I must be missing something, but it seems that the only program I have that wil allow me to rotate a NEF, and keep it a NEF, with the rotation showing in Windows Explorer is Nikon View. Any suggestions as to which other programs will allow me this? Thanks.
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One of the problems is that most NEF processors are defaulted to not change the original NEF file, which is what Explorer uses to display. One way to get around it is to download the file with a program which senses the automatic rotation of NEFs, which obviates the need to rotate the file in the first place. Nikon Transfer is one of those utilities.
It may be one of the facts of life with which one has to live.
__________________ Dennis
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As you have discovered, Nikon View. But you might also take a look at LightRoom and Bridge, which are closely allied with Photoshop CS3. I can't recommend any others because I haven't used them, but I've heard about Iview and PhotoMechanic among others.
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Photo Mechanic is great, but it doesn't alter the original file, so it will still be unrotated in Windows Explorer. IIRC, both Lightroom and Bridge will not allow you to save the file as a Nef.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Photo Mechanic is great, but it doesn't alter the original file, so it will still be unrotated in Windows Explorer. IIRC, both Lightroom and Bridge will not allow you to save the file as a Nef.
Yes, I agree. I should have been more clear. When using LightRoom, it serves quite well as a browser and obviates the need for using Explorer to view the files.
(In case you're not aware of it, the Windows Raw file viewer works very well at viewing RAW files of all persuasions.)
__________________ Dennis
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Since Nikon View is free and not a bad image browser, what's the prob? It's some time I have used View, doesn't it have batch processing?
Other applications able to rotate NEFs correctly: Nikon Capture, Nikon Capture NX, Nikon Picture Project [shudder]. There's several more, which are able to do it but leading to trouble, most prabanly because Nikon uses different tags than usual; i.e. iView MediaPro can rotate but Capture NX will not show that, so one rotates again - and now has a major sync problem at hand.
BTW, it is not the RAW data itself that get changed but only the directional tag and the JPEG preview within the NEF. The latter, though technical metadata, needs a major change to the RAW file, which can only be done safely by using Nikon's SDK. 'Safely' in the cover your ass sense, that is, even if other programmers are able to do it tehy better refrain because if something goes wrong they might be liable in front of a judge.
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