Well, I played with NX Studio for a while and then . . . I scurried back to ACR!
The NX UI is not efficient.
Too many vital controls are hidden in the Prefs and require a restart every time before any changes to the Prefs become available to the User.
The Adjustments Panel is interminably long and needs excessive Scrolling.
There are no KBSCs.
NX seems to have been designed for those who shoots JPGs instead of RAW.
There doesn't appear to be a way to import my own xRite-engendered Camera Profiles.
NX Studio makes heavy use of the camera's internally recorded Settings and Picture Controls (which are something that I never use). It also wants to honour Active D-Lighting (something that is applicable to JPGs); and seems to base operations on other settings included in the camera's EXIF (all of which I inevitably ignore!).
NX also lacks many of the advanced tools (including Color Grading and a Smart Object workflow into Ps) which ACR now provides.
Neither did I get the impression that NX is any faster than ACR.
Bottom Line:
NX offers no competition to ACR.
My previous impression of Nikon's Software has now been re-confirmed.
My copy of NX Studio has now taken a trip to Never-never Land via the Uninstaller.
The NX UI is not efficient.
Too many vital controls are hidden in the Prefs and require a restart every time before any changes to the Prefs become available to the User.
The Adjustments Panel is interminably long and needs excessive Scrolling.
There are no KBSCs.
NX seems to have been designed for those who shoots JPGs instead of RAW.
There doesn't appear to be a way to import my own xRite-engendered Camera Profiles.
NX Studio makes heavy use of the camera's internally recorded Settings and Picture Controls (which are something that I never use). It also wants to honour Active D-Lighting (something that is applicable to JPGs); and seems to base operations on other settings included in the camera's EXIF (all of which I inevitably ignore!).
NX also lacks many of the advanced tools (including Color Grading and a Smart Object workflow into Ps) which ACR now provides.
Neither did I get the impression that NX is any faster than ACR.
Bottom Line:
NX offers no competition to ACR.
My previous impression of Nikon's Software has now been re-confirmed.
My copy of NX Studio has now taken a trip to Never-never Land via the Uninstaller.
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