Zaffle77 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I have a Nikon Coolscan V that I have scanned some film with, to a .nef file. When I try and open the file in Affinity photo, it loads as a 320x218 picture, not he original resolution. \ File is OK as it loads fine in photoshop. What do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted January 15, 2019 Hi Zaffle77, Welcome to Affinity Forums Can you please upload the file using this link for us to take a look please? Thank you. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 You are getting the preview part of the nef file. I would propose saving scans as TIF files, using nef does not give any advantages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I have a Coolscan V for scanning slides. With both VueScan and SilverFast, I save the image as a tiff. Since I have Affinity Photo set as the default program for tiff files, the saved tff automatically opens in Photo. I find that SilverFast is marginally better, but both produce good-quality images. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Does the Nikon Scan software still run on Win (?), I recall that I had to patch it even before Win 10 (former Win times) in order to get it installed at all. - However according to the Affinity supported RAW formats Nikon Coolscan NEF should be supported, though I never tested that. The OP can test the by the scanner software generated NEFs with Nikon ViewNX-i or Capture NX-D, if those can show up and work with the scanner NEF files. Otherwise TIFF is a good option too here. 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...
Zaffle77 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Yes this is all scanned with NikonScan 4; The 5v works fine with windows 10 out of the box, but my Coolscan 4000 requires a bit of work before it works. Nef files from both scanners open in low quality, and not in the raw development persona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaffle77 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Bump, is there no official reply to this or do I just go back to paying for photoshop instead of using this program that can't open what it says it should be able to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Zaffle77 said: Bump, is there no official reply to this or do I just go back to paying for photoshop instead of using this program that can't open what it says it should be able to? Did you upload a sample file as MEB requested above? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 23 hours ago, Zaffle77 said: Bump, is there no official reply to this or do I just go back to paying for photoshop instead of using this program that can't open what it says it should be able to? Have you tried exporting your scans as tiffs? Have you tried Vuescan? You can download a free trial. It will also export to a DNG raw file. The cost is considerably less than going back to Photoshop! John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaffle77 Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 12:47 AM, walt.farrell said: Did you upload a sample file as MEB requested above? Yep file uploaded ages ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaffle77 Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 No I have not tried this, it is more for the 200+ rolls of film I have already scanned that I want to use this for. May try this in the future if I shoot more film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 What file size does the NEF file report? What settings from the scanner are you using to scan these images in? I know Vuescan Pro can reprocess raw files: https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc15.htm Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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...
Zaffle77 Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 6:18 PM, firstdefence said: What file size does the NEF file report? What settings from the scanner are you using to scan these images in? I know Vuescan Pro can reprocess raw files: https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc15.htm For a colour scan, ~130mb is the output, scanned at 5959 by 3946 pixels. Scanner on base settings, digital ICE on. When I try and open in Affinity, it shows a 320x218 pixel file (presumably a thumbnail). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 You can use instead Nikon's ... Quote ViewNX-i & Capture NX-D ... for developing the scanner NEF files. And yes the 320x218 pixel is just a tiny embedded thumbs preview. 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...
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