alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .NEF

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .NEF file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .NEF extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .NEF file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .NEF file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

Camera Raw Files

Developer

Nikon

Popularity

File name: Nikon Electronic Format RAW Image

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

ACDSee

ACDSee Photo Manager

Adobe DNG Converter

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Corel PaintShop Pro

CorelDRAW

CorelDraw Graphics Suite

FastPictureViewer Professional

FastStone Image Viewer

Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery

PaintShop Pro

Picasa

ViewNX

XnView

Zoner Photo Studio

Mac OS

Adobe Photoshop

Apple Aperture

ColorStrokes

iPhoto

Picasa

Snap Converter

ViewNX

Linux

darktable

Remember!

The .NEF file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .NEF extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .NEF file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .NEF file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .NEF file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .NEF file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .NEF file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .NEF file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.