CS3 and NEF?

FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
edited March 19, 2010 in Finishing School
Ok, I give up.

How do I open NEF files in PS CS3?
:scratch

I think i'll be moving on to a mac and back to CS4 in a few months, but need to know how to open them in CS3..

thanks in advance.
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  • malchmalch Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2010
    Easy...
    Foques wrote:
    How do I open NEF files in PS CS3?

    Download the (free) Adobe DNG converter application incorporating the latest Adobe Camera Raw.

    Use that to convert your NEF's to DNG and open those in CS3.

    http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/

    That converter will process entire folders of files as a batch so it's all quite a bit easier than it sounds.
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2010
    Foques wrote:
    Ok, I give up.

    How do I open NEF files in PS CS3?
    headscratch.gif

    I think i'll be moving on to a mac and back to CS4 in a few months, but need to know how to open them in CS3..

    thanks in advance.

    I skipped from PS 7.0 directly to CS4, so I don't know if CS3 included Bridge. CS4 does.

    I shoot Nikon and upload in Bridge. My NEF files are automatically converted to .dng files in Bridge. There's a check box in Bridge that instructs Bridge to do that.
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  • eur0edeur0ed Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
    edited February 21, 2010
    ACR for cs3 can open NEF's depending on which camera you have. If you let us know which camera you have one of us can look it up for you.

    This is the most up to date version of ACR for cs3 I believe..
    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4036

    If your camera is too new to be supported by CS3 then you can use adobe's DNG converter to convert your nef's to dng's that can then be opened in Photoshop.
    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4620
  • FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2010
    my bad, i'm sorry.
    I am using d300s and d40
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  • jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2010
    Foques wrote:
    my bad, i'm sorry.
    I am using d300s and d40
    CS3 does not directly support RAW files from cameras that came out after CS4 appeared. As others have said, if you want to open them in CS3, you have to use Adobe's free DNG converter and convert them to DNG RAW which can then be opened in CS3. Or, just stick with CS4.
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  • eur0edeur0ed Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
    edited February 22, 2010
    Foques wrote:
    my bad, i'm sorry.
    I am using d300s and d40


    Camera Raw 4.6 supports the D40, so your D40 NEFs will work fine. But your D300s isn't supported till Camera raw 5.5..which can only be installed on CS4..these files will have to be converted to DNGs in order to get em into ACR.. DL Camera Raw 4.6 and give it a shot with the D40 thumb.gif
  • FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2010
    wonderful.
    thank you for all the information.

    I will be doing some major system maintenance over the next week (yay for medical leave!), and will see if I can get my CS4 to work on Win 7 again.
    appreciate it guys.
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  • FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2010
    scratch that.
    updated camera raw. we're good.
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