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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fred Kingston_RIP" data-source="post: 687818" data-attributes="member: 10742">Let's make some clarifications so we're all clear about what we're saying.YOU cannot see a RAW file. RAW files are simply just data.  Any software that renders a RAW file (i.e., Photoshop) renders a JPG image from the RAW file. Some RAW editors (i.e., Nikon's proprietary software) can render the Jpg that you see on your monitor with the Nikon Camera Profiles applied. Most cannot. Those that cannot render a flat looking Jpg that typically requires some adjustments to look like the image that's displayed on the camera's LCD screen.When you EXPORT the image those adjustments are applied and added to a newly created JPG image... Most RAW editors are non-destructive. That means they do not save changes to the RAW file but instead save the changes/adjustments to what's called a sidecar file. Generally a separate XMP file. That XMP file almost always takes the RAW (NEF) file name... If you delete the XMP file and/or move it so that the editor doesn't see it, the RAW un-touched NEF file gets loaded without the adjustments...There can be vast differences between what gets displayed on the camera's LCD and what gets displayed on your computer's monitor depending on many factors...Getting a RAW (NEF) camera file to a printed image on a photographic paper can be a torturous journey.</blockquote>