Photoshop and Lightroom with Nikon NEF Pixel Shift Files (Nikon Z8, Nikon Df): “Could not complete your request because Photoshop does not recognize this type of file.”
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re: pixel shift
re: Nikon Z8 and Nikon Df
NEFX is the output format from Nikon NX Studio for pixel shift files.
I confirm here that reports of Photoshop and Lightroom are unable to open some Nikon Z8 NEFX files, with no obvious rhyme or reason other than full-frame (no sensor crop) files operate correctly.
What follows applies to both Nikon Z8 and Nikon Df NEFX.
It appears to relate to sensor crop mode, eg 1:1 crop fails but full frame works fine. But only with 4-shot mode.
Photoshop 25.4.0 with Adobe Camera Raw 16.1.1.1733
Flaky support. Surely is a bug in ACR.
| Nikon NEFX support in Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crop mode | 4-shot | 16-shot |
| Full Frame | √ | √ |
| APS-C | "does not recognize type of file" | √ |
| 16:9 | "cannot parse" | "cannot parse" |
| 1:1 | "does not recognize type of file" | √ |
| Photoshop 25.4.0 with Adobe Camera Raw 16.1.1.1733 | ||
With Adobe Lightroom 25.4.0 with Adobe Camera Raw 16.1.1.1733
Lightroom behaves differently, which make no sense, since Lightroom and Photoshop use the same ACR engine.
In the dialog, all files are acceptable to it except the 4-shot NEFX. The other files can be imported and exported, and all behave correctly.
| Nikon NEFX support in Adobe Lightroom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crop mode | 4-shot | 16-shot |
| Full Frame | √ | √ |
| APS-C | Import: "Preview unavailable for this file", "Failed to find a place for the imported file" |
√ |
| 16:9 | √ | √ |
| 1:1 | √ | √ |
| Adobe Lightroom 25.4.0 with Adobe Camera Raw 16.1.1.1733 | ||
