I don't see how RAW conversion using the default settings (which is what you get if you shoot jpeg) is any more difficult) Posted by DaShiv at 9:10 AM on March 1, 2005 Unfortunately, you'll need a good RAW converter to make the most of your Nikon's NEF files, and you'll have to pay for most of the best RAW converters. On a related note, Nikon selling Nikon Capture separately has been a point of gripes from Nikon shooters for some time now, especially since Canon has begun bundling their equivalent Digital Photo Professional software with even their most basic DSLR bodies, such as the new Digital Rebel XT. That would definitely be getting close to how far you can push a 6mp file though, IMO (some might even argue it's too far). It's not that big of a deal to upres using interpolation I've printed 11x14's for exhibitions out of RAW files with similar starting pixel dimensions as your D70. The D70 has a native resolution of 3008x2000 pixels, whereas an 8x10 at 360 DPI requires 3600x2800 pixels (that's 10.4 megapixels). A RAW converter won't give you any more pixels than what your camera can capture, but it'll give you much more control over the quality of those pixels which will allow them to be upres'd more cleanly - advantages that were discussed by the sites you mentioned earlier. You'll have to upres using Photoshop or a similar program if you want more pixels to print larger at higher DPI. Posted by DaShiv at 8:19 AM on March 1, 2005 (And congrats on taking the plunge to digital! Yes, the price of admission is high and you have to deal with plastic cameras, squinty viewfinders, and crop factors, but as you've mentioned before, no more waiting or paying for film.) Most of the Nikon shooters I've heard swear by the first three programs I've mentioned. There are other free RAW utilities for NEF files out there, but other than RawShooter, from what I've heard the rest compare pretty poorly to the commercial products. The only drawback is that there's no Mac version, and some users with AMD processors have reported some bugs that are currently under investigation. RawShooter is the free, full-featured, and very robust component of what will grow to be a larger RAW processing suite. All of these are commercial programs that will cost you, of course, but they're leagues ahead of Picture Project, which I've heard some rather poor feedback about (but I've never used myself).Ī free alternative that's in the same league as the above RAW utilities is the very new RawShooter, created by a couple of ex-members of the Capture One team. The result is an effect that enchants your pictures.ĭo you organize your work with Finder Tags from Apple? Then your work will be even easier, because in the browser you can now use the context menu to directly display and change these tags.Ĭompatibility: OS X 10.To open Nikon NEF files, you'll want to use either Nikon Capture, Capture One, or upgrade to Photoshop CS for the Adobe Camera RAW plugin. In this impressive technique, the lighter shades are colored with the color 1 and the darker ones with the color 2. Easily create color gradients with up to 10 colors via the new dialog.Ĭolor your shots with two colors to duo-tone images. as a background for a collage? No problem. With the new wide-angle equalization in GraphicConverter 11, you can now reduce this distortion. In wide-angle shooting, faces and objects on the left and right edges of the image are often heavily distorted in width.
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