| File Extension | NEF |
|---|---|
| Category | Image File |
| Technical Details | NEF files are used in Nikon digital cameras for capturing video without post-processing them or adding special effects. NEF files are stored as RAW image files and can be transferred to the computer for image editing and post-production purposes. NEF files can be converted to various other file formats such as TIFF, JPEG, PNG and can be used with image editing applications like Photoshop. NEF files are uncompressed, contain meta information of image data and are used for saving images taken with a Nikon digital camera. Any changes in the hue, tone and color made to the NEF files can be reversed, what this means is that users can fall back on any changes to the image they previously made through an image editing software and restore the image to its original quality. |
| Associated Programs | ACD Systems Canvas Adobe Photoshop CC Google Picasa |
FreeFileConvert supports converting NEF files into 57 different formats. Select your desired conversion from the table below to get started. All conversions are performed online and require no software installation.
| Convert from NEF | Conversion | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | NEF BMP Recommended Bitmap Image File | — |
| 1 | NEF CUR Deprecated Windows Cursor | — |
| 2 | NEF EPDF Encapsulated PDF | — |
| 3 | NEF EPI Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format | — |
| 4 | NEF EPS Encapsulated PostScript File | — |
| 5 | NEF EXR Recommended High Dynamic-range (HDR) | — |
| 6 | NEF FAX Deprecated Fax Document | — |
| 7 | NEF FTS Full Text Search | — |
| 8 | NEF G3 Group 3 FAX | — |
| 9 | NEF GIF Graphical Interchange Format File | — |
| 10 | NEF HDR Recommended High Dynamic Range Image File | — |
| 11 | NEF HRZ Deprecated Slow-scan TV Image | — |
| 12 | NEF ICO Deprecated Icon File | — |
| 13 | NEF IPL Deprecated IPL Image Sequence | — |
| 14 | NEF JP2 JPEG 2000 Core Image File | — |
| 15 | NEF JPEG Recommended JPEG Image File | |
| 16 | NEF JPG Recommended JPG Image File | |
| 17 | NEF MAP Bitmap Color Map | — |
| 18 | NEF MNG Deprecated Multiple-image Network Graphics | — |
| 19 | NEF MTV MTV Raytracing image format | — |
| 20 | NEF OTB Deprecated Over The Air Bitmap | — |
| 21 | NEF PAL Deprecated Color Palette | — |
| 22 | NEF PALM Deprecated Palm Bitmap | — |
| 23 | NEF PAM Deprecated Common 2-dimensional bitmap format | — |
| 24 | NEF PBM Portable Bitmap Image | — |
| 25 | NEF PCD Kodak Photo CD Image File | — |
| 26 | NEF PCT Deprecated Picture File | — |
| 27 | NEF PCX Paintbrush Bitmap Image File | — |
| 28 | NEF PDB Deprecated Program Database | — |
| 29 | NEF PDF Recommended Portable Document Format File | |
| 30 | NEF PFM Deprecated Portable Float Map | — |
| 31 | NEF PGM Portable Gray Map Image | — |
| 32 | NEF PICON Deprecated Personal Icon | — |
| 33 | NEF PICT Apple PICT Image | — |
| 34 | NEF PNG Recommended Portable Network Graphic | |
| 35 | NEF PNM Portable Anymap | — |
| 36 | NEF PPM Portable Pixmap Image File | — |
| 37 | NEF PS Experimental PostScript File | — |
| 38 | NEF PSD Recommended Photoshop Document | |
| 39 | NEF RAS Deprecated Remedy Archive System File | — |
| 40 | NEF RGB Silicon Graphics RGB | — |
| 41 | NEF RGBA Deprecated Raw RGBA Image | — |
| 42 | NEF RGBO Deprecated Raw RGBO Image | — |
| 43 | NEF SGI Deprecated Silicon Graphics Image File | — |
| 44 | NEF SUN Deprecated Sun Raster Image | — |
| 45 | NEF SVG Scalable Vector Graphics | — |
| 46 | NEF SVGZ Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics | — |
| 47 | NEF TGA Deprecated Targa Graphic | — |
| 48 | NEF TIFF Recommended Tagged Image File Format | |
| 49 | NEF UYVY Experimental 16bit/pixel interleaved YUV | — |
| 50 | NEF VIFF Deprecated Visualization Image File Format | — |
| 51 | NEF WBMP Deprecated Wireless Bitmap Image File | — |
| 52 | NEF XBM X11 Bitmap | — |
| 53 | NEF XPM Deprecated X PixMap | — |
| 54 | NEF XV Deprecated Khoros Visualization Image | — |
| 55 | NEF XWD Experimental X Windows Dump | — |
| 56 | NEF YUV Experimental YUV Video Frame | — |