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12/09/2013 05:02:44 PM · #1 |
Hi
I have a friend who likes to shoot, doesn't like to edit but likes to think he might edit up his images at some point in the future.
Because people like me say "If only you'd have shot that in RAW you could have recovered those highlights" he does indeed now shoot in RAW. However, he uses Dropbox a lot and needs to create smaller files from his NEF files. Of course he could (and should) shoot in RAW+JPEG but hasn't and the problem remains.
I'm a Mac user so I'm out of touch with Windows software but does anybody know of any good utilities that will batch convert NEFs to JPEGs? As I'm typing I wonder if one came with the camera; but if not, do you know of a utility that will do this? He's tried one but it messed with his colours - I suppose that might just be a colour space setting but the recommendation of a good utility would still be useful.
Cheers
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12/10/2013 03:42:00 AM · #2 |
Pretty much any PS CS should be able to do this. I know CS4 onwards does, using the Image Processor.
Regarding if it came with the camera- Capture NX can batch, but it doesn't come with all cameras. |
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12/10/2013 05:03:32 AM · #3 |
Hi,
I use Adobe lightroom to catalog all RAW images. When sharing to dropbox I export them as appropriate size jpgs. I believe the free software Picasa does this also.
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12/10/2013 10:43:00 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Urho:
Hi,
I use Adobe lightroom to catalog all RAW images. When sharing to dropbox I export them as appropriate size jpgs. I believe the free software Picasa does this also.
Juha |
No doubt, Lightroom is the high-capability option. It is quite a learning curve, however, because it is a complete cataloging, conversion and publication system. Picasa does not do RAW conversion, as far as I know. It relies on the embedded JPEG that exists in pretty much all RAW files. This JPEG will be smaller in pixel dimensions than the original, and will have the in-camera conversion settings applied.
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12/10/2013 10:46:25 AM · #5 |
| A great alternative here would be Capture One.... 90 day free trial will likely be a nice help as well. |
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12/10/2013 11:24:33 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Cory:
A great alternative here would be Capture One.... 90 day free trial will likely be a nice help as well. |
Cory, are you using C1 Pro or Express? I tried C1 some years ago (v4.x I think) and was not really that impressed. It does look like they have incorporated some neat features into the latest version, but the pricing of the Pro product is very high, and the Express product is reasonable but has a number of useful features removed.
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12/10/2013 12:28:44 PM · #7 |
| View NX is the quick, easy solution. |
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12/10/2013 01:16:12 PM · #8 |
According to the FAQ page, IrfanView can open/convert RAW files (with appropriate plug-ins which you can download separately). It has a powerful and easy-to-use batch-processing interface, will work on any version of Windows, and it is free.
I use it as my image browser, and it can do lots of other stuff as well. |
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12/10/2013 02:03:35 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Cory:
A great alternative here would be Capture One.... 90 day free trial will likely be a nice help as well. |
Cory, are you using C1 Pro or Express? I tried C1 some years ago (v4.x I think) and was not really that impressed. It does look like they have incorporated some neat features into the latest version, but the pricing of the Pro product is very high, and the Express product is reasonable but has a number of useful features removed. |
Pro, since my 5D and 1D require that version to work. (Plus it has the shadow/highlight too and a few other great tools, as you noticed)..
The reason I use it is for the dynamic range expansion, which it does incredibly well - and simply because it deals with high ISO images better than anything else I've seen - the grain magically becomes 'good' grain. (at least with the 1D and 5D - the 50D's banding did present some issues.)
FYI - by 'good' grain, I mean that it has a very filmic quality to it.
ETA: as far as price goes, heck I think it's downright reasonable, given that it's a Phase One product... Compared to even a beaten, used, ancient P1 body this thing is dirt cheap. :D
Message edited by author 2013-12-10 14:05:23. |
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12/10/2013 02:43:32 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Cory:
FYI - by 'good' grain, I mean that it has a very filmic quality to it. |
I know what you're talking about... I would much rather have some nice gaussian noise in a high-iso image and retain more detail than have a smooth, but muddy result.
Originally posted by Cory:
ETA: as far as price goes, heck I think it's downright reasonable, given that it's a Phase One product... Compared to even a beaten, used, ancient P1 body this thing is dirt cheap. :D |
And honestly, until recently the price looked more competitive. But with the current pricing on Lr 5, well, things look different. I'd actually be interested in doing a little comparo using the same images, say 5D images shot at 1600 or 3200 ISO, and processed through both Lr 5.X and C1 Pro.
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12/10/2013 03:29:05 PM · #11 |
Another vote for View NX. It's free, it's Nikon specific and you can do some basic editing if required. It's never going to replace PS/LR but for a quick conversion.....
It's also my photo browser of choice.
Message edited by author 2013-12-10 15:29:34. |
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