Nik Bhatt


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  • in reply to: Managing noise #134036
    Nik Bhatt
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    Well, it depends on whether you are shooting RAW or JPEG. If you are shooting JPEG, then your camera’s noise reduction will be used. However, if you shoot RAW, then there will not be any noise reduction from the camera, so you will want to use what Nitro provides. You can test the difference by shooting RAW+JPEG with a high ISO and looking at the difference.

    in reply to: Congratulatiosn for X2D support! #133974
    Nik Bhatt
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    The reason you aren’t seeing file names is because of the Square thumbnail setting. When you use square, then it fills the entire cell. Switch to Aspect ratio thumbnails (in the toolbar) and you will see the file names.

    in reply to: Congratulatiosn for X2D support! #133967
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    The images were not included – perhaps they are local paths?
    Yes, the path I provided is correct, and the one where you located the JPEGs is the same path – as I mentioned, there are two subdirectories: File System and Photo Library. And then subdirectories inside those.

    Deleting JPEG previews underneath Nitro can confuse it, but it’s up to you. Periodically, you can also use the Clear Cache feature.
    The file names do appear in Comparison and N-Up modes. They are toward the bottom of the image in those modes.

    in reply to: Congratulatiosn for X2D support! #133961
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Previews are located here: ‘~/Library/Containers/com.gentlemencoders.nitro/Data/Library/Caches’. There is a folder for the File System and one for the Photo Library (which is used only when the Photo Library cannot make its own previews). The ~ refers to your home directory.

    Please do not make changes to this folder – it is for the app’s internal use.

    The image’s name should appear when the app has finished indexing the directory. The only case I have seen when a file name doesn’t appear (other than indexing not being done) is for Shared Albums in the Photo Library. So if you have a case that doesn’t work, please email me so I can troubleshoot it.

    The app only stores its previews on the startup disk. This is a limitation of the app. It might change with time, but I can’t promise it.

    You can also clear the caches in Settings but it will build them again as it needs them.

    in reply to: Any news on an update? #133958
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    The next update is in final test – should be out very soon.

    in reply to: Fuji profiles/LUTs #133951
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    I don’t have any current plans, but I can look into it. Making simulations is extremely time consuming since Fujifilm does not document how they make them.

    in reply to: Crop distortion #133907
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Please email support@gentlemencoders.com and I can help you. The forum isn’t the best place for debugging these kinds of problems.

    in reply to: Any news on an update? #133881
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Been working on an update. I have sent out some builds to beta testers.

    in reply to: Multiple libraries #133851
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Yes. RAW Power can only open the system library and only the system library *CAN* be synched to iCloud (but it doesn’t have to be).

    This is how you can do it:
    1. Open your 100GB library in Photos.
    2. Go to preferences and pick “Use as System Photo Library”. Photos will warn you that it will turn off iCloud Synching. That’s good – you want it to do that.
    3. You can then open that library in RAW Power.
    4. When you’re done, you can open the other library in Photos, tell Photos to use it as the System Photo Library, but then ENABLE synching.

    I can imagine this might give you pause. In that case, I suggest you run a test by creating a tiny library with one or two unique images (ones not found in your iCloud Photo Library) and following the above steps. If the tiny library isn’t merged into your iCloud Photo library, then you know that these steps will work.

    in reply to: Sidebar folder/album counts #133820
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Nitro uses the Photo library, and the Photo library only offers an “estimated” count. So, I could show that, but it would not always be correct. It’s possible to get the actual count, but that would impact performance. I will make a note – perhaps it can be added as a preference (with a note about performance).

    in reply to: Handling of JPEG+RAW pairs #133819
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Photos defaults to “JPEG on top” and has a feature in Edit to switch to the RAW on top. The file name Photos shows is always the JPEG, even when it’s showing the RAW.
    Nitro defaults to the RAW, though it shows the JPEG image, since that is what Photos provides to it. In contrast, it always shows the RAW’s file name. It also has a feature to switch to the JPEG when editing.
    So, both can edit either half of the pair. Photos is JPEG centric and Nitro is RAW centric.
    If you want to switch in Nitro, the button is to the right of the “four way control” and right below the histogram. It only shows up if you have an R+J pair in Edit.

    in reply to: Nitro Support for ProRaw DNG (JPEG XL) #133758
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    I was able to get some more information about these files. They are indeed ProRAW files. The JPEGXL part is just the way they are compressed to save space. Yes, they also contain a JPEG as the preview.

    in reply to: Nitro Support for ProRaw DNG (JPEG XL) #133753
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    These are weird files. They act like ProRAW images – my code shows the sliders for ProRAW (and regular RAW) and they seem to work too, so….hmm.
    These files do NOT work on earlier OS versions (Ventura, for example is not supported).
    This will no doubt cause a lot of havoc as people take shots with their new phones and cannot open them on their older Macs and devices.

    in reply to: Nitro Support for ProRaw DNG (JPEG XL) #133752
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Thanks, I’ll take a look.

    in reply to: Nitro Support for ProRaw DNG (JPEG XL) #133740
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    It’s not a RAW file, and it’s not a ProRAW file. It’s relatively new file format that is intended to replace JPEG. It seems that Apple is using the DNG format to hold the JPEGXL data (since DNG is a general purpose container and not a RAW-specific container). At this point I don’t have any tips – it should just work.

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