Photoshop Elements 3.0

[PavementPilot]

I just found that I have a copy of PS Elements 3.0, and was wondering if I should use it or Gimp? I shoot RAW (NEF) and also was wondering if Elements supports NEF?

 

[PavementPilot]

Thanks for the Google. LOL. Ok so the next question, is there any loss of quality in the conversion process. I see that they say some Meta data like Active D-Lighting and Picture control will be lost.

 

[PavementPilot]

That was the best I could find when I did google it. Hoping someone can answer it here. Thanks for your help.

 

[KmH]

GIMP can't open Raw files.

Nikon NX2 can handle the proprietary features like D-lighting and picture Controls, but Adobe doesn't have access to that Nikon trade secret information.

The current release of Elements is 9 so Elements 3 likely won't be able to open your D3100 .NEF files.

 

[Peano]

You won't lose any image quality converting to DNG. That's still a raw format. With Elements 3, get the free layer-mask add on (Google). You need to work in layers, and masks are an essential part of that.