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June 5, 2011
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P: Capability to display embedded preview or sidecar Jpeg

  • June 5, 2011
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As it stands, there is no way to view the preview embedded in a raw file except by loading the raw file into an external app.

Many a folk has wanted to view, in Lightroom, the camera-generated preview, or preview as edited by camera manufacturer software, or even DNG preview as previously saved in Lightroom or Photoshop/ACR.

So, the 'Idea' is for some way to temporarily view the jpeg preview embedded in a proprietary raw or DNG file.

Embedded preview should be usable in before/after comparison, as well as side-by-side, as well as temporary loupe display.

Note: development resources to satisfy this request would be relatively small.

If you like this Idea, please remember to click the '+1' button below.

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    sunlit777
    Participating Frequently
    July 6, 2012
    Thanks a lot Rob, I am checking that plugin out now!
    areohbee
    areohbeeAuthor
    Legend
    July 6, 2012
    Consider NxToo:

    http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAn...
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    sunlit777
    Participating Frequently
    July 6, 2012
    There is a point in using LR as a library DAM only, and relying on external other raw processor (e.g. Capture NX in case of Nikon) for developing raws. The point is that LR is unequalled at organizing your photo archives, however, Nikon proprietary soft can provide more convincing results in terms of raw processing.
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    sunlit777
    Participating Frequently
    July 6, 2012
    As a Nikon shooter I would also like to see an option to turn on "embedded or sidecar jpg" previews ONLY for .nef files. And an option to launch external editor on .nef files, not the rendered tiffs as Lightroom currently offers.
    areohbee
    areohbeeAuthor
    Legend
    July 2, 2012
    It depends on the camera. In case of Nikon D300 for example, the jpeg embedded by the camera is always full-rez, but basic quality, whereas for the jpeg sidecar you can choose both quality and rez. Granted if you were planning to reserve the option to use jpeg as master, you'd probably choose both full-rez and fine quality. But regardless of quality, the embedded preview is useful for culling, or comparing color/tone, etc. - it's not going to be edited, nor exported... Note: The jpeg preview may also represent the raw image after editing with manufacturer software, at which point it receives a quality bump.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 2, 2012
    Aren't embedded previews usually lower quality than separate JPEGs?
    Gavin Farrington
    Gavin Farrington
    Participating Frequently
    July 1, 2012
    Hi zigzag. Using the embeded preview effectively gives you the exact same result without the need to record a separate JPEG in-camera. That's why it's such a popular request. Cheers! 😉
    Gavin Farrington
    Gavin Farrington
    Participating Frequently
    July 1, 2012
    I'm one of those using PM, Victoria. Thanks for voicing your support on this. PM is a great program, but it's really just a "patch" for something LR could easily do as well.
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    slarti3
    Participant
    June 26, 2012
    +1 for an additional module that serves one single purpose: Cut your shoot down from 1000 to 200 photographs, as quickly as possible.
    Implementation: add a switch to the library preview that will use the embedded preview instead. Done.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 20, 2012
    Add ability to switch to sidecar jpeg file. Sometimes camera-corrected jpeg is good enough (when shooting in RAW+JPEG mode) and ability to just switch to jpeg will save time.

    PS: treating jpegs as separate files clutters photo library.

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