Pcool Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hi, I need help and advice on how to open/edit a Nikon Z9 "high efficiency*" raw NEF file. Thank you. Regards Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @Pcool. You didn't mention which version of Affinity Photo you use, but V2 will have better camera support than V1. For the Z9 the V2 FAQ on supported cameras indicates that only images using "standard compression" are supported, if you're using the Serif Labs RAW Engine. So if "high efficiency" means some other format, then you won't be able to Open it using Serif's engine. If you're on a Mac or iPad perhaps the Apple Engine would support other formats (the FAQ has pointers to the Apple information). You can configure the engine in the Assistant Options. Or you might need to use a different program, but I'm not sure what to recommend, Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Affinity Photo 2 opens the Z9 raw NEF files, Affinity didn't have the lens profile for the lens used in this image though Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Abridged Exiftool dump from two Z-9 files, high effiency doesn't currently work Source dpreview unknown APhoto2 works fails File Size 50 MiB 33 MiB Image Width 8280 8280 Image Height 5520 5520 NEF Compression Lossless High Efficiency firstdefence and Callum 2 Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: Affinity didn't have the lens profile for the lens used in this image though Here's one NIKKOR_Z_24-120.xml Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calsun Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Currently if one wants to use Nikon's High Efficiency raw file format one needs to use Photoshop, Capture One, or Nikon's Studio application to be able to open and edit them. Switching to the Z9 HE format meant going back to using Photoshop for my image editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 According to "Thom Hogan" the Nikon Z9 "high efficiency*" raw files can be edited with APh V2 under MacOS Ventura (when switching over to using the Apple RAW engine). - See therefor ... "What raw converters support the Z9 High Efficiency formats?” Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calsun Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 So all I need to do is buy an Apple computer and install Affinity V2 on it and all will be OK. That is hardly a solution for Windows users. For now I will be using Photoshop to process my image files from my Z9 cameras. Reducing file size by 40% provides more short and long term value in terms of workflow performance (even with dual drives as RAID1 in my Windows workstation). I also have zero desire to spend $9,000 on an Apple workstation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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