Nikon Issues New Verion of NX Studio Today with support for the Z8

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Today, Nikon issues a big version update to their image editing software, NX Studio. This is a major update and fixed a number of issues. But the major change was it now supports processing of Nikon Z8 photos.

Again, I wish Nikon added a proper adjustment brush into NX Studio. The color point adjustment tool only allows local adjustments in the shape of a circle, pretty useless if you ask me!

More details and the link to the download page:

• Added support for the Z 8.

• Added support for NEF (HLG) and HEIF photos created on a camera.

• Added [Skin softening] and [Portrait impression balance] tools under [Portrait Enhancements] in the [Adjustments] tab; in addition, values for these settings can now be viewed under [File & Camera Information] in the [Info] tab.

• Added [HEIF (HLG)] and [HEIF (PQ)] options for [Export as].

• Entries for [Categories] in the [XMP/IPTC] tab can now be up to 256 characters long.

• Made the point icons for [Color Control Point] easier to click.

• Fixed the following issues:

  • - Errors would sometimes occur when pictures were printed with [Outside Bottom Right] selected for [User Comment] > [Position].

  • - NEF (RAW) pictures exported from ViewNX 2 after editing would sometimes be distorted.

  • - Profiles for pictures exported in NEF (RAW) format would sometimes not contain the expected information.

  • - Using keyboard controls to label pictures after zooming in would prevent the arrow keys being used for selecting pictures.

  • - Selecting [Delete original files after transfer] in Nikon Transfer 2 would sometimes result in transfer being interrupted.

The link to download NX Studio is: https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/sw/242.html

Let me know in the comments if you use NX Studio and if so, what you think of it.