First time raw

This is silly, but I was messing with my raw settings and then ended up taking a bunch of pictures in it without planning. However, I can't find my raw CD for Canon t4i. Is there a way to process those pictures? Can I get the program to process somewhere else.

Also, I am new to any kind of processing other than crop/minor touch up etc.. What are the basic beginner corrections I can do? Things like saturation/hue etc are all new to me..
Thanks!

GIVE FASTSTONE A TRY.

Hi Tatiana:

If you prefer Canon's own raw converter - here's a link to Canon USA for T4i software DPP 3.14.40 (http://www.usa.canon.c​om …el_t4i#DriversA​ndSoftware).

Download ksd291a_installer.zip and supply the serial number of your camera. Once installed, update to the most recent release (DPP ver.3.14.48).

Paul

Thank you!
I don't have a preference yet, I have never used it. I have elements v 10, but only trying to figure out how to use it.

rrblint wrote in post #17534236
GIVE FASTSTONE A TRY.

But only if you want to waste your time and afford.

FastStone is not a raw processor.

If you want the simplest system to use for Canon RAW files then download the Canon converter DPP from Canon's website. The big advantage that DPP has over ALL other conversion software is it's ability to read all of the Canon in camera settings. This means that the initial default conversion should be identical to that done by the in camera processing. If your goal is to just correct for the fact that you did not use in camera JPEG it's the perfect answer. Another advantage of this is that it gives you the opportunity to compare the differences that changing the in camera picture styles would make, all on a single exposure. Changing the picture style is very simple in DPP. DPP can also help you with understanding how things like changing saturation etc will affect the finished image, but with a simple method of reverting to the original settings.

Although in it's way DPP is a very good program, it is limited in many ways, especially compared to other RAW converters, such as found in ACR (bundled with PS/PS Elements and built into LR) or Phase Ones, Capture 1 Pro. These offer different options, and both of these seem to be much better at dealing with highlight data than DPP (Often called Highlight recovery, but you are dealing with data that is actually there). The thing with these applications is that they tend to have default settings that are very bland, relying on the user having some idea of what they are doing.

Alan

hollis_f wrote in post #17534463
But only if you want to waste your time and afford.

FastStone is not a raw processor.

It will do very basic adjustments and save in various formats. Agreed it's not very fancy but it will work and it's free.

hollis_f wrote in post #17534463
But only if you want to waste your time and afford.

FastStone is not a raw processor.

rrblint wrote in post #17534486
It will do very basic adjustments and save in various formats. Agreed it's not very fancy but it will work and it's free.

It will do very basic adjustments to the embedded jpeg. You can get FastStone to show the image from the raw data, but it is very, very slow. Open a CR2 file and the embedded jpeg is displayed, very quickly. Now press the 'A' key and wait while FastStone loads the raw data and converts it into a viewable image - and wait some more (it takes over 10 seconds on my PC). But, if you try editing that image it will revert back to the embedded jpeg -

because FastStone is not a raw processor.