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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 319963" data-attributes="member: 16090">Each software has its own advantages and problems. If I am not wrong the Capture NX-D is written by Silkypix, and would be released soon. As yet it is free and I use this.<a href="http://nikonrumors.com/2014/03/24/yes-the-new-nikon-nx-d-software-is-made-by-silkypix.aspx/" target="_blank">Yes, the new Nikon NX-D software is made by Silkypix | Nikon Rumors</a>. The edits are written to files XXXXXXXX.NEF.nks (where XXXXXXXX.NEF is the original file name), one for each NEF in a subdirectory (under the directory where the file is) NKS_PAR. The originals are not touched, and are readable by all software which can read NEF.. The sidecar files are in XML, here is the first line&quot;&lt;x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=&quot;adobe:ns:meta/&quot; x:xmptk=&quot;XMP Core 4.1.1&quot;&gt;&lt;rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#&quot;&gt;&quot;This file is read by the software and all operations applied. If you know XML you can decode the file, or better still write your own steps for transforming the RAW image.As the sidecar files are in a subdirectory of the original files, all that you have to do while archiving the files is to archive it with the subdirectory. Yes it is not as idiot proof as having the data in the original NEF, but that will bind you to one RAW software for extracting edit information from the NEF file in future as others may not be able to read NEF with embedded edit data. In this case you can use different software (which do not change the NEF) on one single source file and compare results. On my desktop, with 3 monitors, I can theoretically open up three RAW editors and compare the edits simultaneously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 319963, member: 16090"] Each software has its own advantages and problems. If I am not wrong the Capture NX-D is written by Silkypix, and would be released soon. As yet it is free and I use this. [url=http://nikonrumors.com/2014/03/24/yes-the-new-nikon-nx-d-software-is-made-by-silkypix.aspx/]Yes, the new Nikon NX-D software is made by Silkypix | Nikon Rumors[/url] . The edits are written to files XXXXXXXX.NEF.nks (where XXXXXXXX.NEF is the original file name), one for each NEF in a subdirectory (under the directory where the file is) NKS_PAR. The originals are not touched, and are readable by all software which can read NEF. . The sidecar files are in XML, here is the first line "[B]<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="XMP Core 4.1.1"><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">[/B]" This file is read by the software and all operations applied. If you know XML you can decode the file, or better still write your own steps for transforming the RAW image. As the sidecar files are in a subdirectory of the original files, all that you have to do while archiving the files is to archive it with the subdirectory. Yes it is not as idiot proof as having the data in the original NEF, but that will bind you to one RAW software for extracting edit information from the NEF file in future as others may not be able to read NEF with embedded edit data. In this case you can use different software (which do not change the NEF) on one single source file and compare results. On my desktop, with 3 monitors, I can theoretically open up three RAW editors and compare the edits simultaneously. [/QUOTE]

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