What is a .NKSC file?
NKSC is a Nikon NX Studio edit sidecar for a raw photo. Created by Nikon NX Studio.
- Did you know
- Nikon’s NX Studio stores its raw adjustments in NKSC sidecar files.
- An NKSC sidecar is really an XMP XML file carrying Nikon-specific tags for white balance, exposure and lens corrections.
- The edits are non-destructive and live in an “NKSC_PARAM” folder beside the raw, leaving the original NEF untouched.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify camera RAW edit sidecars - Apple Photos adjustments (AAE), RawTherapee (PP3), Capture One (COS), DxO PhotoLab (DOP) and Nikon NX Studio (NKSC) - reading the applied-edit recipe, plus cinema and rare camera RAW: REDCODE (R3D), Blackmagic (BRAW), Canon Cinema RAW Light (CRM), ARRIRAW (ARI), Phantom CINE and FLIR thermal (FPF).
- Depth of analysis
- .NKSC is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .NKSC file
- Drag a .NKSC file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.