On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 08:24:12PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: > Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:13:39 -0800 > Eactivist wrote: > > > > Maybe someone has posted this before, but never noticed it. Windows only, > > PEF > > supported. Free for home users. > > > > http://www.faststone.org/ > > > > Marnie aka Doe > > > > I did not know that one. Thank you! > I like it, and indeed, it's faster for previewing images for selection. > Too bad, it does not understand the "sidecar" .xmp files produced > by Photoshop Camera Raw plugin. > > That might be a reason to consider switching to DNG format > (i.e. to convert RAW to DNG first, and only then do all changes). > > Any thoughts why this would not be a good idea? > (except for the fact that Adobe Photoshop and its DNG format > could be dead some time later)
I'd bet that DNG readers will be around much longer than anything that understands .xmp sidecar files, not to mention .PEF
