Opening Raw photo files

shewolf,

try right-clicking on a photo file in windows explorer. I have a "Preview" option when I right click. You can select multiple files, right click and preview all of them as a slide show.

But you can set your windows browser to make your picture files to look like this:

My regular photos look like that....

my raw files dont


How do I take a screen shot? Maybe I can show you what is happening..

This is what happens when i try to preview them..

You have "View as a slide show" on your left tool bar. What happens if you select a file and pick that option?

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try right clicking on a file and select 'open with'. You should get a bunch of options. Select 'Windows Picture and Fax Viewer'. It's possible that the viewer can't be forced to read your .nef (or is it .ncf?) file as a picture without being formatted into a jpeg or gif but...

when I do that, I get a reallllllly tiny image. About the size of my thumb nail that I can not see too well.

I cant get them to open in tile form, or slide show.

I just dont want to have to open each and every photo to be able to see if I want to use it or not..

I can not find a setting that allows windows fax viewer to open raw any larger then it does..

I could be missing something though..

the viewer has some options across the bottom of the bar. Try 'actual size'. You can select a bunch of files before the right click - open with and they should all open as a slide show.