Re: nef files no preview (nef is the nikon raw file format)

>>     Modern cameras can store raw images which are a must for a serious
>>     photographer. Unfortunately raw image previews are not shown by
>>     Gnome's file manager Nautilus.

>>     However, there is already a workaround type of solution for this. I
>>     will describe it in four steps.

>>     Step 1:
>>     Install gnome-raw-thumbnailer package.

>>     Step 2:
>>     Create a file /usr/share/thumbnailers/raw.**thumbnailer

>>     Step 3:
>>     Put in these lines:

>>     Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-raw-**thumbnailer -s %s %u %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;

>>     (Steps 1, 2 and 3:)
>>     http://ubuntuguide.net/raw-**cr2-image-pr<http://ubuntuguide.net/raw-cr2-image-pr>... -thumbnail
>>     <http://ubuntuguide.net/raw-**cr2-image-preview-in-gnome-**
>> nautilus-using-gnome-raw-**thumbnail<http://ubuntuguide.net/raw-cr2-image-preview-in-gnome-nautilus-using-gnome-raw-thumbnail>

>>     Step 4:
>>     Nautilus/Settings/Preview
>>     Set Max Size to something more suitable than it is now by default.
>>     For example, there are options for 1, 5, 10 and 100Mb. My camera's
>>     raw images are 15 Mb so I have to choose 100Mb.

>>     This worked with 64-bit Mint 12.