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I am looking for a simple way to convert photos from RAW to jpeg in mass. These are for more family snapshot type photos that I want to keep, but don't want to spend the time importing into Lightroom and doing touch up on. I found a program that claims it will do it called "NEF to Jpeg" only when it is finished most of the photos look like they were shot under florescent light (have that ugly green hue to them).
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PS. Cheap is good, free is better.
ViewNX can do jpg conversions in batches. It will apply all your camera settings in the conversion. You already have it, included with your camera. I don't know how large batches you can do before the software chokes, but it is worth experimenting...
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ViewNX can do jpg conversions in batches. It will apply all your camera settings in the conversion. You already have it, included with your camera. I don't know how large batches you can do before the software chokes, but it is worth experimenting...
You are assuming that my camera came with the original software. I bought it used. Need to go dig out the box and see if I have it. If not can I download it from the Nikon site?
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If you don't have the CD, perhaps you can contact Nikon support? Nikon USA seem to be left in the dark ages when it comes to downloadable full versions... Here in Sweden all software that came with the hardware is available to registered users, and it is possible to transfer registered ownership of used products by a phonecall to support.
Edit:
ViewNX 2.10.0 seems to be the exception to the rule. It is available here.
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I recently saw Photoshop Elements on sale for $49. It can do all you want and then some.
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Lightroom can do it. Only problem is that on my machine importing into and then exporting out Lightroom is SLOW. I was hoping for something that would be a bit quicker.
I was able to find ViewNX and have that installed. Let me give it a run. Hopefully it will solve my problem. Thanks for the help.
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Lightroom can do it. Only problem is that on my machine importing into and then exporting out Lightroom is SLOW. I was hoping for something that would be a bit quicker.
I was able to find ViewNX and have that installed. Let me give it a run. Hopefully it will solve my problem. Thanks for the help.
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I'm glad you were able to find it. For future reference, just about all of Nikon's software can be found online at the Nikon web site.
Also, it should be noted that both View NX2 and Capture NX2 have been replaced by Capture NX-D which I understand is somewhat less capable. Something to do with Google owning NIK which I believe wrote Nikon's software. Capture NX-D is also a free download.
--Ron
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I could, but the problem is that I tend to have shots that I want to edit mixed in with the others. Even when I am taking snap shots, one will be really good and I decide I want to tweak it. Easier to just leave the camera in RAW and batch convert them later.
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Don't remember which camera you have - maybe you could write RAW to one card and JPEG to the other...
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That was going to be my suggestion as well. Just shoot jpg for the family type snapshots. If you want to edit the "good" ones, LR and/or photoshop will let you do that.
As long as you don't save, save and save again losing quality every time, jpg works very well if you send out to print or use the photos on a screen. If you make your own prints and want everything your lens can give, 8 bits and compressed file formats is not the best way.
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My issue, and it might be my limited knowledge of lightroom, is that when I shoot jpg, my editing options are VERY limited in lightroom. Things like editing white balance, and making lens corrections are grayed out if I have imported a jpg, whereas they are available for RAW.
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Not sure why that would be...I have those options available in LR5 (and did previously in LR4). In fact, I rarely use anything other than LR for editing and some of the gym shots I take do require WB tweaking. Maybe you are importing a JPEG that has been "touched" by some other application? You might want to try importing from the card directly or copying the files using Explorer / Finder and then importing without other apps if you haven't already done that...
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Copy from the card and paste to the desktop. I import to Lightroom from there. No clue, will have to play with it. My knowledge of Lightroom is limited to say the least.
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You can change colors and wb in LR in jpg. Its pretty easy. (although, photoshop is much easier). Here are three examples I just did to test it. The first was the original. #2 are some conversions (including WB) and the final one is just changing the WB Temp and tint sliders. (or course, #3 is just to test the WB change, I do not like the change). Again, this was done to a JPG.
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I've also have no problems editing jpegs in Lightroom... including white balance. You can't select lens specific corrections but you can make manual adjustments to CA, etc. They generally work pretty well. Of course RAW is the preferred way to go but you can get away with shooting jpegs.
As far as shooting either RAW or jpegs all the time, you may be able to set the FN button to make the camera shoot RAW+Jpeg (or just RAW) for the next image shot. That's a good way to have the camera set for jpeg and still be able to shoot RAW when you need it. The only down side is that you have to remember to push the FN button before each shot. Also, it resets to your default shooting preferences each time the meter times out which can be a pain.
--Ron
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