100-400L mindstor girlfriend cat

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colin_walker said:

Can you send me the RAW file?

I did ask for the duck image but did not receive it.

Thanks,

Colin

Ralph McIntosh said:

The blue cast is almost in every picture I convert.
I am confirm with PS and can, if I do some time a hard work with
it, remove the cast.
In the duck picture I posted it can be removed by sacrificing the
greens.

But I also have pictures where there is no chance at all to remove
the blue cast. It seems it?s not a WB issue. It?s in there in
general.

Here the picture. At 22.00 Night and ISO800. Colins version shows
visible less noise (in the origin size)! The house on the right is
light yellow. Colours in the canon version are almost right.

Colin:



Canon:



Ralph

colin_walker said:

Thanks for your feedback, I hope that as people use the converter
and action we can generate some command line parameters for
different WB lighting situations.

The blue issue is very annoying, I do not get it with any of my
test images, and if there are slight colour shifts I use "Colour
Balance" to cure them.

Please mail me the Blue RAW file, I may need to generate a new ICC
Profile.

Colin

Fred van der Windt said:

I did some more tests with Colin's V1.1 version. It still sunny and
bright outside, so I didn't use the commandline options to fiddle
with the WB.

I compared a few pictures processed by YarcPlus and Fred Miranda's
linear action with the results from Colin's converter and -action.

Two very obvious differences:

Colin's pictures are (much!) sharper: the really have more fine
detail.

The colors are 'off'. It's difficult to get accurate colors. I got
a blue cast on some pictures (like other people mentioned in this
thread). I'm not that good with PS so that is a problem (at least
for me). I also wouldn't want to fiddle too much in PS after taking
a few hundred pictures....!

I'd love to have sharpness and extra detail of Colin's converter
with the better (or should I say easier) color rendition of the
other linear actions...!

I hope he'w working on that now: it's far mor important than a nice
GUI.

--

Fred!

D60 28-70L 100-400L mindstor girlfriend cat

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