James Fee
10-06-2004, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=27784' target='_blank'>http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=27784</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>As I shot in the RAW file format, I noticed that I wasn't able to see the images via Windows XP's file browser when I downloaded the images from the camera to the computer, because XP's file browser does not support the .CRW or RAW file format that the Digital Rebel can output. The Photoshop CS Browser does support the format, but because my sister in Hawaii does not have Photoshop CS on her computer, I had to convert the .CRW images to JPEG, so they could be viewed on her computer. In Photoshop CS, there are basically two ways to convert .CRW images to JPEG (or any other image format); one at a time, or, you can set up a batch process and convert them via a Droplet, which is basically a custom set of actions that you apply to an image or folder of images. In this tutorial, we'll explore how to set up a batch session Droplet to convert several hundred .CRW images to JPEG. A Droplet is a unique set of actions that are created for your specific camera or project. For example, you can create a droplet for an Olympus C2020 digital camera to convert JPEG files to GIF or another file format, complete with other data, such as a new naming convention other than that given by the camera, or you can create a droplet for a Canon Digital Rebel that automatically converts .CRW image files to JPEG, such as what we are going to do here. </i>"<br /><br />Automating the process of converting RAW images to JPEG can save hours of your time. John Virata's tutorial outlines the steps you can take using Photoshop CS to batch convert and rename your RAW files. What a time saver this is over how I was manually converting the files to JPEG for uploading to my webpage. :rock on dude!: