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Making Windows work better with RAW

For those of you out there who have taken that next step in photography and are working with RAW files, this is for you…

If you’ve always wanted to get a quick preview of your RAW files in Windows Explorer as the Preview Utility here’s something that can help: The WIC RAW Codec Pack.

We know it’s a mouthful, but this little bit of software will fill in the gaps for those of you who don’t want to start an editing program just to watch a slide show or preview your pictures.

Just download the Codec pack to your PC and install it. Now you’ll be able to preview RAW files, see thumbnails in the Windows Explorer window and be able to do quick rotates and crops all without having to start up Photoshop or your Canon/Nikon Editing software.

ID Tags for everything

Sometimes the easiest solutions are right under our nose. In this case, they’re right under our pet’s chin. Getting some almost indestructible ID tags is just as easy as heading out to your local pet store and making them yourself. You can pick from a variety of sizes, shapes and colors to get exactly what you want.

For a couple of dollars you can get a bunch for camera bags and equipment, your luggage, your kid’s athletic gear, backpacks, computer bags, purses or anything else you’d like to get back if you manage to misplace it. And by the way – they work great for pets too!