Nikon CAPTURE NX2 manual

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Chapter 2 — Chapters at a Glance 1 Chapter 2 Chapt ers at a Glanc e Chap ter 1 N otices & T radem ark Inform a tion Chap ter 2 C hapters at a Glan ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chap ter 3 T able of C onten ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chap ter 4 Intro duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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Chapter 3 — T able of Con tents 3 Chapter 3 T able of C ontents Chap ter 1 Notices & T rademark Informati on Noti ces T rademark I nformation Chap ter 2 Chapte rs a t a Gl ance Chap ter 3 T able of Contents Chap ter 4 Intr oduc tio n RA W File F ormat Benefit s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Camera Relationsh ip . . . . [...]

4 Chapte r 3 — T able o f C ontents Cache Setti ngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Browsin g Cac he . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Editin g Cach e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 XMP/IPT C Pr esets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Chapter 3 — T able of Con tents 5 Ma naging XMP /IPTC Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Chap ter 12 Activi ty T oolb ar Wor kspace Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Launch Nikon Tr ansfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

6 Chapte r 3 — T able o f C ontents Sam ple Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 54 Cha pter 17 The Color Picker Color W heel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 6 Color Trian gle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 RGB Selec tion Boxes . . [...]

Chapter 3 — T able of Con tents 7 Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 Color > Co lor Booster . . . . . .[...]

8 Chapte r 3 — T able o f C ontents Compar e in Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 5 Compar e with Or iginal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 6 Cha pter 24 W indow Menu W orkspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Reset W orkspace . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Chap ter 4 — Intro ducti on | RA W Fi le F ormat Benefits 9 Chapter 4 Introd uc tion Capture NX 2 contains a wi de range of improvements desi gned to mak e it an eve n more complete and pow er ful ph oto edit ing applica tion sp ecific ally desi gned for photography . The inter face and tools in Capture NX 2 provide you wit h a new i ntuitive ap [...]

10 Chap ter 4 — I ntroduc tion | Cam era R elat ion shi p Camera Rela tionshi p Capture NX 2 was designed to sup por t JPEG and T IFF files an d to provide unique features that fully suppor t Nikon digital came ras, allowing y ou to change man y of the settings se lected in your camera. A fter opening a NEF RA W file within Capt ure NX 2, y ou ca[...]

Chapter 5 — S ystem Requi rements & Ins tallation | System R equirements 11 Chapter 5 S y stem Requir ements & Installa tion Sy stem R equirements Win d ows Macintosh F or the lat est in formatio n on this application , visit th e follo wing s ites: F or users in the U .S.A.: http ://ww w .nikonu sa.com Fo r u se r s i n E u ro p e a n d [...]

12 Chapter 5 — System Req uirements & In stallation | Install ation Installation Win d ows T o in stall Capture N X 2 into the Windows opera ting sys tem, follow these steps: Macint osh T o in stall Capture N X 2 into the Mac intosh ope rating sys tem, follow thes e steps: 1 Place th e Cap ture NX 2 setup CD i nto y our comp uter’ s CD or D[...]

Chapter 5 — S ystem Re quirements & Inst allation | I nstallation 13 Color Management O ptio ns Once the setu p wiza r d has in stalled the fi les onto yo ur compu ter , you will b e provid ed with o ptions to set up your color m anagement preferences. The color manageme nt setti ngs provided within the setu p wizard enabl es you to set th e [...]

14 Chapter 5 — System Req uirements & In stallation | Nikon User Support Information (U.S .A.) Upgr adin g F rom Cap ture NX V ersion 1 Whe n upgrad ing from C apture N X versio n 1, f oll ow the i nstall ation i nstruc tions as li sted pre viousl y in th is chapter . Both Capture NX ver sion 1 and Capture NX 2 can be installed on the same co[...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Launching Capture NX 2 15 Chapter 6 Ge tt in g S t ar t e d Launching Captur e NX 2 In the Win dows ope rating sy ste m, Captur e NX 2 can be opened by navi gating to the star t m enu, sel ectin g the programs menu, rolling over the Capture NX 2 men u item, and selecting Capt ure NX 2. In the Mac intosh opera ting [...]

16 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Wel co me S cr ee n W elcome Scr een Upon launching , Capt ure NX 2 will displ ay the “ W elcome ” scre en, which lists t he last files and f olders th at you accessed. q Open Rec ent Image The Open Rece nt Image section contains a list of the most recent im ages that were opened within Capt ur e NX 2. The l[...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Browsing and Opening Images 17 Brow si ng and Opening Images Capture NX 2 provides you with a numb er of ways of locat ing and opening i mages in order to en hance the m. Using the Browser T o open an ima ge using t he browser , follow th ese step s: Us ing Open Image T o open an image using Open Image … , follow[...]

18 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Browsi ng and O pening Images Us ing V iewNX T o open an imag e from ViewNX, follow these ste ps: Us ing Nik on T rans fer T o open a folder of images tr ansferred to your computer usi ng Nik on Transfer , follow thes e steps: After the next tr ansf er is compl eted , the f older id entif ied in the pri mar y de[...]

Chap ter 6 — Getti ng Star ted | File Format Differences 19 Fi le F ormat Differences Capture N X 2 su ppor ts three d ifferent fi le formats: NEF , T IFF , and JPEG. NEF The NEF , or Nikon Elec tr onic F ormat, was design ed as the archive file f ormat for your images. The NEF fi le fo rmat sa ves the co mplete cont ents o f the Edit List palett[...]

20 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Workflow Sug gestions JPEG Th e J PE G f ile fo rm at is o ne of th e m ost wi de ly us ed fi le fo r ma ts. T hi s f il e fo rm at en ab le s yo u t o sa ve a gre at er number of images usin g th e same amount of hard disk sp ace as the other file formats . T o create such a small file si ze , a form of com pre[...]

Chap ter 6 — G etting St ar ted | Workflow Suggestions 21 F oll o wing these s imple gui delines ca n help i mprove the qu ality of y our images and provide a m ore struc tured approach to enhancing your images. 2 Next, m odify elem ents tha t aff ect only loca lized areas , such a s blemish es and sm all distr acting el ements. 3 Then, appl y ef[...]

22 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Printing Printing Capture NX 2 provides you with a full range of printing op tions. The prin t functi on is both eas y and powerful, enabling y ou to create high quality , fully color managed prints. Y ou c an se lect Pr int… fr om the Fi le menu a t any ti me to pr int th e curren t image, or you can selec t [...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Printing 23 3 Click on the Select La you t option and choose 1 Photo on Page . 4 If the image ’ s orien tation i s diff eren t from th e paper you will p rint to (such as when you print a la ndscape orient ed pictu re), check the Rotate to Fit opt ion . 5 If desired, che ck the Crop Photos to F it option t o ensu[...]

24 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Printing Pri nting an Image U sing t he Set tings F ound Wi thin th e Size / Re soluti on Dial og T o pr int an image using th e size and resolution sett ings made with the Size / Re solution t ool, follo w thes e steps: 6 Review the settings within the “Color Management” tab and then c lick Pri nt . 1 Ensur[...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Printing 25 3 Check t he Use O utp ut Re so lut ion option. I f the image i s larger than the page , click on the Pa ge Setup button an d sele ct t he ap propria te paper size that the image will fit upon. 4 If the image ’ s orien tation i s diff eren t from th e paper you will p rint to (such as when you print a[...]

26 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Printing Print ing cont ac t s heet s T o print a se ries of images as a contact sheet , f ollo w the se steps: 1 Open the Br ow ser palett e and sele ct the ima ges yo u would like to p rint. T o select multi ple file s, hold either the Shift key and click on the fi rst and las t images of a r ange, or hold the[...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Printing 27 F or mor e info rmation on the va rious o ption s ava ilable in the “ Prin t lay out” win dow , pl ease se e “P rint…” in Chapter 18, “F ile Menu” . 4 Click on the Select La you t option, and then in the pro vided p ull-dow n menu, choos e the nu mber of ima ges you would like to di splay [...]

28 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Batch Pr ocessing Batch Processing Batch processin g is the automatic ap plication of one or more enhancemen ts to a series of images . T ypica lly , a photo grapher wil l use a batch proc ess to apply a pr ed efin ed se ries of ad just ment s to seve ral i mage s at on ce. Cap tu re NX 2 c ont ai ns ev en m ore[...]

Chapte r 6 — G etting S tarte d | Batch Processing 29 4 Naviga te to the Ba tch menu and select Run Ba tch Proces s … . Y ou will t hen be pr esente d with the Batch Proce ss dialog. 5 Click on the Browse… button in the Sour ce section and loca te th e folde r of image s you wish t o proc ess. 6 Check t he Apply Se ttings ch eckbox, ensur e t[...]

30 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Batch Pr ocessing The Processing Q ueue will be displa yed and the bat ch pr ocess w ill start. T o paus e the bat ch pr ocess , click on the Pa us e b utton with in th e P rocessi ng Queue . T o pr event an image from being processed, highlight the image in the que ue and then cl ick on t he Clear from list but[...]

Chapte r 6 — G etting S tarte d | Batch Processing 31 A dding XMP/IPT C data to a serie s of image s using an XMP/ IPT C preset 1 Open an image within Capture NX 2, open the Metad ata pal ette, and add the desired XMP/IPT C data to an im age. 2 Naviga te to the Ba tch menu and select Save XMP/ IPTC Preset… . W ithin the dialog that is display e[...]

32 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Batch Pr ocessing The XMP/IPTC inf ormation you added to the XMP/IPT C preset will then be added to all of the selec ted imag es. 3 Open the Br ow ser palett e and sele ct the ima ges yo u would like to apply the XM P/IPTC inform ation to . T o select all of the images in the curren t folde r , navigat e to the [...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Convert ing NEF RA W files into JP EG or TIFF files 33 C onv er ting NEF R A W files i n to JPEG or TIFF files Capture NX 2 ca n quic kly and easily convert NEF RA W fil es that are produced by your N ik on digital c amera into JPE G or TIFF files, whic h can then b e opened an d used by oth er applic ations. T o c[...]

34 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Converting NEF RA W files into JPEG or TIF F files Y ou can che ck the status of the conversi on process in the Pro cessing Queue and you can pause t he process by click ing on t he Details sho w/hide triangl e in the Pro cessing Queue and clic kin g on the Pa use button. T o cancel the process, clic k on the bu[...]

Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Convert ing NEF RA W files into JP EG or TIFF files 35 T o co nv er t sele c ted files fr om the Br ow ser 1 Open t he Br ow ser palett e and se lect the file s you want to co nvert from NE F RA W t o JPEG or TIFF . T o select mul tiple file s, ei ther hold the Shift k ey and click on the firs t and last images of [...]

36 Chapter 6 — Gett ing Star ted | Converting NEF RA W files into JPEG or TIF F files Click St ar t to begin c onvert ing th e files. 4 In t he Fi le na me se c ti on, select th e file f ormat t o con vert the imag es to , either T IFF or JPEG . 5 The Adva nced sect ion provides you with options for the se lected file forma t.[...]

Chapte r 7 — Prefer en c es 37 Chapter 7 P r ef erenc es Prefer ence s modify the default behavior of Capture NX 2. P references ca n be found eit her under the Edit menu i n W indows or the Cap tur e NX 2 men u in Mac intosh. There are nine different cate gories of pr efer ences: • Gen eral • Color Ma nagement • L evel s & Sampli ng ?[...]

38 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Gener al Gene r al O pen W ith Appl ication Choose this op tion to se lec t the ap plicat ion you wish to us e when op ening fi les wit h the Op en W i th… comman d in t he Fil e menu. Plac e O pen With TIFF F ile In The Place Open W ith TIFF file in opti on all ows you to determine where to place the TIF F fil[...]

Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Gene ral 39 Default Sav e As Use th is opti on to deter mine the d efault f ile ty pe in the “Save As… ” dialog. The following op tions are availa ble: • Same as original file Select the Same as original file option to set the default f ile ty pe in the “Save As” dialog to the f ile typ e of t he ima ge [...]

40 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Co lor M ana ge me nt C olo r Management Default RGB C olor Space Use this opti on to set t he defa ult RGB space that i s used for you r image s. Use This Instead of Embedded Profile This option ca uses Captu re NX 2 to automatic ally co nv e rt the ima ge from the embedde d profile to the profi le as defined in[...]

Chapter 7 — Preferences | Co lo r Man ag eme nt 41 Int ent Use this preference to set the defau lt render ing inte nt for the variou s color m anagem ent features throughout Capture NX 2. The di ff erent rende ring intent s con tr o l how colors from your image are made to fit i nto the color s that you r printe r can p r oduc e as ind icated by [...]

42 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Levels & Sampling Lev els & S ampling Le vel s & Cur ve s The opt ions within the “Levels & Cur ves ” se ction ena ble you to set the defaul t value s f or controls found wit hin the “L evel s & Curves ” st ep . Se t Black Point Use th is opti on to set the blac k point to a different [...]

Chapter 7 — P refe rences | Levels & Sampling 43 Dropper Sample Siz e Use th is opti on to set the samp le size of t he droppe rs used wi thin th e “Color Picker ” , “Levels & Cur ves” , and “ Watch P oint ” elemen ts of Capture NX 2. When Po in t S a m pl e is selected , a s ingle pix el will be sa mpled when a droppe r is us[...]

44 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Disp lay Display Grid The opti ons withi n the “Gri d” sec tion en able you to con trol what is d isplayed when the Sh ow Grid option is turned on fr om the Vi ew menu. Grid C olor Click on the color patch to bring up th e color pick er and sele ct the col or for the gridli nes displayed on top of th e imag e[...]

Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Dis play 45 Sel ectio n Ov er lay The option s wi thin th e “Sel ection Overla y ” sect ion en able y ou t o contr ol the appe aran ce of th e ov erla y displayed when Selection Disp lay > Show Ov erlay is sel ected i n the Vi e w menu. T he optio ns se lected with in this sect ion will d etermin e how th e c[...]

46 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Cache Set tings Cache Settings Capture NX 2 utilizes t w o caching systems: a browsing cache and an e ditin g cache . Bo th cach e syst ems speed up t he interact ion of Capture NX 2 by storing p r ocessed information on t he hard disk, e nabling Capture NX 2 to use the ca ched inform ation ins tead of reprocessi[...]

Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Cache Settings 47 With the defau lt settin gs, Capture NX 2 will ut ilize up to 2 gig abytes of ha rd disk space to store cache fil es. If all 2 gigabytes of al located sp ace are utilized by cache files, Capture NX 2 will begin to replace the oldest cache file s with new cache files . In this manne r , the files y [...]

48 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | XMP/ IPT C Prese ts XMP/IPT C Presets XMP/I PT C pres ets ena ble you to create different sets of XMP/IPTC data that ca n then be app lied to e ither a single image or to a gr oup of i m ages. A vail able Pres ets P res ets tha t you crea te or sa ve w ithin Ca ptur e NX 2 w ill be di splay ed wi thin th e “ A [...]

Chapte r 7 — Prefer en ces | XMP/I PT C Pr es ets 49 New The New but ton creates a new , empt y XMP/I PT C prese t. After click ing on this b utton, you will be provided with a dialog to enter t he name for th e XMP/IP T C preset. T his name wi ll be dis played in the Lo ad XMP/ IPT C Pres et sub-menu of t he Bat ch menu. Afte r crea ting a new X[...]

50 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Labels Labels Labe l Compati bilit y Use the Label C ompatibili ty pull- down menu if you use anothe r digital as set manage ment sof tware a pplic ation to tag and sor t yo ur images. Captur e NX 2 supports a number of digital as set management software appli cations. If you select the appropri ate option from t[...]

Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Mana ge S et tin gs 51 A vai lable Labe ls The m aximum number of labels availa ble depen ds on t he sel ection in the Label C ompa tibility pull-down menu. Y ou ca n choo se the n umber of labels to display by click ing on the ra dio button nex t to the de sired number of labels . Manage Settings The Manage Setti n[...]

52 Cha pte r 7 — P ref erenc es | Wor k sp ac es W orkspaces The “ Worksp aces” sect ion of th e preferences enables you to modify t he work spaces provide d within Capture N X 2. B y d ef aul t, Cap tu re N X 2 p rov ide s yo u wit h fo ur di ffer ent wo r ksp ace s. Wit hi n t his ta b, a dd it io nal wor k spa ce s can be added or r emoved[...]

Chapter 7 — Preferences | Workspac es 53 Delete Click ing the Delete button will remove the highli ghted workspace from in the “M y W orksp aces ” sec tion. Pleas e note tha t, you cannot de lete a d efault wor kspace.[...]

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Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Overview 55 Chapter 8 Inter face Capture N X 2’ s in ter face was designe d to put a ll of th e impor tan t tools for enha ncing a digital pho tograph right at you r finge r tips . This se ction c ontain s a brief overview o f each of th e main el ements that make up the Captur e NX 2 inter face , as well as inf ormati[...]

56 Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Over vie w r Fo ld er s The folder s palette p rovides you with an easy- to-acces s palet te which di splays th e content o f an entire folder in th e browser . F or more in f or mation, please se e C hapter 10, “Th e F olders P alett e” . t Metadata The Metadata palet te displays informatio n about t he image pro[...]

Cha pter 8 — I nter face | Workspac es 57 W orkspaces W orkspaces are new in Capture NX 2, enabling y ou to quick ly change tasks while displayi ng only the pal ettes and windo ws necessa r y f or tha t task . Capture NX 2 com es with four different def ault work spaces and pr ovides you wit h the ability to creat e custom w orkspaces. Selecting [...]

58 Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Wor kspaces Metadata The met adata wor kspace is design ed to provide you wit h optimu m workspac e to review and add met adata to you r images . With in this workspace only the Browser and Metadata palettes are displayed. The Metadata palette dis plays both inf ormation about the camera and exposure along wit h XMP/I[...]

Cha pter 8 — I nter face | Workspac es 59 T o create a custom wor kspace, follow these steps: Y o u can then assign a shor tcut to thi s new wor kspace by fol lowing the se steps: 1 Ar range t he pal ettes and win dows acco rding to your ta ste. 2 Naviga te to the Wind ow m enu and sele ct t he Wo rk s p a c es sub-menu , then se lect Sav e Wo rk[...]

60 Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Working wit h Multiple S creens T o acce ss your custom wor kspaces, navigate to the Wi n do w menu a nd se lect the My Wo rkspaces sub - menu, then se lect the de sired work space to appl y . Alter nativel y , click on the wo rkspace selec tor , sel ect th e My W orkspaces sub-men u and select the desire d workspac e[...]

Chap ter 8 — Inter fa ce | Working with M ultiple Screens 61 A Please n ote : Only default workspaces c an be applied in this manner . Custom workspaces always are applied to all available screens. A Please n ote : Some workspaces cannot be used in conjunc tio n with an other . The following table shows the available combinations. Desktop The des[...]

62 Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Image Window Image W indow Image windows are the frames that contain y our images and provi de you with impor tant data which can help yo u enhance t he image. I mage w indows are disp layed as long as Capture NX 2 i s not in the full s creen or presenta tion modes. Each image wi ndow displ ays imp or tant information[...]

Chap ter 8 — I nter face | Image Windo w 63 t So ft Pr o of The sof t proof feature e nables you to preview the effec t of an output p rofile on your image , appro ximating the results you can expect fro m your printe r . The soft pr oof function provides y ou with con trols to prev iew the u se of different profile s . I t also all ows you to se[...]

64 Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Image Window Sof t pro of offer s the follow ing op tions : T a rget Pr ofile Select the col or pro file fr om the l ist t o view the resu lt of th e color ma nage ment syst em and to pr eview how the different colo r management settings w ill aff ect your im age . Inten t Choo se fr om fo ur diff erent rend ering i n[...]

Cha pter 8 — I nter face | Window & P alette Functionality 65 W indow & P alette F unc tionalit y Each p alette wit hin Capture NX 2 provides you with a number of different c ontrols for tha t palette. q Mini mizin g & Maximi zing P alettes Click ing on the M inimize / Maxim ize button ei ther ex pands or c ollapse s a pal ette. In so[...]

66 Chap ter 8 — Inter face | Window & P alette Functionality Fin d in g Pa l et t es Undo cki ng many palette s can s ometim es ma ke it diffic ult to locate t hat pal ette. Al l palet tes and window s can be located us ing the Win d ow me nu. The most frequen tly used pal ettes and windows are l isted directly in t he Win d o w m enu, while [...]

Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | B r owser Ov er vie w 67 Chapter 9 Th e B ro w s e r Br ow ser Ov er vie w The brows er ha s been gr eatly upd ated for Captu re NX 2 t o pro vide even mo re co ntr ol ov er br owsin g and sor ting through your images . The Brow ser palette now conta ins enhanced tagging a nd rating functionality, new filt ering and sor[...]

68 Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | O penin g a F older of I mages in the B row ser Opening a F older of Images in the Br ow ser The browser p r ovides you with a number of ways of di splayi ng a folder of images . By default, the browser displays t he “My P ict ur es” ( Windows) or “Pictures” (Macintosh) f older. T o open a fold er of ima ges [...]

Chapter 9 — T he Browse r | Opening a F older of Images in the Bro wser 69 Us ing Nik on T ransf er Y ou can also use Nikon Tr ansfer to open a f o l der of images transfe rred to y our computer . T o open a folde r in the browser afte r the tr ansfer oper ation h as compl eted, follow thes e steps: After the ne xt tra nsfer is completed, the fol[...]

70 Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | Navig ating Within the Browser Navigating W ithin the Bro wser At th e to p-left of th e Br ows er pale tte are three b uttons tha t help you ch oose which fol der to displ ay within the b rowser . F ilter ing T oo ls Capture NX 2 contains new filtering tools to help you display only images accordin g to label, ratin[...]

Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | Fil teri ng T o ols 71 w F ilter by Rating The fi lter by rat ing tool l ets you choos e which i mages to di splay with in the b ro ws er based on the rat ings that you app lied previously, ei ther within Capt ur e N X 2 or within on e of the s oftware applicati ons with whic h Cap ture NX 2 provide s comp atib ility. T[...]

72 Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | Sorting T o ols Sor ting T ool s The “Sorting T ools ” let yo u choo se the o rder that im ages a re disp laye d in wi thin th e curr ent f older . Sor t By The So r t sec tion deter mines the pr imar y sor ting m ethod for the current folder . After s elect ing the p rimar y sor ting method, choose to have the i[...]

Chap te r 9 — Th e Bro ws er | Labeling and Rating T oolbar 73 Label ing an d Rati ng T oolbar The labe ling and rati ng toolbar can be fo und at the bott om of the br ows er palett e and prov ides you with tools to a dd lab els and/or ratings to your im ages. Ad d L ab el The add label section of the labeli ng and rating toolbar display s the av[...]

74 Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | Browse r Header Brow ser Header Displa yed at the top o f the br owser is the br owser header . This s ection pr ovide s inf ormation about the curren t fold er a s well as contr ol over the s ize of the thumbn ails display ed within the f older . On the lef t side of the browser heade r is the number of image s with[...]

Chap te r 9 — Th e Br ows er | Browse r View Sele ctor 75 ❏ Name The im age’ s file name and extension are displayed under the thumbnail . T o re name t he curr ent file , clic k once on t he file na me to highlig ht it and a s econd tim e to change th e file name. Y ou w ill not be ab le to chang e the file’ s exten sion in th is manner . [...]

76 Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | Bro wse r V iew Sel ector Thu mbnail List The thumbnail list places important information ab out each image in a column and enables you to sort by each of t he columns. In thumbnail list view, th e thumbnail size selector offers a choi ce of three thumbnail sizes. The avai lable columns in the thumbnail li st are : ?[...]

Chap te r 9 — Th e Br ows er | Browse r View Sele ctor 77 ❏ Extras The Extras column displays additional inf ormation about the image. Y ou cannot sor t images by this column. XMP/IPTC Data Icon The XMP/I PT C data icon is disp layed whenever the cur rent image has XMP/ IPT C data. Vo i ce M e m o I c o n The vo ice memo icon is d ispl ayed for[...]

78 Chapter 9 — The Bro wser | O pening I mages from the Bro ws er Opening Images from the Browser Im ages in th e browser can be open ed in the editor ei ther by double - click ing on t he desired i mage, or selec ting m ultiple i mages and use the Op en Ima ge command from the Fi l e menu. Alter nativel y , you c an press th e enter k ey on your[...]

Chapter 10 — The F olders Pal ette 79 Chapter 10 T he F olders P alette The Fo l d e rs pa lette disp lays the fol ders on your hard disk in the sam e manner as the op erating s ystem. Capture NX 2’ s Fo l d e r s palette is now spli t into t w o section s: the “F av orite F older s” sect ion and th e “F olde r Struct ure ” se c t ion.[...]

80 Chapter 1 0 — The F olders Palette | Favorite F o lder s S ec tion F a v orit e F older s Section The “ F avorite F older s ” se ction provides q uick ac cess to th e most often used folders and enables y ou to add and remo ve f olders t o and from th is section. A dding F av orit es T o add a fol der to the “F avorite Folders” sect io[...]

Ch apter 11 — The Meta data Palette | File & Camera Information Sectio n 81 Chapter 11 T he M etadata P al ette The Metadata palette contai ns a list of information re garding the curre nt image as well as access to the IPT C info rmation for that image . Use this palett e to review the image ’ s camera and exposur e informatio n as well as[...]

82 Chapter 11 — The M etadata Palette | XMP/IPT C Information Se ct io n XMP/IPT C Information Section The “XMP/IPT C I nformation ” section contains a standardize d list of text f ields that can be use d to indicate the c opyright a nd usage req uirements of your image s . The cont ents of t he “ XMP/IPT C Inf ormation ” s ection was ori[...]

Chap ter 11 — The M etad ata Palette | XMP/IPTC Information Sec tion 83 When more than one image is selected , inform ation that is shar ed between images will be displayed whi le informat ion tha t is different i n each im age will be identif ied with a “–” . Y ou can r epl ace the di fferent contents of ea ch image with the same in f orm [...]

84 Chapter 11 — The M etadata Palette | XMP/IPT C Information Se ct io n Creating XMP/IPT C Presets XMP/IPT C preset s enable you to create a collection of fr equently used XMP/IPT C information that can be late r applie d to on e or mor e image s in a mor e effi cient ma nner . Mul tiple XM P/IPT C pr eset s can be c reat ed and late r accessed [...]

Chap ter 11 — The M etad ata Palette | XMP/IPTC Information Sec tion 85 2 Naviga te to the Ba tch menu and select Save XMP/ IPT C Pr eset . A ltern ativ ely , you c an clic k on the batc h menu loc ated to t he left of the l abeling and rating too lbar a nd sele ct Save XMP/ IPT C Pres et . 3 In the “Sa ve XMP/IP TC P res et” dialog that appe[...]

86 Chapter 11 — The M etadata Palette | XMP/IPT C Information Se ct io n Loading XMP/IPTC Pr esets After c reating on e or more XMP/ IPT C presets usin g the Sav e XMP/IPTC Pr eset option, you can load an XM P/ IP TC pr ese t to o ne or m ore im ag es. T o us e an XM P/ IP TC p res et to l oa d X MP /I PTC in for ma ti on to on e o r mor e imag e[...]

Chapter 12 — Ac tivity T oolbar | Wo rk sp ac e S e le c to r 87 Chapter 12 A c tivity T oolbar The a ctivit y toolb ar provides access to three of th e most often acc essed functi ons with in Captu r e NX 2: workspaces, impor ting image s, and printing images . W orkspace Selec tor Use th e workspa ce selec tor to access the dif f erent workspac[...]

88 Chapter 12 — Activity T o olbar | Print Print Click the print but ton to open the C apture NX 2 “Pri nt Lay out ” dialo g and begin printin g your images . F or more on th e Capture NX 2 “Print Layout” di alog , pl ease see th e “Print ” sect ion in Chapter 1 8, “F ile Menu” .[...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | To o l O p t i o n s B a r 89 Chapter 13 Th e T o o l b a r T ool Options Bar The tool options bar can be found directly beneat h the t oolbar and p r ovides access to controls specific to a tool. The crop tool, auto retouch br ush, lasso and marquee tools , selection brush, se lection gradient, and fill / remove tools[...]

90 Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Hand T ool Hand T o ol The hand tool ena bles you to mo ve within an image. Sele ct t hi s tool when viewing an image that does no t fit i n the imag e windo w . Cli ck and dr ag to r eposit ion th e conte nts of the win dow . Dou ble -cl ick this to ol to fit the cur rent ima ge to the editor s o that the enti r e [...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Rota te T ool 91 Rotate T ool The rota te tool is use d to rotate ima ges 90° cl ock wise or counter- clockw ise. Click on this button to r ota te the image 90° in the direct ion i ndicat ed . Hold the Al t key ( Window s) or option k ey (M acintosh) and cl ick on thi s button to rotate the image 9 0° other direc ti[...]

92 Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Str aight en T ool T o stra ighten your image usi ng the str aighten to ol , f oll ow these s teps: 1 With an image open wi thin the ed itor , click the straight en tool in th e toolbar . 2 Locat e a line within the image that s hould be either vertical or h orizontal and click on the star t of the line. Holding t h[...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Crop T ool 93 Crop T ool The crop tool enables you to remove areas from the margins of your i mage or to c hange the a sp ect rat io of your im age. T o add a crop to your im age, follow thes e steps: 5 If you ar e satis fied with the straigh tening e ffect, contin ue editin g your image us ing the othe r tools availab[...]

94 Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Crop T ool The crop tool offers the f ollowing tool opti ons: Cr op Method Choose from on e of three different cropping meth ods. ❏ Fr ee C ro p This crop method e nables you to freely draw a cropping rectangle. ❏ Fi xe d A s p ec t R at i o Choose from one o f the predetermi ned aspect r atios or selec t Cust o[...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Blac k C ont rol P oint 95 Black C o n trol P oint The black control point enabl es y ou to place a co nt rol point dir ec tly on y our image, and to cause that targeted c olor to n ot only b ecome black , but also to neut ral ize the dark t on es of y our i mage . Bla ck con tro l points are normally set on what shoul[...]

96 Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Blac k C ont rol P oint After a black control poi nt is add ed to the image, th e following opt ions will be av ailable i n the B / W / N Cont rol Poin t step of the Edit Li st palett e: Black C ontrol Point Method Use the blac k control poi nt meth od pull- down men u to switc h bet ween cont rolli ng on ly the lum[...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Blac k C ont rol P oint 97 Advan ced Click on the Adva nced sho w/hide triangl e to disp lay the addi tional co ntrols for th e black control p oint. The value s set for the selected blac k control poi nt are disp layed enabl ing you to e nter a n ew valu e direct ly to adj ust the effect of the control point.[...]

98 Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Ne utra l Cont rol Poi nt Neutral C ontrol Point Neutral con trol points enable you to correct a color cast in your photogra ph by for ci ng the targeted color to become neutral. In its def ault operatio n, the neutral control p oint will change the col or value s in the targeted col or so th at the red, green, and [...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Neu tral Cont rol Poin t 99 T o add a neutral co ntrol poin t to your ima ge, follow thes e steps: After a neutra l cont r ol point is added to the im age, the f o llowing opti ons wil l be avai lable i n the B / W / N Contr ol Point step of the Edit List pa lette: 1 Click on the neutral control point icon in the toolb[...]

100 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Neu tra l Contro l Poi nt Neutral Control P oint M ethod Use the neut ral contro l point method pull-down me nu to switc h between contr olling only the color balance of the Neutral Co ntrol P oint or affecting the lum inosity , or brig htness, as well. RGB Me thod The RGB met hod of the neutral con trol point a[...]

Chap te r 13 — T he T o olb ar | White Control Point 101 Advan ced Click on the Adva nced sho w/hide triangl e to disp lay the addit iona l cont rols for the neut ral co ntr ol poin t. The values set for t he sele cted neutra l control po int are displ ay e d enab ling you to enter a new va lue direc tly to ad just the eff ect of th e contr ol p [...]

102 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | White Control Point T o add a w hite con trol point to your image, f ollow these s teps: After a white c ontrol poin t is add ed to the i mage, the f oll owing opti ons will be availa ble in the B / W / N Cont rol Poin t step of the Edit Li st palett e: Whit e C ontro l P oint Meth od Use t he whit e cont rol p [...]

Chapt er 13 — The T oolba r | Col or Contro l Poi nt 103 RGB Method The RGB method of the wh ite control poi nt enables yo u to set t he individual red, green, and blue values of the lightest color in the i mage. T his opti on is he lpfu l if your printe r requi r es a non- neutral w hite. Wit hin thi s mode, you are presented with indiv idual re[...]

104 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Co lor Co ntro l Poin t Each color control p oint that i s placed on an objec t in your ima ge identifies the cha racter istics of the color as well as the level of detail of that object, enabli ng you to make adjustments to the color of that object. With th e use of the size slider , you a r e able to increase [...]

Chapt er 13 — The T oolba r | Col or Contro l Poi nt 105 Addition al color control poi nts can be add ed to the i mage by rep eatin g the step s listed above. T o de lete a color cont rol point, click on the c olor co ntrol poin t in th e image or in the Edit List pale tte and press the d elete key on the keyb oard . After a color contr ol point [...]

106 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Co lor Co ntro l Poin t Show Sele c ti on The Show Selection che ckbox enables you to see where t he current color con trol point is a ffectin g the image. Areas ink ed in whi te are bein g affected b y the co lor control p oint, wh ile areas i nked in black are not bei ng aff ecte d by t he color contr ol point[...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Red-Ey e Control P oint 107 Advanced The Advan ced method pro vides supe rior r esults when ligh tenin g shad ows o r w ork i ng wit h image s wi th a hig h level of noi se or g rai n. Click on th e Advan ced s how/hide tr iangle to di splay the a dditiona l controls for th e color control p oint step. The va lues set [...]

108 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Auto Retou ch Bru sh A ut o Ret ouch Br ush The auto retouc h brush enabl es you to automatica lly repair unwanted details foun d within the image. Use th is tool to r emove d ust spot s, b lemis hes, o r distr acting o bjects , with a uniq ue blen ding al gorit hm that matches the sur roundin g structure, color[...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Auto Reto uch Brush 109 The a uto retouch brush provides you wi th the followi ng controls: Size Changing the Size option in cr ea ses or decreases t he size of th e brush. Sho rtcut R key Decrease b rush size: [ Increase brush size: ][...]

110 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Selec tion Cont rol Point Selectio n C on tro l P oint Sele ction c ontrol p oints ut ilize U Point technolog y to selec tivel y appl y the e ffect of an enha ncement . Y ou can use a sele ction contr ol po int t o sele ctiv ely ap ply a ny e nhan cemen t f oun d in either the Adj us t or Filt er menus . T o us [...]

Chap te r 13 — T he T o olb ar | Lasso and Marquee T ools 111 Lasso an d Marquee T ools The l asso and marquee tools enab le you to create a selecti on on your images th at will l imit where an enhan cement affects your image. The se lect ion created by the lasso and marquee tool s will als o limit t he effe ct of the selection brush as well as t[...]

112 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Lasso and Marquee T ools The lasso and marq uee tools provide you with the following options in the tool op tions bar : Edge Softness The Edge Softne ss option e nables you to sof ten the edge of t he sele ctio n that i s bein g made b y the l asso and marquee tools. 2 Click and draw a selection around the objec[...]

Chap te r 13 — T he T o olb ar | Sele ction Brush T ool 113 Selec tio n Brush T ool The se lecti on brush enables you to sel ective ly pai nt in or pain t out the enhanc ements found in t he current step. Y ou can us e the se lectio n brush to select ively a pply any enhan cement found withi n the Adjus t or Fil te r menus, as well as the color ,[...]

114 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Selec tion Brush T ool The selec tion brush pro vi des you with the following opti ons in the tool op tions bar : Brush Hardness Changing the Brush Hardness option a ffects the shap e of the brush, ranging from a sof t-edge d brus h to a hard-edge d brush. 4 Clic k and d raw w ithin th e activ e imag e windo w t[...]

Chap te r 13 — T he T o olb ar | Sele ction Brush T ool 115 Op a c i ty Changing the Opacity option increas es or decreases the opacity of t he brush strok es that are applie d . Inc rease this value and the brus h will eith er add m or e of the cur rent step ’ s enhancem ents to the image when using the (+) mode of t he sele ction bru sh or it[...]

116 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | Selec tion Gradient T ools Sel ection Gradient T o ols The sele c tion gr adient tools enable you t o gradually blend betw een appl ying and remov ing the c urrent step’ s effects on your image. Y ou can use t he selection g radient tools to selecti vel y apply an y enhan cemen t fou nd with in the Adju st or [...]

Chapter 13 — The T oolbar | Selec tion Gradient T ools 117 The f ollowi ng cont rol s for the sel ectio n gradi ent t ools are provided to y ou within the tool o ptions ba r: Gr adient Range The gradi ent range slider enables you to change the valu es of the n ext gr adient tha t will be drawn on t he image. T he valu es represent the percen t of[...]

118 Chapt er 13 — The T oo lba r | F ill / Re mov e T ools F ill / Remov e T ool s The f ill / remove tools e nable you to either fill th e cur r ent step ’ s enhancem ents or clear the sele ctions made by the selec tion br ush, gradi ent tools, or fill tool, ei ther in the ent ire image or the area within a s elec tion created by the lasso and[...]

Chapter 14 — Bird’ s Eye 119 Chapter 14 Bird’ s E y e The Bird’ s Eye always disp lays the entire imag e, eve n if the ac tive image window o nly displays a zoomed-in por tion of the im age. When zoomed-in, the areas visible within t he ac tive ima ge window are shown a s a rectangle superimpos ed on top of the entire image . Drag the recta[...]

120 Chapter 14 — Bir d’ s E ye[...]

Chapter 1 5 — Edit List 121 Chapter 15 Edit List The Edit List pal ette is t he centr al lo cation for a ll of the controls p rovided wi thin Capt ure NX 2 . The Edi t List pa lette was gr e atly improved, wi th the p osition of many tools a nd features moved to provide better access . Additionally , the workflow when using t he Edit Lis t palett[...]

122 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | I ntroduc tion to the Ed it List Introduction to the Edit List The Edit List palett e st ores all of th e enh ancem ents t hat hav e been applie d to y our image in chr onol ogi cal order . The Edit List pale tte can be used as a histor y that allows yo u to go back and modify an y of the adjustments that you have p[...]

Chapter 15 — Edit List | Intro duct ion to the Edit List 123 q Show/Hide Tr i a n g l e s The sh ow/hide tr iangle s hows and hi des the c ontents of t he sec tion or enhan cement. Cl ick on the tria ngle to toggle between showing and hiding th e cont ent s of the associ ated sectio n or en hancem ent. w Apply Che ckbox Appl y check boxes are use[...]

124 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | Ve r s i o n V ersion The Ve r s i o n menu c an now be found at the top of the Ed it List p alette , providi ng yo u with dir e ct contr ol of this powerful feature . V ersions repr esent an advanced way of work ing with and maintaining a number of diff erent versi ons of the same im age wit hin one im age file. Tw[...]

Chapter 1 5 — Edit List | Batch Menu 125 Bat ch Menu The ba tch men u within the Edit L ist pr ovide s you with quick access to tools tha t can be used to co py and pa ste adjustments and XMP/I PTC in formation, and cr eate and load sett ings fi les for batch p roces sing .[...]

126 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction Dev elop Sec tion The “Dev elop ” sectio n, f orm erly th e Base Adjustmen ts step in Captu re NX vers ion 1, h as been g re atly improved for Ca pture NX 2. Th is sec tion provid es you with camera an d RA W specific enhancem ents as wel l as a new “ quick fix ” mode that can be used on an[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 127 The “Deve lop ” secti on provides you with the Camera Se ttings s ectio n, th e Quick F ix se ction, and the Camer a & L ens C orre ctions section s. Camera Sett ings The C amera Settings sec tion provides you control over options set within the camera at the ti me the imag e was captu red.[...]

128 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction Incandescent Sele ct this valu e if the ligh ting in your photogr aph ’ s scene was provided b y an in candescent or tungsten l ight source. Y o u can fur the r modify the settin g with the Fine Adjust ment sli der . Daylight Sele ct this valu e if the ligh ting in your photogr aph ’ s scene wa[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 129 Settings othe r than Set Gr ay P oint and R ecorded V alue can be further modified using the Fine Adjust ment and Tint slide rs. Flas h Select this option if y our i mage was shot using a N ikon Spee dlight as the light sour ce . Y ou can further mo dify th is sett ing with the F ine Adj ustmen t s[...]

130 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction ❏ Set Gray P oint In this mode y ou can id entify a n object withi n your phot ograph that w as neu tral gr ay in the scene and base the white balance off that object, or you can take an a verage of a section of your photograph and calcula te the white balance of f that sectio n. Use a single poi[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 131 Picture Con trol Im ages from c ameras that use t he color mode sy stem can use eith er the Non- Picture Control mode or th e Pic ture Con trol mode. I mages f rom camera s that us e the Picture Control system can only use the Pic tu re Cont rol mode. The Pic ture Contro l options are availab le fo[...]

132 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction ❏ Quick Adjust The Qu ic k A dj us t slider adjusts t he Sh arpe ning , Cont rast , and Satura tion sliders to reco mmended value s that match the enhanc ement crea ted by the P ic ture Control. Move thi s slider to the le ft to decrease the Sharpe ning , Con t ra st , and Saturatio n sl iders. M[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 133 The Brigh tnes s slid er enab les you to control t he bri ghtness within the image. Move th e slider to the lef t to dar ken t he imag e or move the slider to the right to brighte n the im age. ❏ Satura tion and Hue A djustment The Satur ation and Hue options enable you to control characte risti [...]

134 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction ❏ To n i n g The T o ning opti ons enable you to emulate the use of tone rs f ound in tradit ional pho togra phy , or to add a tint to the image . Choose from: ❏ To n i n g S a t u r a t i o n The T o ning Saturation sl ider cont rols the v ividne ss of the effect o r color s elected in the T o[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 135 ❏ Sharpenin g The Sharpe ning featur e enables yo u to adjust the amount of sharpening that was set in the camera. Choose from the following options: • Unchang ed This wi ll reve rt to the sh arpenin g set in the c amera. •N o n e •L o w •M e d i u m L o w •N o r m a l •M e d i u m H [...]

136 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction Acti ve D-L ightin g Active D-Lighting , avail able only f or cameras that provide this f unct ional ity w ithin t he came ra itsel f , was desig ned for photog raphing subje cts where i t is difficult to capture detail i n both highlights and shadows. If Active D- Lighti ng is enab led ion th e ca[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 137 Quick F ix To n e C u r v e The To n e C u r v e tool provides you with a cur ve editor that cont rols the ton alit y of the image. Wi thin the To n e C u r v e tool, you ar e presente d with a curve that enables you to contr ol th e rela tionshi p of inpu t lumino sity value s to output luminosity[...]

138 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction ❏ Wh ite P oin t Slid er Move t he white p oint slid er to the l eft to set all lu minosit y val ues from th e point you have selec ted and to the right to comple te white. This will red istribute all o f the va lues to s tr etch the lum inosit y rang e to match the enti re possib le range of val[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 139 Camera & Lens C orrec tio ns Colo r Moiré Redu ct ion The C olor Moir é Reduction tool enables you to apply a noise r educ tion process available only on RA W images. T o ap ply co lor m oiré reduct ion, cl ick o n the sh ow/hide trian gle and selec t one of the o ptions from the p ull-down [...]

140 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction F or all other cameras, you will be pr esented with a fo lder search window t o enable you to locate on y our computer ’ s hard drive a f older that contains an Image Dust O ff r eference p hoto. • I f Captur e NX 2 locates mor e than one I m age Dust Off ref erence p hoto within the same f old[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Deve lop Se ction 141 Wh en this lens i nformat ion i s not availa ble, the Intensity slid er ’ s ran ge will b e based on defau lt lens characteristics. T o det ermine whether a given combination of lens a nd camera will r ecor d distance infor mation, see the table below . T o ap ply vignet te control to your image,[...]

142 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | De velop Se ction Fi she ye Le ns The F i sheye Lens tool i s only displayed when t he active imag e was sho t with either the AF D X Fi shey e -Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED or AF F ishey e -Nik kor 16 mm f/2.8D lenses . This fe ature enables y ou to modify an image t ak en with a compatibl e fisheye l ens to make that i[...]

Chapter 1 5 — Edit List | Ad jus t S ec ti on 143 A djust S ectio n All enhanceme nts added to the Edit List palette us ing one of the tools or features fr om the menus are added as adjustment st eps to t he “ A djust ” sec tion. Each adjustm ent step ca n contain the following elemen ts: q Selection Inf ormat ion The se lectio n informati on[...]

144 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | Ad ju st Se ct io n Choose from the following options: ❏ Hide Selec tion The Hide Sel ection option prevents the curren t selec tion fro m being dis played in the ima ge wind o w, show ing only the im age. ❏ Show Overlay The Sho w Overla y option di splays the select ion as a semi-transparent color overlay, supe[...]

Chapter 1 5 — Edit List | Ad jus t S ec ti on 145 Paint & F i ll Mask S ect ion The “Paint & F ill Ma sk ” sec tion con trols the effec t made by a se lectio n brush, selec tion gradi ent, or th e fill and remove tools. The ef fect o f the “P aint & F ill Mask ” sect ion is c onside red in combin ation wi th the oth er types o[...]

146 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | Ad ju st Se ct io n t O pacity Mix er The opa city mixer provides yo u with the ability to ble nd the current enhancem ent wit h the rest of the im age. The opacity mixe r becomes available a s soon as you add any f eatures from t he Adj ust or Fi lt er menus, or a c olor , black, n eutral , or white contr ol point [...]

Chapter 1 5 — Edit List | Ad jus t S ec ti on 147 • O pacit y (Green Cha nnel) This slider cont rols the c urren t eff ect on t he gr een c hanne l of th e image . Y ou ca n mov e this sli der t o the left to preve nt the c urrent ef f ec t from be ing app lied to t he green channe l, or you can r educe the other two slide rs to ensure t he cur[...]

148 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | Wor king with the E dit Li st W ork ing with the Edi t List Deleti ng S teps and Enhancements Ste ps and e nhanc ement s can be delet ed in depen dent ly of eac h othe r . Cli cking on a step or enhan cem ent will c ause it to beco me high lighted wi thin th e Edit List pale tte . Y ou can th en pr ess the delet e k[...]

Chap ter 15 — Ed it List | Working w ith the Edit List 149 Link ing Enhancements Linking enha nce ments w ithin the Edi t List pal ette enab les you to apply the selective c ontro ls that ar e used withi n one st ep t o more than on e enhan cemen t. By defa ult, ea ch en hancem ent i s applied t o a se parat e step. By link ing t w o or more enh [...]

150 C hapter 15 — Edit L ist | N ew Step B utton New St ep Button Click ing on th e New Step button wil l create a ne w , empty adjus tment st ep wi thin the “ Adjus t ” se ction of the Edit L ist pale tte. Click on this button i f you wan t to manua lly gene rat e a new st ep with in th e Edit L ist pa lette to star t a new ser ies of enhanc[...]

Chap ter 16 — Ph oto Info | His tog r am 151 Chapter 16 Photo I nfo The Phot o Inf o pa lette di splay com bines the his togram and the watch point s func tional ities in to a sin gle palette . The “Histogram ” section shows a liv e histog ram that reflects the stat istical makeup of the image . The “ Watch Points” sect ion enable s you t[...]

152 C hapter 16 — Ph oto Info | Histogram This “Histo gram ” sec tion provide s you with the foll owing co ntrols: q Channels The channe ls pull-down m enu enables you t o select the channel you wish to ha ve display ed within the “Hi stogram ” s ection. The followin g channel op tions ar e availabl e: RGB The RGB opt ion display s the re[...]

Chap ter 16 — Pho to Info | Wa tc h P oi n t s 153 To u s e t h e Doubl e Thre sho ld f eat ure , f ollo w thes e st eps: e Clear Pre s s t he Clear button to clear ra nges adde d to the hi stogram or th e values set for the s hadows and highlight s sliders of the Double T hresh old op tion . W atch Points The “ Wa tch P oints ” sectio n of t[...]

154 C hapter 16 — Ph oto Info | Watch Points Within the “ Watch Points” section , you are provid ed with t he following con trols: q Add W atch Po int Button By click ing on th is button , you c an add u p to four watch p oints to y our imag e . W hen you c lick on this button, the mou se cursor will chang e to a cross hair and enable you to [...]

Chapter 17 — The Color Picker 155 Chapter 17 T he C olor P ick er The color p icker is a vail able in specif ic enha ncem ents a nd pro vides you wi th the ability t o sel ect any color within the RGB , H SB, or LAB color spaces . The fisheye lens, neutral contro l point, color contro l point, distor tion control, color iz e, and cer tain Color E[...]

156 Chapter 17 — T h e C olor P icker The color pic ker provides you wit h the follo wing contr ols: q Color Wheel The col or wheel ena bles you to select the targeted h ue for th e color . When you click wi thin the c olor wheel, the hue will i mmediatel y change to th e color that you clicked on. B y click ing and dragging on th e gripper edge [...]

Chapter 17 — The Color Picker 157 y Last Selected & Prev iou s Pi cks The Last S elec ted and Previ ou s Picks color swatches provide you wi th access to the la st fiv e sel ected colors . T he Last Select ed col or swatch sh o w s you the col or that was last select ed, while the Pr evious Pi cks color swatch es show you the four previous co[...]

158 Chapter 17 — T h e C olor P icker[...]

Chapter 18 — File Menu | Op en Im ag e … 159 Chapter 18 Fi l e M e n u Open Image … The Open Imag e… option provides you with a “File Open” dialog , allowing you to locate an image t o open and edit. A Please n ote : Images saved in the Grayscale and CMYK color modes cannot be open ed within C apture NX 2. Open W ith… The Open Wi th?[...]

160 Chapt er 18 — Fil e M enu | Ope n F ol de r i n B r o w s e r … Open F older in Brow ser … Select t his option to locat e a folder to open within Capture NX 2’ s browser . Open Recen t This a r ea di splays the m ost recent ten images ope ned within Capture NX 2. Simply cl ick on any of the i tems displayed in this list to op en it aga [...]

Chapter 18 — F ile Menu | S ave As… 161 Emb ed ICC Profile Chec k this box if you would lik e to embe d the cur rent profile in your im age. I t is recomm ended that you leave th is box chec ked unl ess your pr inter req uests th at you do not embed t he color prof ile in th e image. Sa ve A s … The Sav e A s… f eature enable s you to sa ve[...]

162 Chapt er 18 — Fil e M enu | S ave As… Comp ressio n Choose from t w o differ ent compression options: ❏ None This op tion does not compress the ima ge inform ation. ❏ LZW This optio n emplo ys a lo ssle ss comp ression scheme based on the LZW c ompressio n alg orithm . Bit Depth Choose to sa ve your image eit her as an 8 or 16-bit per c[...]

Chap ter 18 — F ile Menu | Revert 163 Rev er t Select the Revert opti on to remove any changes f r om t he file t hat were m ade since the last Sa ve or Sa ve As op erat ion . Protect File P rot ected i mages cann ot be edi ted w ithin C aptur e NX 2 . P rot ection can be tu rned on within the ca mera or within another Nikon image editing applica[...]

164 Chapt er 18 — Fil e M enu | Print… Print… The “ Pri nt La yout ” dialog enables you to set all of the necessar y par ameters in order to prin t your image. Additiona lly , a n umber of op tions are p resented to e nable you to create pr int pa ck ages, add m etadata , and color mana ge your pr ints. Y ou can print the active ima ge by[...]

Chapter 18 — File Menu | Pr in t… 165 r Metadata Click ing on this button will open the “ Meta d a ta ” dialog, where you can choose th e metadata, such as fi le and camera information , you want printed around the image. Prin t Info rmatio n The op tions withi n the “ Print Information ” section plac e specifi c inf ormation r egard in[...]

166 Chapt er 18 — Fil e M enu | Print… t Pa ge L ayo ut T a b The opti ons wi thi n the “ Pa ge L a you t ” t ab enable you to identify the siz e and layout of your image as well as an y print package settings that you may wan t to ap ply . Use Outp ut Reso lution This option will prevent any size or resolution ch anges from be ing ma de to[...]

Chapter 18 — File Menu | Pr in t… 167 y Colo r Management T ab The “ Co l or M an a g em e nt ” tab enables y ou to set th e color manag ement o ptio ns fo r the i mages w hen they a re printe d. The se ttings wi thin th e “Color M anageme nt ” tab d efault to the sett ings in dica ted w ithin the “P ref erenc es” dia log . A Please[...]

168 Chapt er 18 — Fil e M enu | Exit Use B lack Point Compensa tion Check this box to utilize b lack poi nt compen sation. This ensure s that t he black point f rom the im age is map ped to th e black point of your p rinter , en abling t he ful l colo r range of the p rinter to be us ed . I f yo ur prints contain either gray shadows or too little[...]

Chapter 19 — E dit Menu | Undo 169 Chapter 19 Edit Menu Undo The Undo command enables y ou to take one step backward and remove changes that we re made to the image or that were made within the current di alog . Y ou c an undo an unlimited number of c hanges within the same step , and nearly all changes you make on your image are undoable. Due t [...]

170 C hapter 19 — Edit M enu | Cut Cu t The Cut c omm and clears an object and places it within Capture NX 2’ s clipboar d, making that object accessib le to pas te . The Cu t command can be use d on the following objec ts: • T ex t within a tex t box • Sele cted c ontrol po ints • I mage s with in the br ows er Co py The Co py co mmand t[...]

Chapter 19 — Edit Menu | Duplic at e 171 Dup lic at e The Duplica te comm and make s an imme diate copy of the curren tly selec ted objec t. The Du plicate command can make a copy of the fol lowin g objects: • The curr ent imag e when th e imag e wind ow is a ctive and no cont ro l points are select ed • I mages withi n the browser • Contro[...]

172 C hapter 19 — Edit M enu | Sele ct All Select All The Sel ect A ll opti on highl ights a ll of th e objec ts wi thin the active area. Us e Sel ect A ll with in: • A tex t box to s elect al l of the text • An image to select all of the co ntrol poin ts current ly display ed on the image •T h e Ed it Li st palette to selec t all of the st[...]

Cha pter 19 — Ed it M enu | Fli p 173 Fl ip Use t he Flip command to mirror the image acr oss one of tw o a x es : • Choose Horizontal to mirror the im age across the vert ical axis . • Choose Ve r t i c a l to m irror the image a cross the h orizontal axis . Rotate The Rota te sub -menu provides you wit h options to rotate your image 9 0° c[...]

174 C hapter 19 — Edit M enu | Rota te 90 Deg ree s CW Selecting 90 Degrees CW wil l cause your ima ge to be rotate d 90° cl ockwi se. 90 Deg rees C C W Selecting 90 Degrees C CW will caus e your ima ge to be ro tated 90 ° counter- clock wise. Str aigh ten Select Straight en to ad d a stra ighten ste p to the Edit List pale tte. I n the St raig[...]

Chapter 19 — E dit Menu | Rotate 175 4 By default, C apture N X 2 will autom atically cr op the image us ing the s ame aspect r atio t o hide all ar eas of the i mage where ther e is no im age infor matio n. These area s that lack inf o r mation ar e crea ted when the image is rotat ed, and are repr esented by pur e white pix els. T o pre vent C [...]

176 C hapter 19 — Edit M enu | Size / Resolut ion Size / Resolution Size / Re solution changes the size of your i mage, with control over eithe r redistr ibuting the image data or inter polatin g the imag e data. Within the “Size / Resolution ” dialog, you can choose betwee n one of two resize modes: Resample Image The Resample Image option e[...]

Ch apter 19 — Ed it Men u | Fi t Pho to 177 Fit P ho to The Fit Ph ot o co mmand enables y ou to fit a se ries of images to a maxi mum size . This is espec ially helpful if y ou want to batch res ize a numb er of im ages that may each hav e mix ed orient ations , some portrait an d some l andscap e orientat ion. The Fit Ph ot o co m mand will ens[...]

178 C hapter 19 — Edit M enu | Fit Ph oto 2 Sel ect the app ropri ate unit s of mea surement . If t he images will be prin ted, it is be st to use inches , centim eters, o r mill imeter s . I f th e image s will b e displayed on a web page or other el ectronic displ a y mediu m, sele c t pixels . 3 Enter t he large st value of th e imag e size in[...]

Ch apter 19 — Ed it Men u | Fi t Pho to 179 Y o u now have a sett ings fil e av ailable tha t can be used in a batch proce ss to a p ply the Fi t Ph ot o command to a series of ima ges. A Please n ote : In or der to change an image with the Fi t P h oto command, you must c lick on the Apply button. 6 In the “Sa ve Adj ustments ” dialog , ensu[...]

180 C hapter 19 — Edit M enu[...]

Chap ter 20 — Adju st Me nu | Light > L evels & C urves 181 Chapter 20 Ad j u s t M e n u A Please n ote : T ools that apply only t o RA W images do not appear in the menus. T ools specific to RA W images are available in the De v elop st ep of the E dit List palette. Light > Le ve ls & Curves The Level s & Curves tool combines [...]

182 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Light > Lev els & Curves To u s e t h e Leve ls & Cu r ves tool to edit your image s , f oll ow these s teps: 1 Navig ate to the Adj ust menu, se lect the Li ght sub- men u, and selec t Levels & Curves . 2 Select the ch annels to be adjust ed usin g the chan nel select or . Ty pical ly , the RGB op[...]

Chap ter 20 — Adju st Me nu | Light > L evels & C urves 183 The Leve ls & Cur ves tool provides you with th e follo w ing controls: q Channel Selector The channe l selector lets y ou select which channel, or por tion of c olors, y ou want to aff ect. The def ault is to edit all thre e channels, re d, gre en, and blue, simultan eously .[...]

184 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Light > Lev els & Curves The lumin osity histog ram displays a bar g raph rep resenting t he total number of pi xels that appear at diff erent leve ls of luminosity . The hori zontal axis r epresents the luminosity level , while the v er tical axis represents the nu mber of pixels found at ea ch lumi nosit[...]

Chap ter 20 — Adju st Me nu | Light > L evels & C urves 185 Wh ite Point Slide r M ove the white point sl ider to the left to set al l lumi nosity values f rom the poin t you have s elected and to the right to complete w hite (or to the maxi mum lig htness of the cha nnel's col or when wor ki ng on an individual co lor channel). Th is[...]

186 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Light > Contr ast / Brightness o Set Black P oint Click ing on this b utton will change the mouse cursor into a black p oint dropper cur sor . B y then click ing on your im age, you w ill se t the b lack poi nt sli der for al l th ree co lor channe ls to the v alue of t he color se lected by th e black poin t [...]

Ch apter 2 0 — Adju st M enu | Light > A uto Lev els 187 Brigh tness The Brigh tness slide r provides you with the a bility to either br ighten or darken your image without creatin g unwanted color s hifts. M ove this sl ider to the left to darken the im age, or move the slider to the ri ght to brighten th e image. Light > A uto Le vels The[...]

188 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Light > D-Lighting Correc t Col or Cas t The Cor rec t Co lor Cast sl ider is prov ided b y selectin g the Advance d me thod in th e auto l evels me thod pull- down menu. This sli der eith er increases or decreases the degree to wh ich the color cast is reduced within the image. A value of 50 i s equival ent t[...]

Chapter 20 — A djust Menu | Col or > L C H 189 C ol or > L CH The LC H tool e nables you to indi vidual ly control the luminosity , color lightness , chroma, and hue of the ac tiv e image using individual editor dialog. To u s e t h e LC H tool to edit your ima ges, follow these s teps: 1 Naviga te to the Adju st menu , sele c t t he Col or[...]

190 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color > LCH The LC H tool pro vides f our diff erent ch annels, each channel pro viding contr ols unique t o that method . Use the channel pull - do wn menu to select which channel t o use. The av ailable channe ls are: Maste r Lightness The Ma ster Lightn ess chan nel is sim ilar to th e Levels & C ur ves[...]

Chapter 20 — A djust Menu | Col or > L C H 191 The Maste r Lightness channel pr ovides yo u with the followi ng controls : q Cur ve Editor The cur ve editor is where the majo rity of th e e nhanceme nts are made wit hin the LC H f eat ur e. Withi n the cur ve edi tor , you are presented wi th a histogram that represen ts the total lumin osity [...]

192 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color > LCH w Black Point Slider Move the bla ck point slider to the lef t to set all lu minosit y value s from th at point and to th e rig ht to compl ete blac k, whi le redist ributing all of t he value s to stretch the lu minosit y rang e to match the ent ire possi ble range of valu es. I t is reco mmended [...]

Chapter 20 — A djust Menu | Col or > L C H 193 Color Lightne ss The Col o r L i g ht n es s channel enabl es you to con trol the brigh tness of c olors in the i mage with out affecting chrom a or hue. Y ou c an use thi s channel to ta rget and brighten specifi c colors, such as lighte ning a person’ s skin tone, or dark ening the s ky of a l[...]

194 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color > LCH Chroma The Chroma ch annel enables y ou to edit the chroma, or s atura tion, of the entire image or of specif ic colors within the ac tive i mage witho ut affec ting lum inosit y or hu e . The Chroma ch annel p rovid es yo u with th e fol lowi ng cont rols : w Add Anchor Po in t Click ing on this b[...]

Chapter 20 — A djust Menu | Col or > L C H 195 Hue The Hue chann el enable s you to edit t he hue of the ent ire image or of specifi c colors within the active image without affecting lumin osity or chroma. Th is channel enables y ou either t o completely change the color of an obj ect within the activ e image, or to pr ovide a su btle shift i[...]

196 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color > LCH The Hue c hannel provide s you with the foll owing controls : q Hue Map The hue map represen ts the full spec trum of colors on a rotated hori zontal axis. By defau lt, the hue map is r otated by 6 0 deg ree s. Addi tiona l rota tion al valu es can be selec ted withi n the hu e map rotation pu ll-d[...]

Chap ter 20 — Adju st Me nu | Color > Colo r Balance 197 C ol or > C ol or Balance The C olor Balanc e tool provides you with simple controls for adjust ing the overal l brightness, contr ast, and color balan ce of the e ntire ima ge. Move an y of th e sliders wit hin the Colo r Balance step to alter that sl ider ’ s effect on the i mage.[...]

198 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color > Color Booster Co lo r > Co l o r B o o s te r The Col or Booster tool you to optimally adjus t the saturation, or vividness, of colors. Use the Col or Booster tool to increase the satu ration of colors of the active image. The Col or Booster tool provides you with the following controls: Pr otect Sk[...]

Chapter 20 — A djust Menu | Fo cus > Gaussian Blur 199 F ocus > G aussian Blur Use t he Gaussian Blur tool to dramatically r educe the appearance of detail through out the image. This enhan cement is often us ed selec tively to r educe t he visu al impact o f objects or areas wi thin an im age in or der to draw the viewer ’ s eye away fro[...]

200 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Focus > Unsharp Mask F ocus > Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask tool increas es the a pparent sharpn ess of your images by en hancing the e dges of object s in your image. The Unsharp Mask tool i n Capture NX 2 is unique i n that it alwa ys applies its sharpeni ng to the l uminosity of the image, which preven t[...]

Chap ter 20 — Adju st Me nu | Focu s > Uns har p Ma sk 201 The Unsharp M ask tool provides you with the f oll owing controls: Co lo r Use t he Colo r pul l-dow n menu to c hoose the a r ea s in the i mage to sharpen based on their col or . S elec t RGB to s harpen the enti re image. 3 Adj ust t he In tens ity , Radi us , an d Thre sho ld sl id[...]

202 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Corr ect > Di stortio n C ontrol Int ensi ty The Intens ity s lider co ntr ols the amou nt of shar pening that wi ll be a pplied t o the c olor s electe d by the Colo r p ull-d own menu. Th e higher the sha rpeni ng intens ity, the more p r on ounced the sharpen ing effec t will be on your im age. I f the inte[...]

Chapter 20 — Adjust M enu | Cor rec t > Co lor A ber ratio n Con trol 203 F ill C olor The Fil l Co lo r patch e nables you to determ ine th e color to use in the areas that la ck image detail created when correcting f or p incushion distor tions. Click on this patch to access t he color picker or click on the e ye droppe r to sample any colo [...]

204 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Noise R eduction Noise Reduc tion The Noise Redu ction to ol ena bles you t o re duce th e effe cts of digital noise that som etimes appear in images tak en with digital c amera s. A Plea se note : I t is recommended that you zoom your image to 100% whi le determ ining t he amoun t of noise red uction to apply to[...]

Chapter 20 — A djust Menu | Noise Reduc tion 205 Sharpnes s The Sh arpness slider helps coun ter the loss of detai l that can occur at high noise r eduction levels . Move this s lider to the ri ght to increa se the amount of sharpen ing tha t is ap plied to your image. Method Choose b etween the Fas t e r or Better Quality method s i n the Method[...]

206 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color Profile Co lo r P ro f il e The Colo r Pro fil e tool provides you with image -specific color manageme nt options wit hin Capture NX 2. Use these opti ons to appl y a profile, or conver t the cur rent profile to prepare the i mage for your s pecific color managed workflow . Capture NX 2 utilizes the default[...]

Chap ter 20 — Adj ust M enu | Color Profile 207 Co nve r t to Pr of i le The C onve r t to Pro file method e nables you to conver t the pr ofile sp ace of the curr ent imag e to the pr ofile sp ace of t he output device. The r esult is that the actual color values change, but the appearance of those colors does not chang e on your monitor . T his[...]

208 C hapter 20 — Adjus t Men u | Color Profile Captur e NX 2 prov ides th e follo wing int ents: Use B lack Point Compensa tion Check this box to utilize b lack poi nt compen sation. This ensure s that t he black point f rom the im age is map ped to th e black point of your p rinter , en abling t he ful l colo r range of the p rinter to be us ed[...]

Chap ter 21 — Filter M enu | Photo Effec ts 209 Chapter 21 Fi l t e r M e n u Photo E ffects The Phot o Eff ec ts tool enables you to tak e more creat ive cont rol of your ima ge. With this tool, you can convert your image to a black and white, sepi a, or tinted image. Y ou can also control the tonal ity of the image, en hance dark tones, and con[...]

210 C hapter 21 — Filter Men u | Pho to Effects Cy an — R ed The Cy an — R e d s l i d er e n a b le s y ou t o sh i f t th e c ol o r s o f y o u r i m a g e f r om c y an t o re d . M o v in g t h is s l i de r t o the left r emoves red from the image, which will c ause the image t o become more c yan. A djusting this slider to the right ad[...]

Chap ter 21 — Filter M enu | Photo Effec ts 211 Magent a — Green The Magenta — Gr een slider enabl es you to alter the black and white eff ect on your image. When you move th is slide r to t he right, obj ects th at contain ma genta becom e lighter, whil e objec ts containi ng green beco me darker. Mo ving this slid er to the le ft causes obj[...]

212 C hapter 21 — Filter Men u | Pho to Effects Tin ted The Ti nte d method emulates th e effec t of pr inting a black and white n egative on color paper , while usin g diffe rent colored f ilters to ch ange th e overal l hue of the ima ge. The fol lowi ng con tro ls ar e prov ided w ithin the Tint ed method: Bright ness The Brigh tness slid er e[...]

Chapter 21 — Filter Menu | Add Grain / N oise 213 Add Grain / Noise The Add Grain / Noi se tool enables you to add the st yli stic effec t of eit her grain or noise to your i mage. The g rai n fe atur e emul ates di ff eren t siz es of fil m grain withi n you r image, whi le the n oise feature ap plies ran dom detai l to your image t o appro xima[...]

214 C hapter 21 — Filter Men u | Co lor ize Brigh tness The Brightne ss slider c ontrols the over all luminos ity of th e image. Move t his slider to th e left to dar ken t he enti r e image or m ove this slider to the r ight to br ighten t he entire image. Co lo r i ze The Colo ri ze tool enable s you to add a color to your image. The Colo ri ze[...]

Cha pter 21 — Filter Menu | Black and Whi te Con versio n 215 To u s e t h e Black and W hite C onv ersion tool, follow thes e steps: The Black a nd White C onve rsion tool provides you with the following controls: Fil t er H u e The Fil te r H ue slide r enable s you to choose the hue of the fi lter that i s used to co nvert the ima ge from colo[...]

216 C hapter 21 — Filter Men u | Third-Part y Plug-Ins Con t ra st Use t he Contr ast sli de r t o ch an ge th e c ont ra st of y ou r im ag e. M ov in g t hi s s lid er to th e le ft wi ll dec rea s e th e contras t throughout the image, while moving th e slid er to the r ight wil l increase con trast. Third-P ar ty Plug- Ins Capture N X 2 suppo[...]

Chapter 22 — Batch Menu | Run Batc h Pr ocess 217 Chapter 22 Ba tch Menu Run Batch Proc ess Select Run Batch P rocess t o call up the Batc h Pr ocess dialog in order t o begi n applying a bat ch proce ss. With in the Batch Process dialog, you are pres ented with t wo different method s of app lying a batch proc ess: Batch P roc ess and Wa t c h e[...]

218 Chapt er 22 — Bat ch M enu | Run Batch Pr ocess Ap p ly Setti ngs Check thi s box if you would like to appl y a settings file t o your ima ge or if you would like to rever t any NEF file s to t heir origin al state. Unche cki ng this box wil l ensure that th e enhance ments found with in the imag e are not changed from their last saved state.[...]

Chapter 22 — Batch Menu | Run Batc h Pr ocess 219 ❏ NEF : Cho ose a co mpressio n sett ing in t he Adva nced sec tio n. ❏ TIFF : In the Advanced sec tion, choose a color model (RGB or CMYK ), bit depth (Always 8 bit or 16 bit if possible), and comp r ession t ype (None or LZW ). ❏ JPEG: Use th e pull- down menu to c hoose from Highest C omp[...]

220 Chapt er 22 — Bat ch M enu | Run Batch Pr ocess ❏ Run Proce ss Immediately Select Run Proces s Im medi ately to co ntinuall y monitor t he watched fol der for new i mages and process an y new images as soon as they are pla ced within the targete d folder . ❏ Run Proce ss Every Enter a number to determ ine how freque ntly, in hour s , Ca p[...]

Chapter 22 — Batch Menu | Run Batc h Pr ocess 221 Rena me By c hec king the Rename check box, Capture N X 2 wil l rename the images us ing the naming sys tem f oun d within the Fi le Naming dialog . Clic k on the Edit butto n to display th e Fil e Naming dialog . F or more inf ormation , please s ee the “F ile Naming Di alog” sect ion later i[...]

222 Chapt er 22 — Bat ch M enu | Run Batch Pr ocess ❏ Original N ame This option will place the or iginal file name at the beginning of the new file n ame. ❏ New Name This op tion will en able you t o type in a new n ame to enter a t the begin ning of the new fi le name. ❏ None This option will prevent a prefix from being added to the begin[...]

Chapter 22 — Batch Menu | Run Batc h Pr ocess 223 Queued The Queued tab sh ows a list of images t hat are cur rently wait ing to be processed. I f you do not wi sh a particular image t o be proc essed, un check th e box fo r that image . Log The Log tab contains a list of all of the images that have alr eady been processed a long with any possibl[...]

224 Chapt er 22 — Bat ch M enu | Co py Ad just men ts Close Wh en Done Check the Close When Done check box to cause the Processin g Queue window to close wh en the batc h proces s has c omplete d. Noti fy When C omplet e When this op tion is selected , a message bo x will be displaye d to notify y ou that the bat ch process has completed. Co py A[...]

Chapter 22 — Batch Menu | Save Adjus tme nts 225 Save A djustments Select the Sav e Adjustmen ts co mm an d to ope n t he “S ave Adjus tments ” dia log . I t is wi thin th e “Save Adjustm ents ” dialo g that y ou create se ttings f iles t hat will be use d for batch proce sses in the fu ture. When the “S ave Adju stm ents ” dialo g op[...]

226 Chapt er 22 — Bat ch M enu | Copy IPT C Info C opy IPT C Info The Copy I PTC In fo comm and will c opy only th e IPTC field s from the cu rrent ima ge tha t contain e ntries to Capture NX 2’ s clipboard. Y ou will then be able to use t he Pa st e I PTC I n fo command to add those copied IPTC fields to on e or more im ages. P aste IP T C Inf[...]

Chapter 23 — V iew M enu | S election Dis play 227 Chapter 23 Vi e w M e n u Se lectio n Display The optio ns provided in th e Selectio n Display su b-menu duplicat e the selection display contr ol pull-down menu fo und i n a step with in th e Edit List palett e. Thes e op tions enab le you to determi ne how to d isplay th e cur rent selec tion m[...]

228 Chapt er 23 — Vie w Me nu | S how All Control P oints Show Overla y The Show Ov erlay option displays the selec tion as a semi-trans parent color over lay , superi mposed on top of your i mage. Anywhere t his col or overlay is displayed, th e current step ’ s ad justment i s bein g applied. Anywhere t he image is disp layed, no enhance ment[...]

Chap te r 23 — V ie w Menu | Show Gri d 229 Show Grid Sele ct this opti on to imp ose a gri d patte rn over t he curre nt image . The color and spac ing of the grid can be set wit hin the “Preferences” dialog. Show F o cus Point When working with image s capt ure d by a Nikon camer a, you can dis play the focus area use d when captur ing the [...]

230 Chapt er 23 — Vie w Me nu | Show Lo st Shadow s The re sulting image will contain white, prima r y , and secondary colors only . The fo llowing table describes val ues thes e colo rs re pres ent: With thi s display o n, you can adjust th e setti ngs of one o f the enh ancem ents that have already been ap plied to reduce t he brig htening effe[...]

Chapter 23 — View Men u | View a t 100% 231 With Show Los t Sha dows enabl ed, you can modify any en hancemen ts that may make the im age too da rk . V iew at 100% Sele ct this opti on to set t he zoom ra tio for the cu rrent imag e to 100 %. F it to Screen Sele ct this opti on to set t he zoom r atio for the current im age so that t he enti r e [...]

232 Chapt er 23 — Vie w Me nu | Zo om Ou t Zoo m O ut Select t his option to zoom one step out of the ac tive image. F ull S cr een The full s creen displa y mode is useful f or maximizing the space us ed by Capture NX 2 . Use this displa y mode when editing image s to minim ize distrac tions an d enable you to focus entirely on the im age that i[...]

Chapter 23 — V iew Menu | Hide P ale ttes 233 Hide P alettes Sele ct this feature to quick ly hid e all of the pa lettes in the wor k area. Sho rtcut Ta b k e y[...]

234 Chapt er 23 — Vie w Me nu | Compare Images C ompare Images The thre e diff er ent compar e images mo des of C aptur e NX 2 pr ovid e you wi th diff erent options for comp aring im ages. The firs t two optio ns, C ompare in Editor and Comp are in Browse r , are only acc essible from within th e bro wser a nd pro vide y ou with the abili ty to [...]

Chapter 23 — V iew M enu | Co m pare I ma ges 235 C ompar e in E ditor Use th is option to comp ar e two different images in the editor . Selec t two different image s in the browser and select Compar e in Edito r from the Vi ew menu. T his wil l open bo th imag es with in the ed itor a nd zoom the ima ges so t hat they fit wi thin th e avai labl[...]

236 Chapt er 23 — Vie w Me nu | Compare Images C ompar e with Original Use this opti on to compare the ori ginal with the curren t state of the ac tive im age with in the editor . Selec t this op tion from the Vie w men u when y ou are wor kin g on a n imag e in th e editor , a nd Capt ure NX 2 will automaticall y open a duplicate window of the s[...]

Chapter 24 — W indow Menu | Workspac e 237 Chapter 24 W indow Menu W orkspace The Wo r k s p a c e s sub -menu provides you with an alter native lo cation to se lec t a works pace to us e to arrange Cap ture NX 2’ s palettes and windows. F or more information about the different options p r ovided within the W orkspaces sub-menu , please s ee t[...]

238 Chap te r 24 — Wi nd ow Menu | To o l b a r To o l b a r Selectin g the To o l b a r option from the Wi n d ow menu will sho w the toolbar . Bird’ s Ey e Selectin g the Bird’ s Ey e option from the Win d o w menu will display the Bird ’ s E y e pa lette. Edit List Selectin g the Edit List op tion from the Wi n do w menu will display the[...]

Chapter 25 — Help Menu | Con ten ts 239 Chapter 25 Help M enu Co nt e nt s The Con te n ts optio n bring s up the help contents with in you r defaul t I nternet browser . N avigate th rough th e help to acc ess the informa tion fro m this user ’ s man ual in a sear chable form at. T echni cal Suppor t The T echnica l Suppo rt option will launch[...]

240 Chap te r 25 — He lp Me nu | Show W elcom e Scr een Show W elcome Screen Selectin g the Show W el come S creen opt ion fr om th e Help menu will di splay th e welcome scre en. This is helpful if you have s elec te d the Don ’t sho w again che ckbox and you want to access t he welcome s creen again . Update C apture NX 2 Use thi s option to [...]

Chap ter 26 — Appe ndix: Sh ort -cu ts | The Brow ser 241 Chapter 26 Appendix: Shor t- cuts The Bro wser T ool Wi n d ows Macintosh Open Brows er Ctrl + Alt + B command + option + B Lab el im age( s) wit h labe l 1 11 Lab el im age( s) wit h labe l 2 22 Lab el im age( s) wit h labe l 3 33 Lab el im age( s) wit h labe l 4 44 Lab el im age( s) wit [...]

242 C hapter 26 — App endix: S hor t-cut s | The T o olb ar The T oolbar Photo Inf o To o l Wi n do ws Macintosh Filt er by Rat ing : 1 S tar Ctrl + Shift + 1 control + shift + 1 Filt er by Rat ing : 2 S tar s Ctrl + Shif t + 2 control + shift + 2 Filt er by Rat ing : 3 S tar s Ctrl + Shif t + 3 control + shift + 3 Filt er by Rat ing : 4 S tar s [...]

Chap ter 26 — Ap pendix : Shor t-c uts | Fi le M en u 243 File Menu Edit Menu T ool Wi n d ows Macintosh Open Image Ctrl + O command + O Open F older in Browser Ctrl + Alt + O command + optio n + O Lau nch T r ans fer Ctrl + Alt + T command + option + T Sav e Ctrl + S command + S Sav e As Ctrl + Shift + S command + shift + S Clos e Ctrl +W comman[...]

244 C hapter 26 — App endix: S hor t-cut s | Ad ju st M en u A djust Men u F ilter Menu Bat ch Menu Vi e w To o l Wi n do ws Macintosh Leve ls & Cur ves Ctrl + L / Ctrl + M command + L / command + M Cont rast / B rig htne ss Ctr l + Alt + Shift + C command + option + shif t + C LC H Ctrl + Shift + L command + shift + L Color Balance Ctrl + B [...]

Ch apter 26 — Appe ndix : Shor t-cu ts | Window Menu 245 W indow Menu Help Apple Specific Shor tcut T ool Wi n d ows Macintosh Browser W orkspace Alt + 1 option + 1 Metadata Workspace Alt + 2 option + 2 Muti-purpos e W orksp ace Alt + 3 option + 3 Ed it Wor k sp ace Alt + 4 opti on + 4 C ycle between open images Ctr l + T ab control + tab T ool W[...]

246 C hapter 26 — App endix: S hor t-cut s[...]

Chapte r 2 7 — Ap pe ndix: Supplied Color P rofiles | S tandard RGB Pr ofile s Supplied in Capture NX 2 247 Chapter 27 Appendix: Sup plied C olor Pr ofiles Standard RGB Profiles Supplied in C apture NX 2 Pr ofiles wi th a Gamma V alue o f 1.8 Ap ple RGB: NK Ap ple .icm (Windo ws)/ Nik on Apple RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macint osh) This pr ofile is used in [...]

248 C hapter 27 — App endix: Supplied Color Profiles | Stand a rd RGB Profiles Supplied in Capture NX 2 Adobe RGB (1998): NKA dobe.icm ( W indows)/ Nik on Adobe RGB (1998) 4.0. 0.3000 (Macintosh) A color-space profile define d in Adobe Photoshop 5.0. I t has a wider gamut t han sRGB and include s the colo rs fou nd in most C MYK gamuts , making i[...]

Chapter 27 — Ap pendix: Supplied Color Profiles | T e c h nical Data for RGB Pr ofiles S upplied with Capture NX 2 249 T echni cal Data for RGB Profiles Sup plied with Capture NX 2 The followin g table s hows the gam ma valu es for profiles s upplied in Capture NX 2, together with the chromat icity va lues for the white point and for red, green, [...]

250 C hapter 27 — App endix: Supplied Color Profiles | T ech nical Data for RGB Profiles S upplied with Cap ture NX 2 Capture NX 2 and Adobe Photoshop C olor Profiles Capture NX 2 output profile A dob e Ph otoshop p rofile sRG B (Ni kon sRGB 4 .0.0.30 01) sR GB Apple RG B (Ni kon Apple RGB 4.0.0 .3000) Apple RGB Color Match RGB (Ni k on Co lor Ma[...]

Chap ter 28 — A ppendix : Addition al Notices | General 251 Chapter 28 Appendix: A dditional Notic es Gene ral ❏ Make Bac kup Copies Mak e bac kup copies of impo r tant pi ctures before proces sing. N ik on will not be held liable for dama ges or lost profits that may result from pr o duct malfunction. C WARN ING ! : Do not play the Capture NX [...]

252 Chapter 28 — Appen dix: Ad ditional Not ices | Ca mera Adjustments Ca mera A d ju stments ❏ Non-Pict ur e Control Based Adjust ments When imag es taken wit h D1-seri es, D2 -serie s, D100 , D200, D80, D70S, D70 , D60, D50, D40, or D40X came ras are edi ted with t he Non- Picture Control op tion selec ted in the C amera settings ste p in th [...]

Chap ter 28 — Ap pendi x: Additi onal No tices | Col or M ode 253 Co l or M o d e ❏ Co lor M od e If Use this instead of emb edded profile is selec ted in the “Color Management ” tab of the “Pr eferences” dialog, the default RGB color profil e selecte d in the “Pref e r ence s ” dialog will be used as the working color space fo r al[...]

254 Chapter 28 — Appen dix: Ad ditional Not ices | Im a ge Dust Off Image Dust O ff ❏ Cameras That Suppor t Image Dust -Off The f ollo wing ca meras support Image Dus t Off : th e D3, D 2-seri es camera s, D3 00, D1 X / D1H ( firm ware vers ion 1.10 or late r), D2 00, D100, D80, D70S , D70, D6 0, D50, D4 0, and D4 0X. Im age Dust O ff is not su[...]

Chapter 28 — Appendix: Additio nal Notice s | Vi gnet te Con trol 255 V i gnette C ontrol Vignette control cannot be used to cor rect vignet ting cause d by PC Nik kor l enses or f lash ph otog rap hy . Opening Images ❏ RA W Images Created with the D1X The defa ult size for RA W im ages created with the D1X when ope ned in t he Capture NX 2 edi[...]

256 Chapter 28 — Appen dix: Ad ditional Not ices | Saving Images Saving Images ❏ Images Saved in C apt ur e NX 2 Im ages saved in Cap ture NX 2 cannot be viewed o n a camera. ❏ NEF Files (Nikon Capture 4 or Earlier) NEF files created with Capture NX 2 cann ot be opened in earlier versions of Nik on Capture. Cap ture NX 2 can h owever be us ed[...]

Chapte r 28 — App endix : Additional N otices | Size / Resol ution 257 Size / Resolutio n A Please n ote : The units fo r si ze and resolution are lost wh en settings are save d using the Sa ve option. C olor Management Prefer ences ( W indows ) ❏ Multiple Displays In a multiple displa y envi ronment, choose a single profile suited to a ll disp[...]

258 Chapter 28 — Appen dix: Ad ditional Not ices | Le vels & Cur ves Levels & C ur ves ❏ The Lev els & Curves and the L CH T ools The Levels & Cur ves tool controls the di strib ution of tone s in th e red, green, and b lue chann els and i n the RGB master channel, and pr ovides visual f eedback on the amount of tone informati o[...]

Chap ter 28 — Ap pendix: Addition al Notices | D-L ig h ti n g 259 D -Lighting ❏ Digital DEE D-Lighting replaces the Digi tal DEE tool available in earlier ve rsions of N ikon Captur e. Note that Digi tal DEE se ttings are i gnored when j oint setti ngs files created with earlier versions of N ikon Cap ture 4 are load ed into Captu re NX 2, whi[...]

260 Chapter 28 — Appen dix: Ad ditional Not ices[...]

Chapter 29 — Index 261 Chapter 29 Inde x A About Capt ure NX 2 240 Active D-Li ghting 136 Activity Toolbar 87 Adjust & Filter pull-down menu 145 Adju st Menu 181 Adjust Section 143 Apply Checkbox 123 Auto Color Aberrati on 140 Auto Le vels 1 87 Auto Red -Eye 14 0 Auto Retouch Bru sh 108 B Base Mask 144 Batch Menu 125, 217 Batch Process 217 Ba[...]

262 Chapt er 29 — Inde x Fit Photo 177 Fit to Screen 231 Flip 17 3 Focu s Point 229 Folde r 68 , 160 Folde rs 5 6, 237 Full Screen 232 G Gaussi an Blur 199 Gradient Tools 116 Grain 213 Grid 44, 229 Grip Edge 65 H Hand To ol 90 Help Menu 239 Hide P alettes 233 High Pa ss 19 9 Highlight Protection 138 Highlights 229 Histogra m 151 Hue Adjustm ent 1[...]

Chapter 29 — Index 263 NEF 256 TIFF 256 Save As 161 JPEG 162 NEF 161 TIFF 161 Saving Images 256 Selection Brush Tool 1 13 Selection Control Point 110 Selection Display 227 Selection Gra dient Tool s 116 Selection Inf ormation 143 Selection Overlay 45 Sepia 211 Shadow 230 Shad ow Pr otectio n 1 38 Sharpening 132, 135 Short-cuts 241 Show Active Sel[...]

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Cha pter 30 — Contac t Infor mation | Life-Long Learning 265 Chapter 30 Co n t a c t I n fo r m a t i o n Life -Long Learning As p ar t o f Nikon ’ s “L ife-L ong L earni ng ” comm itment to ong oing p roduct s upport and e ducat ion, continually- updated inf ormation is availabl e on-line at the f ollowing site s: ❏ F or users in the U.S[...]

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