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Do you have a Canon EOS 350D you've been dying to view RAW image files from in iPhoto or Preview? This handy tip on Mac OS X Hints describes how to edit the Raw.plist file in 10.4.3 to recognize the 350D. First make a back up of Raw.plist, then edit and add this piece of xml code at the end of the file.Holding the Command key (aka the Apple key) and pressing Tab will cycle through your open applications. It's easier to Cmd-Tab if you are Copy (Cmd-C) and Pasting (Cmd-V) to and from various applications.
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djones said 4:36PM on 11-03-2005
Oddly, I'm very grateful that iPhoto didn't handle the 350D's RAWs out of the box. It's only recently that I discovered that iPhoto doesn't really work with the RAWs anyway, but merely sits them in a corner and processing everything on a JPEG copy. :
So, a note to any with a 350D who weren't aware of this. This tip WILL let you use the images that you shoot in RAW mode, but it's going to work on and treat them like JPEGs anyway, so if iPhoto is your primary workflow, you might as well shoot JPEG onboard and double the amount of pictures you can take. The file you work on in iPhoto will be the same regardless of if you had shot it in RAW, and the Canon's photo processor is superior to iPhoto's initial processing of the RAW file.
If you want to shoot RAW, you really need to move up to Adobe Bridge, Apple Aperture, or something comparible.
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nolan said 5:35PM on 11-03-2005
maybe i missed something but with the update iphoto handled RAW without any hack. i know before iphoto wouldn't even recognize them let alone import them.
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Twist said 5:55PM on 11-03-2005
This is mostly a hack for Preview and Image Capture (and eventually Aperture) if you read the original hint. Also it is for users of the non-US 350D since the US version calls itself the Canon Rebel XT which is supported already.
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Ian said 6:07AM on 11-04-2005
Do note that the Raw.plist file has changed since the hint was published on macosxhints as there was a colour cast with that version which didn't show up immediately. Some others have claimed that even those colour changes don't work for them and have suggested alternatives, but the whole think is on my blog for you to read and decide for yourself:
http://minimal.cx/2005/11/01/make-os-x-1043-understand-canon-eos-350d-raw-files/
Yes, iPhoto does turn them into JPG files but the important bit (for me) is that Spotlight will now index these images so I can try and keep track of my images and process them in whatever package I choose.
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