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NEF files degraded in CS3?

Sun 15-Jul-07 11:58 PM
I recently upgraded from PC with Photoshop CS2 to Mac with CS3. CS2 had a plug-in for converting NEF files, which Nikon provided (Nikon NEF LE .8 Plugin). But this plugin won't work with CS3 (Adobe state that they don't support Nikon's Plugins, and it's up to Nikon to provide a suitable plugin - which Nikon are currently refusing to do.) So if I introduce an old image that has been sorted and/or altered in Picture Project into CS3 the image is ugly and desaturated. I therefore have to go back to CS2 to work with those images. Here's the new issue: when I download new RAW images from my Nikon D80 or D200 into Photoshop CS3, am I getting the true image, or are they also being desaturated? It sure appears like they are, even when I run my cameras on VIVID. If I convert them to DNG files when I dowload them, they appear to have more saturation. How can this be? Is it that CS3 is not accurately supporting Nikon's NEF format (go to the Adobe site and you'll see that the only Nikon camera that Adobe admits to supporting is the D40!). Can anyone help me? I need to know whether I can downlaod my Nikon RAW images into CS3 and get an accurate result to work with. Should I alter them to DNGs? Should I ditch CS3 and go back to CS2 with its Nikon Plugin? Should we all be lobbying Nikon to provide an interface with CS3? What is the truth about images that go from a Nikon D200 into CS3 - are we seeing what the camera is reading, folks?
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