Longhorn Photo Support Comes Into Focus

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited June 2005 in Science & Tech
The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, will feature support for uncompressed digital camera images which could change the way people view and edit photos.
The company on Wednesday announced deals with camera companies Nikon and Canon, as well as Fuji Photo Film and Adobe Systems, to let Windows users view, print and eventually edit uncompressed digital camera images--which are stored in what's commonly known as a "raw" format.

Sometimes called a digital negative, raw files are pre-pixelized data that comes directly off of a camera's charge-coupled device, or CCD--one of two main image sensors in digital cameras. Eventually, raw files get converted to more common file formats, like JPEG, GIF and TIFF.
Source: News.com

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    This is SO awesome. Once you start using camera raw, there's no going back - the quality difference is huge. Having windows support would be incredible.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited June 2005
    It's a conspiracy by the hard drive manufacturers to make us use up more gigabytes!!

    No, wait, it's a conspiracy by the camera manufacturers to make us by new cameras!!

    No, wait, it's both! They're in collusion!! ;D

    Wow. That will be cool, and would make it worth the upgrade and the price of a new camera.

    Dexter...
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    don't forget the flash card manufacturers :)
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited June 2005
    Eh, mine takes pictures in jpeg natively... :-/
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited June 2005
    entropy wrote:
    Eh, mine takes pictures in jpeg natively... :-/
    Yay for cheap cameras! :aol:
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