You have a DSLR digital camera such as Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic and you shoot in RAW format, an appropriate WIC codec is required to read those RAW files in Windows File Explorer. Without a WIC codec, you won’t see thumbnails of photos and can’t view them with software without native support.
From Windows 10 and Windows 11, the WIC codec is now referenced as extension in the Microsoft Store.
If you are looking for technical information about Windows Image Component (WIC), zalecamy, aby przeczytać Artykuł Wikipedii.
Możesz skontaktować się z producentem aparatu, czy oferują one kodeka dla danego modelu. Update November 2024: after investigation, the default support is the Raw Image Extension listed below.
Jako rozwiązanie prostego zalecamy Fast Picture Viewer Codec, które nie tylko pozwalają odczytać większość plików RAW, ale także do optymalizacji odczytu prędkości i orientację obrazu miniaturek JPEG w systemie Windows. Update Nov 2024: the software isn’t maintained anymore and so CR3 or recent raw formats won’t be supported. We contacted the author about the status of the application, as Microsoft doesn’t seem interested to have a good support for modern formats.
Kup FastPicture Viewer WIC Codec, które będą czytać większość formatów fotograficznych, a także naprawić obrót kciuka JPEG w widoku Eksploratora Windows. Obsługuje wszystkie wersje Windows z SP3 Windows XP do Windows 10 (32 oraz 64 bit).
Free alternatives by format
Windows 10 oraz Windows 11: Raw Image Extension od Microsoft dodaje wsparcie dla zdjęć zrobionych w surowych formatów plików przez wielu cyfrowych lustrzanek. wymaga systemu Windows 10 Maja 2019 Aktualizacja (wersja 1903) lub później.
Windows 7: Microsoft Camera Codec Pack Jest to darmowa alternatywa firmy Microsoft do obsługi formatów cyfrowych kamer (takich jak Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Sony itd.) w oprogramowanie do edycji zdjęć. Obsługa Windows 7 i Vista (SP2).
DNG WIC codec extension
You can try this one, Ardfry is active and will release a new version in Dec 2024:
DNG Codec wersja 1.2.0.0 from http://www.ardfry.com/dng-codec/
WebP WIC codec extension
WebP is getting more popular and is a standard for web and internet website. Recommended and supported by Google, the support in Microsoft Windows is free but limited. The good news is you can download the WebP extension in the Microsoft store for free. Rating 2.3 / 5 in November 2024.
AVIF codec extension
AVIF is also a popular format supported by Light Image Resizer for reading and writing. If you want to convert or output to AVIF, just install our free ImageMagick plugin. AVIF is special as it’s a still image format based on AV1 video encoding. We will do more tests in the future to check how it works with Windows 11. This extension is rated 3.5/5 in November 2024. It’s one of the better rated Windows photo extension in the Microsoft Store.
Download AV1 Video Extension https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mvzqvxjbq9v
PS this file is a .avif converted by Light Image Resizer
JPEG XL codec extension
This format is the newest available, natively supported by Mac OS but not by Microsoft Windows. Two projects to support them, we list the one we succeeded to use, even if it’s slow and doesn’t read metadata fields (latest version 0.2.10).
https://github.com/saschanaz/jxl-winthumb
If you need a JPEG to JPEG XL converter, pobierz Light Image Resizer (from version 7.1).
More image formats to be listed soon.
FLIF WIC codec extension ( Soon )