Monday, January 27, 2014

[How to] Get thumbnail preview for Raw format photos in Ubuntu


Step 1 : Install UFRaw by using below command

sudo apt-get install ufraw 

Step 2 : Create a thumbanailer file using below command

sudo gedit /usr/share/thumbnailers/ufraw.thumbnailer

Step 3 : By default, the file contains no data. But if there is anything inside, please delete it.

 Step 4 : Copy the following code into it and save.

[Thumbnailer Entry] Exec=/usr/bin/ufraw-batch --embedded-image --out-type=png --size=%s %u --overwrite --silent --output=%o MimeType=image/x-3fr;image/x-adobe-dng;image/x-arw;image/x-bay;image/x-canon-cr2;image/x-canon-crw;image/x-cap;image/x-cr2;image/x-crw;image/x-dcr;image/x-dcraw;image/x-dcs;image/x-dng;image/x-drf;image/x-eip;image/x-erf;image/x-fff;image/x-fuji-raf;image/x-iiq;image/x-k25;image/x-kdc;image/x-mef;image/x-minolta-mrw;image/x-mos;image/x-mrw;image/x-nef;image/x-nikon-nef;image/x-nrw;image/x-olympus-orf;image/x-orf;image/x-panasonic-raw;image/x-pef;image/x-pentax-pef;image/x-ptx;image/x-pxn;image/x-r3d;image/x-raf;image/x-raw;image/x-rw2;image/x-rwl;image/x-rwz;image/x-sigma-x3f;image/x-sony-arw;image/x-sony-sr2;image/x-sony-srf;image/x-sr2;image/x-srf;image/x-x3f;


Note : You will get thumbnail previews automatically. If you didn't see just refresh nautilus :)

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