RAW files

[grnskl]

Can you work on RAW files directly in Neat Image, or do you have to convert them first? And can NI convert them?

[VG]

You can work on a linear version of the RAW file if your conversion software allows for such. Other than that, you will have to convert to TIFF or JPEG.
VG

[fantauzzi]

If you use Vuescan and save a RAW file in TIFF format, you can work on it with NeatImage directly.

[EdEllks]

I think he meant more like a Canon RAW file (CRW), Nikon's RAW format, or some of the more popular camera manufactuers.

Direct support for RAW would be awesome!

[Rob Keijzer]

In my humble opinion there would be no use for "direct RAW support", because you are not likely to save the filtered image back to the RAW file.

When I pull a RAW file into Photoshop, the image that I see on screen is "virtual". it has no file format whatsoever and just sits in RAM.
When I click on save (not save as...) PS opens the save as dialog giving me the choices there.

I wouldn't even WANT to save over the RAW file. Thats my "negative", so to speak. I always want to have the opportunity to revert back to it.

So in the above process I use NeatImage and THEN decide in what format I will save it.
Image software works on images, not on files.

Rob