Nikon RAW to GIF Converter

Nikon RAW is the raw image format produced by Nikon cameras, stored with the .nef extension and known formally as Nikon Electronic Format. It records everything the sensor captured, together with the camera model, lens, and settings in use at the moment of the shot. Because none of that data is discarded, Nikon RAW files behave like digital negatives and give you far more freedom to recover highlights, lift shadows, and correct white balance than a JPG does.

How to open a Nikon RAW file?

Copy the file from your camera to a computer, then open it with Nikon’s own NX Studio, which renders colours exactly as the camera intended.

Most photographers use Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw instead, and RawTherapee and darktable work just as well. Once you have finished editing, export to a shareable format — our NEF to JPG tool handles the final step.

Developed by: Nikon Corporation

Initial Release: 1999

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a type of bitmap file format that relies on pixels to form simple images using the RGB color model. Unlike the uncompressed BMP file format, GIF uses lossless compression and supports animation without audio. The most common use of GIF is in animated form as advertisements, emotion-based replies on social media, and memes, which often go viral on the Internet. 

How to open a GIF file?

Almost all web browsers support GIF, which gives it a distinct advantage over other image formats, such as PNG. Furthermore, GIF opens on Apple’s mobile devices, including iPhone and iPad, which makes it more popular than Adobe Flash.

GIFs open easily on almost all image-viewer applications, web browsers, and operating systems. To open a GIF for the purposes of editing it, use an application such as Adobe Photoshop. On Windows, open GIFs with Microsoft Photos, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Roxio Creator NXT Pro, and others. On macOS, use Adobe image viewers and editors, including Adobe Illustrator.

Developed by: CompuServe, Inc.

Initial Release: 15 June 1987

Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF