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Nikon raw (*.nef) support?
My brand new Nikon D40x is my first DSLR, and also the first digicam
I've used that can output files in "raw". I think I know now what that means, but I'm having problems actually using them. My camera has two "raw" modes, plain raw and "raw+basic". I took the same picture in each, then transferred the image files to my Windows XP Pro system's hard drive. ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. What are my other options? Pre-emptively for the record, Photoshop is out of my price range, including (at least for now precisely because I just bought this camera...) Elements. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "Lieutenant Commander Ivanova, escort Major Kemmer off the Observation Dome." "With pleasure. (takes Kemmer's arm) You are going to resist, I hope." (Cmdr. Sinclair and Lt. Cmdr. Ivanova, B5 "Survivors") |
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Nikon raw (*.nef) support?
Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
My brand new Nikon D40x is my first DSLR, and also the first digicam I've used that can output files in "raw". I think I know now what that means, but I'm having problems actually using them. My camera has two "raw" modes, plain raw and "raw+basic". I took the same picture in each, then transferred the image files to my Windows XP Pro system's hard drive. "Raw" records just the raw (.nef) file. "Raw+Basic" produces both the ..nef and a .jpg. It takes more space but can be more convenient. Having the camera do the JPEG conversion may produce better JPEGs than an external program. ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. What are my other options? Pre-emptively for the record, Photoshop is out of my price range, including (at least for now precisely because I just bought this camera...) Elements. Windows stuff... don't know. Although there's UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/ -- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA |
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Nikon raw (*.nef) support?
Look this up,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.graphicregion.com/ "Jeffrey Kaplan" wrote in message ... My brand new Nikon D40x is my first DSLR, and also the first digicam I've used that can output files in "raw". I think I know now what that means, but I'm having problems actually using them. My camera has two "raw" modes, plain raw and "raw+basic". I took the same picture in each, then transferred the image files to my Windows XP Pro system's hard drive. ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. What are my other options? Pre-emptively for the record, Photoshop is out of my price range, including (at least for now precisely because I just bought this camera...) Elements. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "Lieutenant Commander Ivanova, escort Major Kemmer off the Observation Dome." "With pleasure. (takes Kemmer's arm) You are going to resist, I hope." (Cmdr. Sinclair and Lt. Cmdr. Ivanova, B5 "Survivors") |
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Nikon raw (*.nef) support?
On 2007-06-27 18:26:24 -0700, Jeffrey Kaplan said:
ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. Nikon uses a different raw format for every camera they make. You will have to wait for ACDSee and Paint Shop to release updates for the D40x, which is still a relatively new camera. Adobe and Apple just released their updates not very long ago. I doubt that ACDSee or Paint Shop are far behind. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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"Warren Block" wrote in message
... Jeffrey Kaplan wrote: My brand new Nikon D40x is my first DSLR, and also the first digicam I've used that can output files in "raw". I think I know now what that means, but I'm having problems actually using them. My camera has two "raw" modes, plain raw and "raw+basic". I took the same picture in each, then transferred the image files to my Windows XP Pro system's hard drive. "Raw" records just the raw (.nef) file. "Raw+Basic" produces both the .nef and a .jpg. It takes more space but can be more convenient. Having the camera do the JPEG conversion may produce better JPEGs than an external program. ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. What are my other options? Pre-emptively for the record, Photoshop is out of my price range, including (at least for now precisely because I just bought this camera...) Elements. Windows stuff... don't know. Although there's UFRaw: He obviously needs updated software that can handle the newer D40x files--same thing is true of macs and linux, not just windows. -- www.mattclara.com |
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"Matt Clara" wrote:
Windows stuff... don't know. Although there's UFRaw: He obviously needs updated software that can handle the newer D40x files--same thing is true of macs and linux, not just windows. Dave Coffin's /dcraw/ supports the D40x as of early June, but the last (Mar 07) release of Ufraw does not. However, it would be a fairly simple hack to cut the two or three lines of code added to dcraw.c out and patch them into Ufraw. That isn't something everyone would want to try, but it actually should be pretty easy to add support for the D40x to Ufraw. If anyone with Linux isn't comfortable trying it, and really really wants Ufraw with D40x support, if they'll send me an example NEF formatted file, I'll try it and see if a static linked binary can be produced for use on any generic '86 platform. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) |
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Nikon raw (*.nef) support?
On 2007-06-27 21:26:24 -0400, Jeffrey Kaplan said:
My brand new Nikon D40x is my first DSLR, and also the first digicam I've used that can output files in "raw". I think I know now what that means, but I'm having problems actually using them. My camera has two "raw" modes, plain raw and "raw+basic". I took the same picture in each, then transferred the image files to my Windows XP Pro system's hard drive. ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. What are my other options? Pre-emptively for the record, Photoshop is out of my price range, including (at least for now precisely because I just bought this camera...) Elements. In the short term, Picture Project (while not the best software in the world) is included with your camera, and I believe should read the raw nef files and of course convert them. The other thing.. how about PhotoShop Elements.... 1/6 the price of CS and 98% or what you need for photo editing including support for Adobe Raw. I will no doubt incur some wrath for this, but Nikons Capture NX is not a bad peice of software at all. I use the older version for some Raw conversion because I find it produces results nearly as good as Adobe with less effort. And it saves the changes as a delta in the NEF, so I can always "go back". -- Jim |
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On Jun 28, 3:26 am, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
My brand new Nikon D40x is my first DSLR, and also the first digicam I've used that can output files in "raw". I think I know now what that means, but I'm having problems actually using them. My camera has two "raw" modes, plain raw and "raw+basic". I took the same picture in each, then transferred the image files to my Windows XP Pro system's hard drive. ACDSee Photo Manager 8 and Paint Shop Pro Photo XI both claim to support Nikon RAW files, but neither one can open the ones I have. What are my other options? Pre-emptively for the record, Photoshop is out of my price range, including (at least for now precisely because I just bought this camera...) Elements. Most programs will soon be updated to recognise it, presumably. If you want something now, look at Helicon Filter http://www.heliconsoft.com/ which is a nice little program. It can be used for all editing, if you want, and has a reasonable noise reduction facility (that's what it started life as). It also does raw conversion with one of three methods (it either uses the Nikon SDK, dcraw, or their own implementation of the standard algorithms). It should recognise d40x files. I also know there is a freeware version, but that may not include raw conversion (buying the program is, I think, 20 or 30 dollars, so not that much). Anyway, you can check on their website if raw conversion is included in the free version. |
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Jim wrote in message ...
On 2007-06-27 21:26:24 -0400, Jeffrey Kaplan said: snip In the short term, Picture Project (while not the best software in the world) is included with your camera, and I believe should read the raw nef files and of course convert them. The other thing.. how about PhotoShop Elements.... 1/6 the price of CS and 98% or what you need for photo editing including support for Adobe Raw. I will no doubt incur some wrath for this, but Nikons Capture NX is not a bad peice of software at all. I use the older version for some Raw conversion because I find it produces results nearly as good as Adobe with less effort. And it saves the changes as a delta in the NEF, so I can always "go back". -- Jim I found that the raw converters in both Nikon Capture 4.4 and Capture NX provided a better sharpening process than Photoshop 7 or Elements 5. I understand that there are complex multi-pass sharpening processes that would probably result in optimized sharpening but I am talking about the "simple" use of the sharpening tool options. I also have Elements 5 which is a neat editing program with an exceptional image file organizer. I agree with you that NX is a nice piece of software. The U point technology is great tool. I tried the 30 trial version and bought the retail version when the time expired. There is a learning curve but it is fairly intuitive overall. I am producing excellent quality images with NX so that is what I will stick with for now. What I found unusual is that NX came with a printed manual, not only in English but in Spanish. NX is certainly not a substitute for the expensive Photoshop software but either Elements 5.0 or Capture NX are good alternatives for those who do not want to learn the professional software editing processes. Don F |
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Nikon raw (*.nef) support?
It is alleged that Faz claimed:
Look this up,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.graphicregion.com/ Downloaded, thank you. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans." - George W. Bush, Sep 6, 2000 |
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