Lumix GF6: where to find .rw2 support

[Thacker]

Note: Reposting from Beginners Questions at the advice of a member.

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Hello there

I recently purchased a GF6 and am enjoying it. However, I've taken some photos in .rw2 and have now ran into the brick wall of not being able to do ANYTHING to these raw files.

All my comptures are 64bit, so the "official" Panasonic codecs don't work.

I tried the Microsoft camera pack codec, but it won't install for some reason.

I'm not yet ready to pay $15 for the codecs from a certain site.

I've "tried" a couple versions of ACDSee and they aren't handling .rw2 either.

Picasa will view them, but they all look gray and muted.

So in short, I'm exasperated and getting ready to pull my hair out. Parents are waiting to see pictures of their new grandson and I'm stuck behind a stupid technical wall.

Advice sorely appreciated.

 

[jeffharris]

Thacker wrote:

I recently purchased a GF6 and am enjoying it. However, I've taken some photos in .rw2 and have now ran into the brick wall of not being able to do ANYTHING to these raw files.

All my comptures are 64bit, so the "official" Panasonic codecs don't work.

SilkyPix that ships on a CD with the camera doesn't work?

DId you try going to the SilkyPix website and looking for a 64-bit version?

So in short, I'm exasperated and getting ready to pull my hair out. Parents are waiting to see pictures of their new grandson and I'm stuck behind a stupid technical wall.

The free Adobe DNG Converter should work.

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www.adobe.com

 

[Chris R-UK]

jeffharris wrote:

Thacker wrote:

I recently purchased a GF6 and am enjoying it. However, I've taken some photos in .rw2 and have now ran into the brick wall of not being able to do ANYTHING to these raw files.

All my comptures are 64bit, so the "official" Panasonic codecs don't work.

SilkyPix that ships on a CD with the camera doesn't work?

DId you try going to the SilkyPix website and looking for a 64-bit version?

So in short, I'm exasperated and getting ready to pull my hair out. Parents are waiting to see pictures of their new grandson and I'm stuck behind a stupid technical wall.

The free Adobe DNG Converter should work.

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5646&promoid=DTEHR

I don't think that any of the Adobe programs yet handle the GF6. It isn't in the Adobe list of raw supported cameras referenced via the link above.

 

[alfredo_tomato]

If you have access to a Mac with Mountain Lion and updated software, the GF6 is supported. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5371

 

[Guy Parsons]

Thacker wrote:

Note: Reposting from Beginners Questions at the advice of a member.

+++

Hello there

I recently purchased a GF6 and am enjoying it. However, I've taken some photos in .rw2 and have now ran into the brick wall of not being able to do ANYTHING to these raw files.

All my comptures are 64bit, so the "official" Panasonic codecs don't work.

I tried the Microsoft camera pack codec, but it won't install for some reason.

I'm not yet ready to pay $15 for the codecs from a certain site.

I've "tried" a couple versions of ACDSee and they aren't handling .rw2 either.

Picasa will view them, but they all look gray and muted.

So in short, I'm exasperated and getting ready to pull my hair out. Parents are waiting to see pictures of their new grandson and I'm stuck behind a stupid technical wall.

Advice sorely appreciated.

Silkypix is always quick to add new cameras and either the free 30 day trial of Silkypix Pro V5 (for all cameras) or the free SE version 3 of Silkypix that is limited to Panasonic cameras will give result while you wait for the others to catch up.

My links page will help find those http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~parsog/silkypix/s01-menu.html

Strange program at first but can do everything as there's control features galore. I find with my Olympus RAWs that the jpeg results from Silkypix Pro 5 are a little better than the rather good in-camera jpegs can manage. And that's with the default settings, gets better as I fiddle more.

Regards..... Guy

 

[FrankS009]

You can download Faststone Image Viewer for free. It works fine with Panasonic raw files. I use it all the time.

If you want to change raw files into jpgs, just edit them a bit - I do a slight crop sometimes - and then you can save them as jpgs.

F.

 

[Thacker]

I never even thought to try the CD... come to think of it I don't remember even having a CD.

Brain has been slightly scrambled with new baby.

I'll check out the CD and/or direct links to Silky Pics and the like.

Thanks!

 

[Thacker]

Thanks everyone!

I've downloaded SilkyPix and FastStone and they are both great! I'll have to fiddle with SilkyPix some to get a handle on how to deal with editing these photos; this my first time dealing with anything beyond point and shoot.

FastStone is GREAT! I think it'll replace a very old, questionable copy of ACDSee as my primary photo viewer, and it lets me quickly convert to JPG to send to the parents!

Ya for forum help!

Thanks again!

 

[eques]

Thacker wrote:

Note: Reposting from Beginners Questions at the advice of a member.

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Hello there

I recently purchased a GF6 and am enjoying it. However, I've taken some photos in .rw2 and have now ran into the brick wall of not being able to do ANYTHING to these raw files.

All my comptures are 64bit, so the "official" Panasonic codecs don't work.

I tried the Microsoft camera pack codec, but it won't install for some reason.

I'm not yet ready to pay $15 for the codecs from a certain site.

I've "tried" a couple versions of ACDSee and they aren't handling .rw2 either.

Picasa will view them, but they all look gray and muted.

So in short, I'm exasperated and getting ready to pull my hair out. Parents are waiting to see pictures of their new grandson and I'm stuck behind a stupid technical wall.

Advice sorely appreciated.

RawTherapee is an excellent and powerful raw converter and it is free and v4.011 has a 64 bit windows version.

If they don't have a profile for the GF6 yet, use the free adobe raw to dng converter and then process the dng files with RT.

Try it!

Peter.

 

[jgalvezjr]

If I were you, I'd download free latest version of Adobe DNG Converter and then work on the dng files (converted RW2 files) using Photoshop's Bridge. The dng files becomes your raw files. Afterwards you can save in jpgs after post processing. This is what I learned in digital photography class and I've been using this conversion method ever since.