Here is a simple script for converting raw NEF files from a Nikon to PNG format. It uses the convert utility which can handle a large variety of file types and has various options for the conversion. This is just a simple script that will generate a PNG that is either 1024 px wide or high.

#!/bin/bash
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#      Convert files to png      #
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Since switching to Ubuntu 12.04 sometime last year I have not been able to see thumbnails of images shot in raw format. Specifically I have a Nikon camera that shoots NEF files which even after installing various tools such as UFRaw still did not work. Eventually I wrote a small bash script for converting NEF to PNG so I could see what the image was without having to open each one in UFRaw first.…