Middleware to take edited Nef from NX2 to DNG format

[t._zenjitsuman]

<p>Nikon Capture NX2 output from edits saved in NEF NX2 format converter to allow DNG file conversion to use in Adobe lightroom2 and PSCS4.</p>

<p>Does anyone make such a piece of middleware. And if so does it transfer the metadata too.</p>

[Wouter Willemse]

<p>Hi,<br>

The edits stored in the NEF will not survice the conversion to DNG. So while you could use Adobe's DNG conversion tool, it would loose the (embedded) editing of Capture NX2.<br>

The middleware would be the TIFF file format. There is little point in doing RAW editing in 2 RAW editors with roughly the same capabilities (CNX2 <--> LR2). So once you're done editing in CNX2, export to TIFF and use the TIFF file in Photoshop for further editing if needed. TIFF can store EXIF and ITPC data just fine.</p>

[owen_s]

<p>but in the conversion to tiff, the file will triple in size, and lose the all important 5 levels of fstop information</p>

[r_johnston]

<p>Why convert before going into Lightroom. When you can convert any file IN Lightroom. You can convert from NEF to DNG when importing a file to Lightroom. <br>

OR just import it as a NEF file. Then convert from NEF to DNG.<br>

You can also convert JPG files to DNG in Lightroom, and they look better after the conversion. You can convert TIF files to DNG, and retain the same appearance.<br>

Lets say you have a lot quality JPG you took before you got a Nikon. (Like Ive converted a lot of files that I scanned from kodak prints. Converted them to DNG, colors improved without me doing anything. Then, was able to make alterations that I wanted to further improve them.<br>

With some very old photos, one from the civil war that was so bad could hardly see any detail. Scanned it as a JPG. Converted to DNG, modified it some more. Loaded it to Photoshop.CS3 which converts it to a tiff file. Repaired some nicks, tears, scratches, did a bit more restoration and saved it to lightroom. Now had a duplicate in both DNG and TIF with the TIF the best of both. If you have patience and experiment you can discover what can be done.<br>

Because some say you can't do things, does not mean you can't.<br>

When you believe you can do even more than documentation states, experiment and find out things you can do, that those who wrote it never tried.... Lightroom and Photoshop are the Modern equivalent of the Darkroom, those who worked in Darkrooms did magic in them like Weston and Adams. <br>

They did things no one believed could be done, until they taught others HOW.</p>

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