[Gimp-user] Can't open nef images in gimp 2.9.3

[JamesB <forums gimpusers com>]

> * JamesB <forums gimpusers com> [01-23-16 19:02]:
> There is *not* a "NEF issue" as .nef is a nikon proprietary file which
> need dcraw or ufraw front end to open and pass to gimp.  gimp by
> itself
> cannot open a nef file.  I don't work on windows, but linux.  Partha
> may
> have added something to his gimp packages to facilitate opening
> non-open
> format files, but to my knowledge, gimp must call an external program
> to
> pass nef files to it.  gimp is *not* photoshop.


soooooo, back to the original question: are we foreseeing an answer to
"non-existent" issue?    Are there any hope for newcomers to GIMP?

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