OM Workspace

Renamed

The previous free raw and jpeg editor offered by Olympus was Olympus Viewer. That name was changed to Olympus Workspace. The latest iteration follows that Olympus has been re-branded as OM Digital Solutions so the software is now called OM Workspace

Downloading

You can download OM Workspace - you will need the serial number of an Olympus body to verify your eligibility. I used the serial number from my Olympus E-510.

Installation (Windows 64 bit)

• • You will be asked to select a language.

  • I chose not to set OM Workspace to autostart - I prefer to hand copy files from sd cards to my computer rather than let the programs copy the files.

Updating

• • The update program can update

    • Workspace itself when there is a newer version

    • camera bodies

    • lenses

    • the Update program itself

    • supporting files

  • Instruction Manual for Olympus Workspace is a pdf document (Adobe Acrobat file which can be read by any compatible pdf reader). It is not installed with your initial installation of Workspace so when you press F1 or click on Help, you don't get it. You need to run Workspace, then choose Help > Update to launch the Update program which will display that a new Help file is available. After you proceed and complete that task, the pdf document will now be deposited in the Workspace folder but pressing F1 in Workspace may not display the document and after a pause, your pdf reader will display an error message. You might have to restart your PC before this works.

Nifty Features I noticed

Changing Shooting Time on your image files

I live in a country with daylight saving - so the clocks have to be adjusted 1 hour forward or backward depending on the season. Yes, you can remember to adjust the camera clock, but sometimes I don't care enough to remember until after the event. In Workspace, select the files in the folder (Ctrl+A will select all files in the folder when in Thumbnail View), then choose File > Edit Shoot Date (shortcut key is Shift+F2) and there will be a dialog to set date and time in absolute terms or adjust the hour in relative terms forward or backward

Showing Thumbnails as JPEG or Raw

I tend to shoot JPEG + raw so I end up with two files for each photo. There is an JPEG/raw icon on the status bar of Thumbnails View. You can flip between seeing JPEG or raw as the thumbnail representing the two files. If you hit delete after selecting the thumbnail(s) then both JPEG and raw will be deleted, which is convenient housekeeping.

Third Party Videos explaining Workspace

System Requirements readme for the 2.0.1 version of OM Workspace

OS : Windows 10 / Windows 11

(Need a 64bit-OS for the processing of High Res Shot raw file)

(Need a 64bit-OS for Focus Stacking)

CPU : Core i series or later is recommended

(Need a Core i7 or faster for 4K/C4K movie playback and edit)

RAM : 2GB or more

(Need 8GB or more RAM for the processing of High Res Shot raw file)

Free Hard Drive Space : 3GB or more

Monitor Settings : 1024 x 768 pixels or more

Minimum 65,536 colors (Minimum 16,770,000 colors recommended)

GPU : NVIDIA or a card with an AMD GPU

AI Noise Reduction:

64-bit OS

NVIDIA video card (latest GPU Driver is recommended)

CUDA version 11.2 or later

Video Memory : 2 GB or greater

AI Noise Reduction:

VRAM: 4 GB or more

Others : USB2.0/3.0 port