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Dirk Vermeirre
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Hi Vbeast,
Here it's also slow on my Mac, hope to see an update from Fuji or soon there will be a Mac version from Bibble to convert them ([email protected])
With very kind regards,
Dirk
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Tom May
Senior Member
vbeast,
This is an issue to me, though I'm not ready to buy yet. Out of curiosity, are you using iView Multimeda Pro for OSX? I've thought of upgrading from the oem copy I received with Toast Titanium.
tom
This is an issue to me, though I'm not ready to buy yet. Out of curiosity, are you using iView Multimeda Pro for OSX? I've thought of upgrading from the oem copy I received with Toast Titanium.
tom
I think I am using version 1.5. It is on OS 10.2. IView works with canon RAW fine and the coversion rate is quite quick but does not see S2pro RAW.
Rick Boden
Leading Member
FWIW, I sent a Fuji Raw file to the developer of iView and he was going to see if it could be supported.
Rick
Rick
This is great,thanks Rick
bossnas
Leading Member
hey rick,
could you possibly do the same for the guy that maintains graphic converter? he replied to say he'd add support if he knew the tech specs of the file format but maybe he can get some info if he had an actual file? my S2 is still on order so i can't help him out. i am an OSX 10.2 user and would like to have some options once i do eventually get my S2.
cheers
nas
I'm not Rick but I can fill in
What you suggest I already did - I put a few RAW files along with JPEGs up for Thorsten Lemke (the creator of GraphicConverter) but his reply was that he wants/needs (?) a technical description of the format ...
And the Fuji Converter is slow ... I'm running it in classic on my new 867DP with 10.2 and 1.2 Gig of RAM. It takes ages ;(
I still have hopes that Fuji comes up with a decent OS X version of the converter.
What also bugs me is that the FinePix Viewer application for OS X is not capable of displaying the RAW files whereas the OS9 version is! So I have to run that one in classic as well - yuck.
It just can better ...
cheers,
Bernd
Rick Boden
Leading Member
Thank you Bernd, I was going to do it this evening but now I don't have to.I'm not Rick but I can fill in
What you suggest I already did - I put a few RAW files along with
JPEGs up for Thorsten Lemke (the creator of GraphicConverter) but
his reply was that he wants/needs (?) a technical description of
the format ...
And the Fuji Converter is slow ... I'm running it in classic on my
new 867DP with 10.2 and 1.2 Gig of RAM. It takes ages ;(
I still have hopes that Fuji comes up with a decent OS X version of
the converter.
I am thinking that MacBibble will be our best solution. I would suggest that anyone who would be willing to pay the $99 shareware fee for a program that works well, please go to bibblelabs.com and let the author know that you would happily pay for an S2 supported version.
Rick
p.s. and if you want to check out the program, download it and try to find a .nef file online to play with.
bossnas
Leading Member
firstly thanx for your help and replies. i don't even have my S2 yet but all of this info is very helpful indeed.
am i right in thinking that macbibble as it stands at the moment is of no use to S2 users? shouldn't i bother installing it yet? or can i do things with jpg files that i can't easily do in PS?
cheers
am i right in thinking that macbibble as it stands at the moment is of no use to S2 users? shouldn't i bother installing it yet? or can i do things with jpg files that i can't easily do in PS?
cheers
It cannot be used for Fuji RAW files yet. I send a mail to the author and got the following short but promising reply to my question when the mac version will have the same functions as the windows version: "Later this fall."
I'll be waiting,
Bernd
Mike Cryer
Active member
Hi Bernd,
I'm running the FinePix Viewer in OSX10.2 and it sees the raw files perfectly well. The only problem I'm having is if I've worked on files in Photoshop (v7.00) and saved as a TIF - then in FinePix Viewer all I get for these is a big red question mark - no view of the files.
Regards
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Mike Cryer
Sheyingshi
Well-known member
That's interesting. I'm running OSX 10.2.1 and the Finepix viewer doesn't show the raw files, I have to launch the OS 9 version. My OSX Finepix doesn't even have the buttons to launch the EX or LE converters. By the way, on the MacBibble site Eric announced today that now that the latest windows version is out, he's going to be working full time on the Mac one, and it'll have S2 support. Hopefully in a month or two.
On the subject of iView MediaPro, I remember it never could read Nikon's .NEFs either until Nikon came out with Nikon View 5.1 which ran under Mac OSX, so possibly when Fuji gets it's act together and produces a workable OSX file viewer iView will be able to use it as a helper program or something like that. Until then I do a batch conversion of a day's .RAFs at the lowest 8 bit conversion setting using EX, then batch convert them to .JPG using Graphic Converter using the same filenames (with the .jpg extension though so I don't overwrite my originals). I put these in the job's folder and feed them to iView. I can view the 'thumbnails', then manually convert the ones I want to high res. It's a pain, but I'm hoping it'll be temporary. Oh, and by the way, I don't think that Graphic Converter can open .NEFs or .CRWs either.
On the subject of iView MediaPro, I remember it never could read Nikon's .NEFs either until Nikon came out with Nikon View 5.1 which ran under Mac OSX, so possibly when Fuji gets it's act together and produces a workable OSX file viewer iView will be able to use it as a helper program or something like that. Until then I do a batch conversion of a day's .RAFs at the lowest 8 bit conversion setting using EX, then batch convert them to .JPG using Graphic Converter using the same filenames (with the .jpg extension though so I don't overwrite my originals). I put these in the job's folder and feed them to iView. I can view the 'thumbnails', then manually convert the ones I want to high res. It's a pain, but I'm hoping it'll be temporary. Oh, and by the way, I don't think that Graphic Converter can open .NEFs or .CRWs either.
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