I’ve just seen the comment for RawPedia topic “How to get Nikon ICM profiles from NX2” - “OBSOLETE
This article is obsolete. It is only valid for old versions of ViewNX 2. Unless someone steps forward to update it to work with current versions of ViewNX 2, it will soon be deleted.”
I can confirm it works for NX-D and probably ViewNX-i (actual Nikon software).
Do not delete it, please.
There are no changes, in general.
Just one thing - depending on your settings, NX-D or ViewNX-i can create additional (unnecessary ) ICM files e.g. “Nkx_LinearYcc.icm”. Do not take them.
@LZ1 thanks, page updated and moved to How to get Nikon ICM profiles - RawPedia
As I don’t use Windows or any of these programs myself, and I don’t see how one is to tell which ICM is unnecessary or whether that’s the case for all of these Nikon programs, so I left that part out.
Thank you all for making every beginner steps easier!
I visited the page How to get Nikon ICM profiles - RawPedi. However I can no longer reproduce the Nikon ICM with the same described process. I tried NX Studio, Capture NX-D, ViewNX-i, the %TEMP%\Nkn<random string>.tmp contains nothing.
Is anyone here still using this approach? If I tweak Picture Control a little bit (e.g. tone curve), is it possible to generated the corresponding ICM?
I could really use some helps, Thank you.
I’m not sure if the environment variable has changed between Windows versions, but it’s advisable to check your own environment settings. E.g.: under Win 8.1Pro you’ll have to go to System Properties > Advanced tab > click on Environment Variables and look there.
In my test system the Temp variable is set to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
so to locate the desired ICC (ICM) profile I have to browse to C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Temp\Nkn<random string>.tmp
and there there are 4 somehow different versions, one of which is the one you need.
I can’t tell if the changed made within the program are saved into the ICC profile, but I would say that they are not.
I checked my system:
OS = Win 10 Professional %TEMP% = %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp[same as yours]
While running Nikon softwares, e.g. NX Studio, Capture NX-D, ViewNX-i, Picture Control Utility 2,
Several %TEMP%\Nkn<random string>.tmp folders do appear, then they are auto-deleted after closing above programs. I guess this suggests that the environment variables works well?
Unfortunately, inside those folders, I find nothing. So far I’ve tried turn off Don’t show hidden files folders or drives, turn off Hide protected operating system files. But those folders are empty.
I’m not quite sure what you are referring to, my problem is that I’m searching for Nikon-generated ICM profiles, so that I can apply those profiles to RT or dT.
Would you share me your ideas regarding how those profiles can be found and then place to specific directory? Thank you!
It works everytime in my system, no matter if I launch Capture NX-D with an image opened straight away, or if it opens in the thumbnail view (there are slight differences, but the icm files are there). Same with ViewNX-i.
I don’t have the Nikon software on my computer anymore. I download the Nikon software for the sole purpose of getting these ICM files.
First make sure that your appdata folder is not hidden. In file explorer you should be able to do a *, Icm search. Copy the files to a location where you can get to them easily Via RT. I put mine in a Nikon folder under my user.