Alternatives for adjusting RAW photos.
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I cannot find a way to duplicate the problem in NX-D either. I strongly prefer to use Adobe, but NX-D seems to do what it does OK, in its way. I find no way to mess up the histogram in that way.
I wondered if there were any additional software involved, between NX-D and getting a copy to here?
I wondered if there were any additional software involved, between NX-D and getting a copy to here?
Photo director 6 is free with nphoto mag download from
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When prompted the code is NPHOTO
The free download stops on 11/2
PhotoDirector 6 Download
When prompted the code is NPHOTO
The free download stops on 11/2
I love NX-D
It could be a bit more user friendly I battled a learning curve.
The only extensive tutorials on YouTube are not in English
This little snippets helped some but is not awesome.....I am always looking for more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujbiaMUcxUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-MerKsM-p4&index=6&list=PL-I5kKXD3WUwiXfvXooRXePZKz3asaNZS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamokSm5ohA&index=3&list=PL-I5kKXD3WUwiXfvXooRXePZKz3asaNZS
I have never had anything other than crisp results no clue what is going on with your installation. I wonder if you have other photo software on your computer, it does interact with other photo software in mysterious ways.....I use Picasa and NX-D together in a bit of a odd workflow but I get what I need.....I have yet to master view NX-i remains a work in process for me.
An internet tutorial is hopefully imminent.....
It could be a bit more user friendly I battled a learning curve.
The only extensive tutorials on YouTube are not in English
This little snippets helped some but is not awesome.....I am always looking for more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujbiaMUcxUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-MerKsM-p4&index=6&list=PL-I5kKXD3WUwiXfvXooRXePZKz3asaNZS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamokSm5ohA&index=3&list=PL-I5kKXD3WUwiXfvXooRXePZKz3asaNZS
I have never had anything other than crisp results no clue what is going on with your installation. I wonder if you have other photo software on your computer, it does interact with other photo software in mysterious ways.....I use Picasa and NX-D together in a bit of a odd workflow but I get what I need.....I have yet to master view NX-i remains a work in process for me.
An internet tutorial is hopefully imminent.....
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Right guys n gals, I had deleted NX-D and have just downloaded it from the Nikon official site. I have just taken some test shots of my sister and pet dog Millie and so far everything seems in order.
It was a colour RAW photo which I converted to B&W, cropped it and made darker with the Gamma graph thingy.
It was a colour RAW photo which I converted to B&W, cropped it and made darker with the Gamma graph thingy.
Thanks for this, like yourself and NX-i NX-D is still a work in progress for me and mainly use it for basic stuff.
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
So it was a bad download/install... Well, that happens. Glad to see you're back on track!
And many thanks for sticking with us Paul.
PS can you send over to England some of your beautiful Californian sun please?
Glad to see you got your problem solved. I am coming in late to this party, but I can say that I use View NX-I for transferring from camera to computer. Then Capture NX-D for RAW processing. All works well with the exception of the not to often crash of NX-D (my old computer resources are pushed to the limits, I think). RawTherapee is nice, but has a VERY long learning curve and in most cases not needed because NX-D does what I need. I use it at times, but not often. GIMP is my go to program for adding "stuff" to the NX-D's jpg outputs.
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
Oh no problem...
We've been a bit short on sunshine in my neighborhood this week but let me see what I can round up... Whatever I can send for airmail stamp is yours to keep!PS can you send over to England some of your beautiful Californian sun please?
YW!!
glad to hear it was the download!
if you discover any new NX-d tricks please bump this thread!
Processing NX-D has now become pretty routine for me. It's not written in stone as some pictures need to be tweaked more or less in some areas. (Not B&W processing, however)
First set WB...usually Direct Sun, but sometimes cloudy or shade just to see the effects.
Next Usually set to Vivid or Landscape
Next set Sharpening to 6 or 7
Contrast +1
Saturation +1
Crop if needed
Then play with the RBG curve
Sometimes the Master lighting curve
Unsharp mask +10 or 15
Then play with shadows and Exposure compensation as needed.
Go back a tweak
Save 100% quality .jpg
I have used NX-D right from the time I bought my D3300 in Mar, 2014, and I have never faced this problem. Must have been a bad install or a corrupted download. In past I have been downloading and installing all new versions. Some times there are quirky bugs so I go back one version. The latest NX-D does not suit me as they have again changed behavious of some functions. So I will wait till the next release or one after that.
In my caese NX-D is the only RAW processing software I use, and barring local image edits it is all that I need.
In my caese NX-D is the only RAW processing software I use, and barring local image edits it is all that I need.
I have saved the most used settings in default.nxd file under "Save Adjustments"
- Vivid
- Sharpening - 7
- Contrast - 0
- Saturation - 1
- NR - off
When I scan old photographs with the camera I add
- Red Colour Balance, as the images have discoloured a bit
- Contrast - 30
Similarly I have a few other settings for specialized work. Just select the images and load the relevant setting from "Load Adjustments"