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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 572041" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Because Nikon's .NEF file-format is proprietary only Nikon software allows (or allowed) you to easily save edits to the raw file itself. Third-party software, such as Lightroom and Photoshop, allow you to work with .NEF files but edits do NOT actually modify the raw file. Instead edits you make are saved in a sidecar file (an .XMP file when using Adobe Camera Raw) or you do a "Save As" and choose a file-type. This is known as "non-destructive editing" because your Master File, your original raw file, is always preserved in its original state. If there are other third-party applications that allow you to save edits directly to the .NEF file, I'm not aware of them. I understand this may seem like a step backwards to you coming from a place where you've been able to save edits to .NEF but I can't really do anything more than explain how things are.</p><p></p><p>However, you are not forced to go from .NEF to .JPG when moving from Adobe Camera Raw to Photoshop. Photoshop will pick up right where Adobe Camera Raw left off; working seamlessly with the same .NEF file you were working with in Adobe Camera Raw. Once you are done working in Photoshop, however, you will not be able to save your edits directly to the .NEF as you could in NX2; you will have to do a "Save As" and choose an output format (there's a "Save" option in the File-menu but even that opens a "Save As" dialog box and you'll still be required to choose an output file-type). You can choose a high resolution output file-type, such as .TIFF or .PSD, instead of .JPG if you wish but saving to .NEF is not an option.</p><p></p><p>All that being said, I can't suggest a new workflow for you that allows you to save edits directly to the .NEF files. I'm a Photoshop guy and non-destructive editing is pretty much all I know. Based on your current workflow I'll stick my neck out and say that using an Adobe Bridge/Lightroom based workflow might be your best alternative. I do NOT mean to say it will mirror your current workflow because it won't; I'm saying that, in my opinion, it may be your best alternative workflow. You could continue to use Photo Mech to do your rating and editing meta-data if you want, but Bridge has excellent tools for purging, rating etc. and Lightroom will edit IPTC data for you. Now, if someone knows of an application that would allow you to save edits directly to the .NEF file, so much the better but with the .NEF format being proprietary I'm not sure how many options you'll have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 572041, member: 13090"] Because Nikon's .NEF file-format is proprietary only Nikon software allows (or allowed) you to easily save edits to the raw file itself. Third-party software, such as Lightroom and Photoshop, allow you to work with .NEF files but edits do NOT actually modify the raw file. Instead edits you make are saved in a sidecar file (an .XMP file when using Adobe Camera Raw) or you do a "Save As" and choose a file-type. This is known as "non-destructive editing" because your Master File, your original raw file, is always preserved in its original state. If there are other third-party applications that allow you to save edits directly to the .NEF file, I'm not aware of them. I understand this may seem like a step backwards to you coming from a place where you've been able to save edits to .NEF but I can't really do anything more than explain how things are. However, you are not forced to go from .NEF to .JPG when moving from Adobe Camera Raw to Photoshop. Photoshop will pick up right where Adobe Camera Raw left off; working seamlessly with the same .NEF file you were working with in Adobe Camera Raw. Once you are done working in Photoshop, however, you will not be able to save your edits directly to the .NEF as you could in NX2; you will have to do a "Save As" and choose an output format (there's a "Save" option in the File-menu but even that opens a "Save As" dialog box and you'll still be required to choose an output file-type). You can choose a high resolution output file-type, such as .TIFF or .PSD, instead of .JPG if you wish but saving to .NEF is not an option. All that being said, I can't suggest a new workflow for you that allows you to save edits directly to the .NEF files. I'm a Photoshop guy and non-destructive editing is pretty much all I know. Based on your current workflow I'll stick my neck out and say that using an Adobe Bridge/Lightroom based workflow might be your best alternative. I do NOT mean to say it will mirror your current workflow because it won't; I'm saying that, in my opinion, it may be your best alternative workflow. You could continue to use Photo Mech to do your rating and editing meta-data if you want, but Bridge has excellent tools for purging, rating etc. and Lightroom will edit IPTC data for you. Now, if someone knows of an application that would allow you to save edits directly to the .NEF file, so much the better but with the .NEF format being proprietary I'm not sure how many options you'll have. [/QUOTE]
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