Canon Raw .CR2 usage in Vegas 11

Rockdakasbaum wrote on 12/23/2011, 10:05 AM

I am now running Vegas 11 with the latest build and I tried downloading the raw plugin from Canon's website but I still cannot open a raw camera file in Vegas.
Has anyone else tried to do this?
Any help appreciated.
Mike K
Excelsior Video

Comments

PhillB wrote on 12/23/2011, 11:36 AM

Hi
Canon RAW codec does not support 64bit.
Use this MS codec pack and all will work well.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26829

Just need to remember the RAW files are quite big for vegas to handle, I normally covert to Jpeg at project resolution, makes editing much smoother.

vkmast wrote on 12/23/2011, 11:39 AM

Rockdagasbaum,
see also if this helps any.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/raw_images_in_vegas_pro_projects

filmy wrote on 12/24/2011, 11:38 AM

See Canon 60D RAW import not working V10/11 64 bit

In short the same issue. Canon blames MS, MS blames Canon. The codec download has not worked for myself and others - within 64 bit OS that is. So I use something that works: Canon RAW CR2 CODEC for 64-bit and 32-bit Windows

Laurence wrote on 12/24/2011, 11:50 AM

I always convert from camera specific raw to generic dng raw using the free adobe converter:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=106&platform=Windows

The quality is the same, the files are a little smaller, and they seem to be more compatible with Zoner (which I use for quick fixes that would take longer in Photoshop.)

Rockdakasbaum wrote on 12/24/2011, 1:20 PM

Thanks for your help and I will give it a try. My only interest is that the raw files are 16 bit so selecting 32 bit floating point will yield a higher quality finished output than 8 bit.

Rockdakasbaum wrote on 12/24/2011, 1:24 PM

Great tip,
I have photoshop and can open raw files in that so I will try saving the files as DNG files to see if they import.