JD750 Loc: SoCal

A recent post here some questions were asked about Nikon Software; always a tangled mess.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-747754-1.html#13337772

Maybe this post will help someone else avoid wasting their time.

Today I opened Nikon NX Studio to retouch a raw file. It rendered beautifully, in "Studio". :) So I muddled about a bit, applied some sharpening. It looked great.:) Next I selected "Export as 16-bit TIFF" for further work using Photoshop. So what happened? See attached. What's not supported it was a Nikon NEF File?!

The message was accompanied by the macOS dreaded spinning beachball of death. Naturally clicking OK resulted in no response. NX Studio was frozen. Ultimately I had to "Force Quit" NX Studio. Which wiped out all the retouching work.

Grrrrrrr...

"Nikon latest software release continues to prove Nikon is first and foremost, a hardware company". Not my quote but it is still appropriate.

jscorbin Loc: Woodinville, WA

You need version 1.1.2 of NX Studio to export to TIFF, if your MacOS is Monterey, or if you are using an M1 or M2 Mac. Check for updates of NX Studio and for your MacOS.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

I'm using the latest macOS on a 16" MacBook Pro, M1.

Hmmm. I checked for updates before I started editing and the window said "none available".

But just now I opened NX Studio, looked at the version and it is 1.0.0. So thank you for the information that there exists 1.1.2.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Just received a message this morning from Nikon, there is a update available. Deleted. Not sure what version.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

The new version is 1.2.1. NX Studio is my primary editor for my Nikon RAW data. No issues.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

It's not a Nikon problem. It is an over priced Apple problem. Nothing new here.

photoman43

I have no problems with Nikon NX Studio on my windows 10 64 bit desktop or laptop. I am using version 1.2.1. As others have stated, there are all sorts of problems related to various Apple operating systems and various photo software.

FYI, I often use the free Nikon software when Adobe software fails to deliver needed results.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Seems to work fine on my Windows desktop PC.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

If you say so. Funny that i don’t have these kinds of problems with the other softwares I use.  🤔

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

No, it is third party software developers not caring about their users and sending their developers to the Apple WWDC to learn how to use the new Apple Silicon hardware. If they never played by the rules for Intel Macintosh hardware, their code WILL crash on the M1 and M2 Apple Silicon SOC.

This is a common problem with third party developers. They don't listen, they cut corners, they make assumptions, and they don't test well enough. Yet there are MANY other developers who pay attention in class, follow the rules, assume nothing, and test thoroughly. They are the ones whose applications worked within the first month that Apple Silicon systems were available. Despite what some developers thought would happen, Apple has very successfully abandoned Intel for good. They need to follow along, or lose that market as users retire Intel Macs and adopt the new hardware.

Nikon software has long sucked on Macs. I was using it 18 years ago. When Apple transitioned to Intel, Nikon software broke and stayed broken and/or buggy for years. Ultimately, that is what forced me to abandon their software. I was using both Macs and Windows, but once Apple moved away from PowerPC to Intel, my main computer ran BOTH Mac OS X and Windows XP. I needed to do all my graphics work on the Mac side, and use the Windows side only for proprietary business applications. So I loaded Photoshop CS 3 and life was good...

If you think Apple hardware is overpriced, you probably haven't used their new machines... Watch reviews on MaxTech's YouTube channel where they compare various M1 series and M2 Macs against the latest similarly priced to more expensive PC hardware.