Having recently purchased a Nikon D7100, I now have to figure out how to process the Nikon RAW files with my Photoshop CS5. I can see myself using CS5 for the long term future and I'll have no interest in continuously upgrading Photoshop just to use RAW files of new cameras a few years down the line.
At the minute, the solution is to convert the NEF files to DNG and then process via Adobe Camera RAW before finishing in Photoshop, which is pretty much my current work flow anyway.
However it seems a waste of space to retain both the original NEF files as well as the DNG files for editing. A DNG file is half the size of a RAW file yet both open and act the same in ACR and CS5.
So is it worth while deleting the NEF files and retaining only the DNG files?
It saves space, and the DNG files seem to be useable with most image editing software, and as long as Adobe doesn't go bust, looks to be a good long term solution. I don't often go back and re-edit images from previous years so losing the NEF files wouldn't be too big a loss for me, especially as the DNG files will always be editable.
Anybody have any experience on this topic and uses mainly DNG files as their main RAW file?
Dave
At the minute, the solution is to convert the NEF files to DNG and then process via Adobe Camera RAW before finishing in Photoshop, which is pretty much my current work flow anyway.
However it seems a waste of space to retain both the original NEF files as well as the DNG files for editing. A DNG file is half the size of a RAW file yet both open and act the same in ACR and CS5.
So is it worth while deleting the NEF files and retaining only the DNG files?
It saves space, and the DNG files seem to be useable with most image editing software, and as long as Adobe doesn't go bust, looks to be a good long term solution. I don't often go back and re-edit images from previous years so losing the NEF files wouldn't be too big a loss for me, especially as the DNG files will always be editable.
Anybody have any experience on this topic and uses mainly DNG files as their main RAW file?
Dave
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