Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:38 PM
This isn't news anymore (came out in June), but I'm not sure how many people know about it. Microsoft release an unsupported plugin for Windows to view Canon and Nikon RAW images directly in Windows Explorer. You get thumbnailing and double-click view functionality without opening Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or the proprietary vendor viewers. I've been using it since it came out and I'm very pleased with it. It's no help for editing, but if you are tired of seeing generic icons in Windows Explorer thumbnail view when you have RAW images mixed with JPEG's in a folder this will help.
Get the plugin here.