Setting? Clicking on color NEF files in Bridge change them to sepia/grayscale!

What's wrong? When I download color NEF files into Bridge (CS3 and ACR 4.6) or Lightroom 2, a funny conversion happens without any prompting on my part. In Bridge, if I click on the color thumbnail, the NEF thumbnail turns into a sepia/grayscale, as well as the next NEF image. If I shoot NEF + jpeg, and click on the jpeg, the jpeg keeps the color, but the related NEF does the color change. When I import into Lightroom 2 the color NEF images come into LR as the sepia/grayscale. In the develop module I can recapture color by clicking "Color".

Not sure but it sounds like you ARE applying a preset...what happens if you click on one of the images in Bridge and go up to Edit>Develop Settings>Clear Settings...does that remove the B&W? If so, somehow you've applied a preset. Clearing the settings on all of the files should give you back color images...

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I have found similar questions in various Adobe forums, but I have not located a solution to my problem.
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Up until 2 weeks ago I have been copying my NEF files from my CF card via reader, opening Bridge, selecting thumbnail of NEF and opening it in Photoshop CS3. At which point I can process with Camera Raw 4.6.
Now, once new NEF files copied and Bridge opened, I only see NEF icons. When I double click the file, Photoshop opens and a box appears with the following text: Could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document.
Upon inspecting the differences between NEF files that I can edit and the new NEF files that I cannot, I notice in the metadata file properties that the application of the successful files is ver. 2.00 and the duds is ver. 1.00.
What "application" is the metadata referring to? I think this may be a Nikon setting, but it would help me understand the problem better if I knew what "application" this is.
I can convert the new NEF files into jpgs using Adobe DNG Converter, but this GREATLY complicates a previously straightforward work flow process.
Thank you for any light that may be shed on vexing dilemma,
Kate

Very grateful for your response and time.
The Application I am talking about can be found when you open up a NEF file in Bridge and look at the Metadata tab on the right. Within that is the File Properties tab and the Application Ver. is the 3rd item from the top (after Filename and Document Type).
Yes, I do have only the one ACR file (Camera Raw.8bi.) in the program file/COMMON FILE/Adobe/plug ins/cs3/file formats.
I have also realized (brilliantly late in the game) that it is only the NEF files shot from my new D300s that do not work. No problem with the NEF files shot with my D100. So this leads me to conclude that my Bridge/Photoshop CS3 does not support the Camera Raw 5 that seems to be required for the D300s. Argh.
By upgrading my camera equipment, I have outmoded my requisite software.
I must say, that the recent post advisory on the forum site ("Raw files appear as icons") was supremely timely. While this does not solve my problem, it did help me understand the compatibility issues with the D300s and CS3. I have learned the following: D300s are supported by Camera Raw 5.5 which does not work with CS3. Is this correct?
Dazed, but not beaten down,
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I'm looking for help on this matter:
For years I used Canon digital cameras and the thumbnails in Bridge weren't affected by the auto correction.
Now my company gave me Nikon cameras.
The problem appears when I preview the thumbnails of the Nikon .NEF files, Bridge makes an auto correction, thus, I can't see or even correct the files as they were taken by the camera.
I had the same problem in the past with Canon .CR2 files, but in someway I found the solution (trial and error.)
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With Camera Raw 4.6, you can use profiles that will more closely resemble the 'look' from the camera model's processing. To get these profiles, download and install the DNG converter along with updating the plug-in if you haven't already. (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4365)
There is a FAQ that explains the profiles - http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles_FAQ
And, you can look for more info on the Camera Raw forum - http://forums.adobe.com/community/cameraraw
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I have just purchased a Nikon D3100, taken some snaps and tried to view them using Adobe Bridge.
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neevie wrote:
We recently wiped our hard drive to get rid of a virus and reinstalled Photoshop CS2. Now I cant open RAW files from my NIKON D50 in bridge or photoshop. I've downloaded all the Raw updates for CS2 but it hasnt made a difference.
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According to p. 235 of "Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac", you are supposed to be able to right click on a RAW file in Bridge, and then you will presented with a pop up menu displaying the menu item "Open in Camera Raw". Clicking on "Open in Camera Raw" in Bridge is supposed to give you access to the full set of ACR features that Photoshop CS4 users enjoy. On the other hand, using PSE 8 to open RAW files results in a stripped down set of features in ACR.
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