Hack: Adding Canon EOS 350D RAW support in 10.4.3

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.

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.

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.

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.