Longhorn, XP users get a 'raw' deal
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Microsoft revealed this week that it will be adding support for "Raw" digital camera images to both Windows XP and Longhorn. XP support will become available in the next few weeks via a free new PowerToy add-on. But Longhorn, due in late 2006, will have much more powerful and integrated Raw support, Microsoft says. Raw digital camera images, sometimes referred to as "digital negatives," are essentially uncompressed and unprocessed pictures that are taken at a camera's native resolution. For professional photographers, of course, these types of images are much more desirable than those formatted in the more common but compressed JPEG formats.