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 Posted: Tue May 22nd, 2012 18:42
Smity

 

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Robert wrote: Another thing to consider, are you capturing NEF's or JPEGS in the camera?

With the D1 to get anything reasonable by todays standards you should be making NEF's, in which case you need to be opening your image files with a RAW editor. Photoshop Elements, Photoshop, Bibble 4, Lightroom 2 or maybe 3?

Capturing NEF files gives you the best opportunity of getting high quality images which you can then work on to get the best from.

JPEGS are starting from a lower base point, quality wise and loose a bit every time you save them. Also you don't have anything like the range of options you have with the NEF file.


Yes this is what I want to do. I am able to open the Raw files  with the Nikon PictureProject. But is very limited. I would like to do more with them if it posible.

I have been trying to use the Raw setting but I am not really getting anything much better than Jpeg without a photoshop.

 I will search the above and see what I come up with online for free or cheap. I am afraid what I get may be too much for my old computer. I at least have XP.

  

Thanks Mark