Editing JPG Photos in Nikon NX Studio

NX-Studio isn’t as feature packed as Adobe Lightroom Classic but I’m happy with the results that I’ve gotten when I’ve edited RAW images. In this Tutorial I demonstrate the limitations of NX-Studio when editing JPG images, and explain why some of the key editing feature of NX-Studio are disabled when editing JPG images.
I also discuss why I believe that if you take photos in JPG then you should set up your camera to get the most from your JPG image, as I feel that a JPG image is a finished product, and the only editing I might do is brighten or darken the mage slightly and crop the image if needs be.

Video Time-line
00:00 Editing JPG Photos in Nikon NX Studio
00:23 Limitations of editing a JPG in NX Studio
01:00 Difference between editing RAW and JPG in NX Studio
03:19 Editing a JPG in NX Studio
08:51 The edited Sunrise JPG image

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Gear used during this video:
Sony ZV-1
Vanguard Altra 264AP Tripod
BOYA BY-WM4 Mark II 2.4G Wireless Microphone

Editing Software used:
Cyberlink PowerDirector 365
CyberLink Screen Recorder 4
DaVinci Resolve 17

[mikebuccola]

Thanks for another great video. You opened my eyes to the limitations of shooting in JPG. As you pointed out, I think I will start shooting in both JPG and RAW. Looking forward more vids in this series.

[dmitry.sh.]

The only raw editor that immediately gives pure color, without spurious shades.

[CameraNut]

Thanks, but you didn't talk about how to save the photo after you had cropped it.

[bradroberts]

Great ex[plantation studio of RAW in NK . Just pick up the D850 and will soon attempt developing the raw image . Cheers

[dennisg]

Excellent video. Good to see what the limits of JPEG are. Also noticed your concern about white balance. Again, excellent.

[fly-pedro]

Thank you, this was exactly the information I needed 👍🏼

[Zaryn]

I've never seen Nudgee look so nice 😊

[danielgasparrodriguez]

Once you edits a JPEG, how do you save the changes permanently? For example, if I crop an image, I want to be able to open that file through the windows explorer by double-clicking it and then seeing it cropped in the default windows image viewer. How do you commit changes?

[phillipgould]

Thanks for another great video.
I have watched a few vids on your channel and all are very informative. At present i only shoot in jpeg and have been using NX Studio for about 6 months
I live in Brisbane so know some of the places you have visited for your videos
Only took up photography late in life about 4 years ago, so a weekend photographer as such. I mostly shoot wildlife, mainly birds .
I still use my original camera a Nikon D3300 with a Nikkor AF-S 18-300mm 3.5-6.3G ED DX VR lens

Your tutorial was great but you did not mention "Sharpness Adjustment". For me this is the best tool to get the best out of a jpeg image especially wildlife.
i am sure you are aware of this but it is impossible for you to cover everything this software can do in a 9 minute video. So, thought i would mention it
For those that want to use it. Open Sharpness Adjustment, click Sharpness and a slider appears that goes from 0 to 10. I found 3 or 4 is sufficient for most images.
However I have not delved into the "Unsharp Mask" part that when ticked, opens up other things to do with sharpness

As you mentioned their are limited things you can do in post production if shooting in jpeg. It is so important for people to have good camera settings if shooting in jpeg.
Finding those settings for each type of photography is, well, another story/vid altogether

[Laurie_in_Maine]

My laptop died a couple months ago along with my installed previous version of Nikon's free ViewNX2 - trying to relearn StudioNX. ViewNX2 allowed for color tweaking in jpgfine but StudioNX does not?

[maze]

Great and useful video. I have always shot JPEG and now I am torn. I have a D610 and just bought a Z5 and D850. Not being used to RAW I was very disappointed that the D850 was not as good as the D610 images were when shooting raw, there was so much noise?

[Macjohn]

The limitations on jpeg processing is not just limited to NX Studio.

[intercoolerintercooler]

What do you find is the best free JPEG editor out there?