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View RAW Images in Windows 10 With Microsoft's New Plugin
« on: July 13, 2019, 07:05:03 PM »


Microsoft has released a free RAW Image extension for Windows 10 that makes viewing RAW files much easier in Windows’ File Explorer—photographers, rejoice. Instead of having to use Adobe Photoshop or other third-party apps and plug-ins to open RAW images, you can also open them up with Window 10's built-in Photos app, just like you would a simpler .JPG or .PNG file.



To get started, find the RAW Image extension “app’ in the Windows Store and install it on your system. (You’ll need to be running the Windows 10 May 2019 update first, so make sure you’ve also gone through that process.)

After you’ve installed the extension, you’ll be able to double-click on a .RAW file and pull it up in Photos if that’s your default app for viewing images. (Otherwise, you can right-click on a .RAW file in File Explorer and navigate to the “Open with” option to pull it up with Photos, if you don’t want to wait for a bulkier app like Photoshop to load.)

As an added bonus, this extension will also enable photo previews within File Explorer itself. Switch to a “small,” “large,” or “extra-large” view for your icons to see your actual image instead of an ugly, nondescript icon.



How to set Photos to open RAW images by default
If you’re shooting in RAW, you probably want to use a more comprehensive app to view and edit your images. In case you’d rather use Photos to quickly preview images before you switch to a beefier editor, here’s how to set it as the default viewer for .RAW files:

1. Open Windows 10 start menu.

2. Click the gear-shaped icon to open the Settings window.

3. Go to“Apps” > “Default apps”.

4. Scroll down and click “Choose default apps by file type.” This will open an alphabetized list of various file types (such as .EXE, .JPG, .DOC, and so on), as well as the programs they’ve been associated with. The list may take a few moments to load and populate since it’s quite long.

5. For each of the RAW image formats you use, click the app icon next to the file type and set the Windows Photos app as the default program.

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