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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 575243" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>And here's where I have a <strong><em>huge</em></strong> problem with the way ViewNX2 works with the RAW file. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ViewNX2 alters the source file by embedding edits <em>into</em> an internal extension in the file. There are contest sites that require an unaltered source original and unless you keep a full set of backups <em>before</em> you edit your files you've rendered the file ineligible as a confirmation source file at these sites.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The edits applied to the source file can <em>only</em> be accessed by ViewNX2. Decide to switch to Lightroom? Lightroom will not recognize any ViewNX2 edits, and ViewNX2 will not export an .xmp sidecar file for you to access them. So you either need to start form scratch or export Tiff files from ViewNX2, but your hours of editing are lost. (Note: there may be a utility available somewhere that can recover this stuff, but I've been away from the s/w for such a long time that I'm not aware of one).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As with above, if you want to simply open the NEF file in Photoshop or Elements you <u>cannot</u> do it directly from the file, and to my amazement, if you add Photoshop as a "registered app" that can be used to open the file directly from ViewNX2, <strong><em>it does not apply the ViewNX edit to the file sent to Photoshop</em></strong>. Seriously, all I get when I open from ViewNX is the original RAW file with no edits applied. (Note: as with above, maybe there are preference settings that alter this, but what a mess if it doesn't default to the assumption that you want to open. The only way I've found is to convert the file to a Tiff (which changes it from the now 41MB file to a 145MB file) and then open <em>that</em> in Photoshop.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The storing of edits in the RAW file increases the size of the NEF file significantly. A D750 file that started as 30MB grew to 41MB with only a minor bump in exposure applied. <em>That's crazy!!</em> The same file with (literally) adjustments to <u>every slider</u> in Camera Raw, plus added Radial and Gradient filters, and crop information, yields a 12KB (that's Kilobyte, not Megabyte) .xmp sidecar file.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 575243, member: 9240"] And here's where I have a [B][I]huge[/I][/B] problem with the way ViewNX2 works with the RAW file. [LIST] [*]ViewNX2 alters the source file by embedding edits [I]into[/I] an internal extension in the file. There are contest sites that require an unaltered source original and unless you keep a full set of backups [I]before[/I] you edit your files you've rendered the file ineligible as a confirmation source file at these sites. [*]The edits applied to the source file can [I]only[/I] be accessed by ViewNX2. Decide to switch to Lightroom? Lightroom will not recognize any ViewNX2 edits, and ViewNX2 will not export an .xmp sidecar file for you to access them. So you either need to start form scratch or export Tiff files from ViewNX2, but your hours of editing are lost. (Note: there may be a utility available somewhere that can recover this stuff, but I've been away from the s/w for such a long time that I'm not aware of one). [*]As with above, if you want to simply open the NEF file in Photoshop or Elements you [U]cannot[/U] do it directly from the file, and to my amazement, if you add Photoshop as a "registered app" that can be used to open the file directly from ViewNX2, [B][I]it does not apply the ViewNX edit to the file sent to Photoshop[/I][/B]. Seriously, all I get when I open from ViewNX is the original RAW file with no edits applied. (Note: as with above, maybe there are preference settings that alter this, but what a mess if it doesn't default to the assumption that you want to open. The only way I've found is to convert the file to a Tiff (which changes it from the now 41MB file to a 145MB file) and then open [I]that[/I] in Photoshop. [*]The storing of edits in the RAW file increases the size of the NEF file significantly. A D750 file that started as 30MB grew to 41MB with only a minor bump in exposure applied. [I]That's crazy!![/I] The same file with (literally) adjustments to [U]every slider[/U] in Camera Raw, plus added Radial and Gradient filters, and crop information, yields a 12KB (that's Kilobyte, not Megabyte) .xmp sidecar file. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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