Hi Ross,
Thanks for trying! I'll add support for the .nefx extension in PTGui,
On 8/7/25 22:08, Nigel Jenkins wrote:
> Hello Joost,
> I renamed them with NEF rather than NEFX. They did work and merged in
> PTGui for an excellent panorama. There did not seem to be
> anything strange about the final image. It did ask about two additional
> files in each of the NEFX images, but I do not know what they are since
> each NEFX seems to be a single file. I told PTGui to ignore them and,
> as I said, the panorama was fine. So that seems to be the simplest way
> to proceed. Thanks for your help and input.
> Regards,
> Ross.
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM 'PTGui Support' via PTGui Support
> <
pt...@googlegroups.com <mailto:
pt...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>
> I see. Could you nevertheless help me by trying renaming the file?
> LibRaw doesn’t care about the extension. If it works, I’ll make
> PTGui recognize the nefx extension.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joost Nieuwenhuijse
>
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>> <mailto:
nros...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello joost,
>>
>> Thanks again for the reply. The Z8 takes 4 (or 16) images in
>> which the sensor is moved 1 pixel for each exposure. Supposedly
>> this allows for more accurate colour. It is the same principle as
>> in other brands such as Sony. The images are automatically merged
>> in Nikon's NX Studio software and this generates the NEFX file. I
>> am not sure that it corresponds to an NEF file and do not think it
>> would be read correctly if I tried to rename it. Perhaps the
>> simplest option if PTGui is not going to recognize NEFX in the
>> near future would simply be to develop them individually into
>> tif files and then use those in PTGui.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ross.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM 'PTGui Support' via PTGui Support
>> <
pt...@googlegroups.com <mailto:
pt...@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>>
>> PTGui doesn’t recognize the .nefx extension. Could you try
>> renaming the file to .nef? PTGui will then pass it to LibRaw.
>>
>> The LibRaw release notes state this:
>>
>> * Nikon NEFX (4/8/16/32 shots in PixelShift mode merged via
>> Nikon software)
>>
>> So did you indeed pre-merge the files in Nikon’s software? I’m
>> not familiar with this camera.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Joost Nieuwenhuijse
>>
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>>> <mailto:
nros...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the response, Joost.
>>>
>>> I read your refernce, but the NEFX files are neither HE or
>>> compressed. Since they have been in the LibRaw list for 4-5
>>> months, unfortunately it still does explain why PTGui does
>>> not recognize them since Jochen said that they would be
>>> available in PTGui as soon as they were in LibRaw. I don't
>>> know if size would be a problem since they are typically
>>> ~250Mb files.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Ross.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM 'PTGui Support' via PTGui
>>> Support <
pt...@googlegroups.com
>>> <mailto:
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>>>
>>> Hi Nigel,
>>>
>>> I’m not sure about the pixel shift images, but please
>>> read 4.24:
>>>
>>> Support / FAQ - PTGui Stitching Software <https://
>>>
ptgui.com/support.html#4_24>
>>>
ptgui.com <
https://ptgui.com/support.html#4_24>
>>>
>>> <ptgui_256.png>
>>> <
https://ptgui.com/support.html#4_24>
>>>
>>> <
https://ptgui.com/support.html#4_24>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Joost Nieuwenhuijse
>>>
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>>>
>>>> On 1 Aug 2025, at 10:20, Nigel Jenkins
>>>> <
nros...@gmail.com <mailto:
nros...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much for the reply Jochen. I just looked
>>>> back at the LibRaw site and saw this post:
>>>>
>>>> <Screenshot 2025-07-29 at 10.32.13 PM.png>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this changes things or not since it
>>>> implies that NEFX has been in the LibRaw depository
>>>> since february.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ross.
>>>> On Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 6:42:50 AM UTC-4 PTGui
>>>> Support wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Nigel,
>>>>
>>>> It may be in Rawdigger but not yet in LibRaw
>>>> unfortunately. As soon as
>>>> Libraw gets updated, it will be included in PTGui.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Joost Nieuwenhuijse
>>>>
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http://www.ptgui.com>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/25/25 21:27, Nigel Jenkins wrote:
>>>> > Not surprisingly, there is now Z8 support.
>>>> Rawdigger 1.4.8 stated that
>>>> > the support was present from 3/2024. At the same
>>>> time it also stated
>>>> > that there was support for the Z8 pixel shift
>>>> files, NEFX. You can view
>>>> > them on FastRawViewer without a problem and
>>>> presumably this means that
>>>> > they are in the LibRaw database. However, PTGui
>>>> gives the message that
>>>> > they are not recognized. Is there the possibility
>>>> that this will change
>>>> > in the future?
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > Ross.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 2:37:38 PM UTC-5
>>>> PTGui Support wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Jochen,
>>>> >
>>>> > No I'm sorry, the Z8 doesn't seem to be supported
>>>> by LibRaw. See 3.8
>>>> > for
>>>> > more information:
>>>> >
>>>> >
https://ptgui.com/support.html#3_8 <https://
>>>>
ptgui.com/support.html#3_8> <
https://ptgui.com/
>>>> >
www.ptgui.com <
http://www.ptgui.com> <http://
>>>>
www.ptgui.com <
http://www.ptgui.com>>
>>>> >
>>>> > On 13-02-2024 19:45, 'Jochen Faber' via PTGui
>>>> Support wrote:
>>>> > > Hi,
>>>> > > when I open the RAW files from my Z8 I get this:
>>>> > > PT-Z8.JPG
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I assume there is no support for the Z8 at this
>>>> time? ON1 can
>>>> > open the
>>>> > > files so the files are ok.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > regards
>>>> > > Jochen
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