Hello,
I'm Christoffer and work for ACDSee. I read thru all your threads and thanks for all the feedback! ACDSee 7 can handle NEF as well as RAW images. The difference between CS and ACDSee 7 is that CS is a professional tool that costs about 10 times as much as ACDSee7. ACDSee is not CS so it's hard to compare the two.
RAW files are basically the raw unprocessed data created by the camera CCD imaging processor that may be saved in a modifiable format, such as TIFF, JPEG, etc. for editing purposes. The advantage of RAW files lies in their basic unprocessed nature; never modify the source and future editing will always be as close to the original as possible.
ACDSee uses a RAW image decoder library to decode the various proprietary formats from most of the popular camera manufacturers. It is necessary for software vendors, such as ACDSee, to update their image decoders as new camera models are released in order to support more advanced camera features.
To view a list of the RAW files currently supported by ACDSee, you may view the list of currently supported camera models here:
http://www.acdsystems.com/english/suppo ... le?id=2202
or within ACDSee:
- click on Help
- select Contents
- select Search
- enter "supported RAW cameras"
- and finally, double-click on 'Supported RAW cameras' in the list
The new ACDSee 7 is completely different from version 6, we have really created a great new version with 7 where we listened to all your feedback to make it better. Thanks for your help and if you have any questions, please ask me.