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Software for D70 NEF processing
What I would like, ideally, is a slimline program that will open a NEF file, let me adjust saturation of the red/green/blue channels, contrast and white balance, crop and save as JPG. I don't want my images organized for me, or any auto-corrections. From what I've seen, PictureProject isn't worth loading for me. Is NikonView any better? Looks to me like it's just a previous version of PictureProject. Do I need NikonCapture? What about IrfanView, I've heard good things there but can I change the parts I want to change? What's the most basic PhotoShop I'd need, if I had to go that way? -- Ken Tough |
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On 23 Jan 2005 in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems, Ken Tough wrote:
What I would like, ideally, is a slimline program that will open a NEF file, let me adjust saturation of the red/green/blue channels, contrast and white balance, crop and save as JPG. I don't want my images organized for me, or any auto-corrections. IrfanView will do some of that http://irfanview.com/ It's free; while it will do some editing, the level of control it gives you isn't great. TheGIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) doesn't meet your lightweight criterion, but does everything else you want, and it's also free. You'll also need a plugin, something that uses dcraw, in order to import the .nefs. http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/pepe..._on_Linux.html - This is a Linux page, but the plugins he mentions for Gimp, if you check their pages, also have Windows versions. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe |
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Joe Makowiec wrote:
IrfanView will do some of that http://irfanview.com/ It's free; while it will do some editing, the level of control it gives you isn't great. Irfanview doesn't read NEF's though maybe they have a newer plugin, mine is fairly recent. It says 'invalid raw file' |
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paul wrote:
Joe Makowiec wrote: IrfanView will do some of that http://irfanview.com/ It's free; while it will do some editing, the level of control it gives you isn't great. Irfanview doesn't read NEF's though maybe they have a newer plugin, mine is fairly recent. It says 'invalid raw file' They do have a new plugin but it is very very slow. |
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Just a quick note:
IrfanView will in fact read the D70 .NEF files (no plug-in required). The files won't be visible under FILE.OPEN unless you set the "Files of type" to "All files (*.)" NEFs will then be visible, preview displayed and they can be opened. IrfanView is a great program and worthy of support (my 2 cents). Thanks. "paul" wrote in message ... paul wrote: Joe Makowiec wrote: IrfanView will do some of that http://irfanview.com/ It's free; while it will do some editing, the level of control it gives you isn't great. Irfanview doesn't read NEF's though maybe they have a newer plugin, mine is fairly recent. It says 'invalid raw file' They do have a new plugin but it is very very slow. |
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I love irfanview but it is noticeably slow with Nikon D70 NEF files for
me. It took me 10 minutes to batch a dozen files on a new Dell workstation grade laptop & about 8 seconds just to display one file. It is indeed lightning fast in other file types as long as they are not really big. I continue to use it as my default image association but not with NEF's unfortunately. That means I need to keep them in special folders (which is a good idea anyways). I wish it could handle them better because that would be good for batching proofs. Fred Zafran wrote: Just a quick note: IrfanView will in fact read the D70 .NEF files (no plug-in required). The files won't be visible under FILE.OPEN unless you set the "Files of type" to "All files (*.)" NEFs will then be visible, preview displayed and they can be opened. IrfanView is a great program and worthy of support (my 2 cents). They do have a new plugin but it is very very slow. |
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I'd still like an opinion on NikonView for converting NEF files. I've heard
it's better than PicturePerfect and as good as that $99 program Nikon sells (just for file conversions). I think it's a free download. "Ken Tough" wrote in message ... What I would like, ideally, is a slimline program that will open a NEF file, let me adjust saturation of the red/green/blue channels, contrast and white balance, crop and save as JPG. I don't want my images organized for me, or any auto-corrections. From what I've seen, PictureProject isn't worth loading for me. Is NikonView any better? Looks to me like it's just a previous version of PictureProject. Do I need NikonCapture? What about IrfanView, I've heard good things there but can I change the parts I want to change? What's the most basic PhotoShop I'd need, if I had to go that way? -- Ken Tough |
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I think Breeze Browser can do all this very well for $60 though my trial
ran out before I knew what all to check. http://www.breezesys.com/BreezeBrowser/features.htm It does handle color space conversion, etc. correctly & is a very fast RAW browser with some cool features. With Nikon View I only see a very very basic jpeg batch conversion tool. The editor has only preset options for white balance and exposure compensation with other options for RGB, brightness & contrast, sharpening, auto contrast. The photoshop RAW import plugin shows the actual white balance temperature it was shot at & a live preview slider to adjust (versus 5 presets) and it includes a few types of noise reduction, chromatic aberration correction, etc. The difference is big. Even nikon capture doesn't offer much more than nikon view. Capture does support adobe RGB vs sRGB & a bit more options than View but only photoshop allows Sheldon wrote: I'd still like an opinion on NikonView for converting NEF files. I've heard it's better than PicturePerfect and as good as that $99 program Nikon sells (just for file conversions). I think it's a free download. "Ken Tough" wrote in message ... What I would like, ideally, is a slimline program that will open a NEF file, let me adjust saturation of the red/green/blue channels, contrast and white balance, crop and save as JPG. I don't want my images organized for me, or any auto-corrections. From what I've seen, PictureProject isn't worth loading for me. Is NikonView any better? Looks to me like it's just a previous version of PictureProject. Do I need NikonCapture? What about IrfanView, I've heard good things there but can I change the parts I want to change? What's the most basic PhotoShop I'd need, if I had to go that way? -- Ken Tough |
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"Ed Ruf" wrote in message ... On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:04:37 -0700, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems "Sheldon" wrote: I'd still like an opinion on NikonView for converting NEF files. I've heard it's better than PicturePerfect and as good as that $99 program Nikon sells (just for file conversions). I think it's a free download. I had been using NV to process NEFs from my 5700 before anyhow. I tried PP when I got my D70 and found it's interface to be lacking, so went back to NV. There is a limited number of variables compared to Capture in either PP or NV. NV is a free dl, in the US you will need a valid serial #, be sure to get the update as well. Note that NV and PP can NOT co-exist according to Nikon. NV will allow output to 16 bit jpg/tif, whereas IIRC PP is only 8-bit. ---------- Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 ) See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html Are you saying that Nikon View "will" convert NEF files to TIFF files? I just need something that will allow me to shoot NEF/RAW and then send them on in a file anyone can open with PhotoShop. Sheldon |
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Sheldon wrote:
I just need something that will allow me to shoot NEF/RAW and then send them on in a file anyone can open with PhotoShop. If you have photoshop (latest version at least) then there is an awesome plugin for opening & adjusting NEF's. Go to adobe's web site & look for 'Camera RAW plug-in'. |
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