THIS WILL RESULT IN SUPER-SLOW PERFORMANCE. See those sliders in NX-D? NEVER DRAG THEM TO SEE HOW THEY AFFECT THE IMAGE. Image thumbnails may end up being displayed with wrong colours, but the image you are editing is displayed correctly, and it will export to ProPhotoRGB. If you want the exported TIFF to be in ProPhotoRGB, remember to set this in NX-D’s preferences. I have no idea if it will also work within that colour space, but decided not to take the risk. NX-D will default to exporting in the colour space your image is set to in-camera. So here are some tips that could help get that RAW conversion part done. However as I have mentioned earlier, NX-D is not user-friendly and insufficient in many aspects. I use NX-D to produce a globally exposure-adjusted, colour-corrected, noise-corrected, high quality 16-bit TIFF to feed into other post-processing applications that are better for detailed adjustments, such as Lightroom. Personally I find it easier to perform my edits on a well-exposed image with a neutral colour palette. Of course, I should emphasize that realistic colours does not automatically mean it looks good to everyone! It really boils down to a matter of preference. It is especially good at colour reproduction, where none of the competition could quite get the kind of accurate true-to-life colours as NX-D could. Against all these paid options, NX-D performs surprisingly well. I have spent nearly two years experimenting with the various RAW conversion tools – ACR, Capture One Pro, Photo Ninja, DXO OP, etc. For those initial steps of detail extraction, colour interpretation, global exposure adjustment, and noise reduction – it is a great tool. Updated on 5 October 2016 to include more details about the Picture Controls and adjust some grammar.Ĭapture NX-D is a great RAW converter for Nikon NEFs, no matter how you feel about its in-sufficiency for everything else. Also included amended recommendations for noise reduction. Updated 25 November 2016 to include reader observations and suggestions. Updated 2 December 2016 for revised recommendations. Updated 22 June 2017 for information about astro noise reduction. Clarified recommendations for colour profiles. Updated 2 August 2017 for recommendation about colour noise reduction. Updated 29 April 2018 regarding recommendation for colour moire reduction.
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