Nikon NX-D manual

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 1 En Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide C aptur e NX -D Refer enc e Manual for V ersion 1.2.0 Introduction What Captur eNX-D C an Do for Y ou ......................... 2 Hiding Change s Made i n Cap ture NX/Ca ptur e NX 2 ... 4 The Captur eNX-D Window .........[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 2 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide What CaptureNX-D Can Do for Y ou Capture NX -D lets you ne -tune pic tures by , for example, adjusting brightness and hue , and can also be used to edit RA W images taken with Nikon digital cam- eras and sav e them in oth[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 3 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide What CaptureNX -D Can Do for Y ou F ine - T uning Pic tures in Captur eNX-D Capture NX-D stores image adjustments in a separat e “ sidecar ” le that is up- dated automatically as settings ar e changed. Image data P[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 4 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Hiding Changes M ade in Capture NX/C apture NX 2 Capture NX -D can be used in combination with Capture NX and Capture NX 2. T o hide changes made using Captur e NX or Captur e NX 2, click the button in the edit palette ( page 7 ) [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 5 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide The CaptureNX-D Window q w e r t y u i q Menu bar : Access the menus ( page 9 ). w T oolbar : Choose a view and access image ad- justment tools ( page 8 ). e Folder palett e : Select a folder to display its con- tents in the im[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 6 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Palett es CaptureNX -D oers the f ollowing palettes . The F older Palette The f older palette lists the folders in the com- puter ’ s storage system. Click a folder to view the images it contains in the image area or previ[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 7 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Palettes The Edit P alette Use the t ools in the ed it pale tte to adjus t the image curren tly sele cted or pre viewe d in the image are a. The tool list ( pag e 18 ) oers Expo sure C ompensa tion , Whi te Balanc e , Picture C[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 8 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide The T oolbar Use the toolbar to choose a view and ac cess image adjustment tools. q w ert yu io!0 !1!2!3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8!9 @0 @1 @2@3@4 q Print Print the image currently selected or pr eviewed in the image ar ea. Page 39 w Back/Fo [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 9 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide The Status Bar View inf ormation on the image selected or previewed in the image area. q w e r t y q File name The file name. w Zoom ratio The zoom ra tio at which the preview is currently display ed. e Color space The color spac[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 10 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Viewing Pictures CaptureNX -D oers the f ollowing viewing options. Thumbnails At default settings, Capture NX-D lists the images in the curren t f older as thumb - nails. Selec ted images are highligh ted in gray . Thumb[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 11 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Viewing Pictures Thumbnails and P review s Combined T o pr eview the current image with thumbnails above , belo w , or t o one side, click the button in the toolbar . Preview palette Thumbnail palette Click thumbnails to preview [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 12 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Viewing Pictures V iewing Images F ull Screen T o hide the menus, toolbar , and palettes and view the current image full screen, click the button in the toolbar . Use the left and right arrow keys on the keyboar d to view additio[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 13 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Side -by-Side Comparison T o compare multiple images side -by-side, or to compare befor e and af ter views of the same image, click the button in the toolbar and choose ( Compare Images ) or ( Compar e Before and A f ter Images )[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 14 Introduction Viewing P ic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Side-by-Side Comparison Compar e Before and A f ter Images ( ) Compar e before and after views of the curren t image. Before After n Updating the “Before ” Image T o update the “bef ore ” image to reect current imag[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 15 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image A djustment O ther Fea tures Menu Guide Rating Pictures can be assigned r atings of from (no rating) to ve stars . Ratings are assigned using the thumbnail rating icons or the Apply Ratings op - tion in the Image menu. 1 Selec t pictures.   T o select multip[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 16 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image A djustment O ther Fea tures Menu Guide Labelling T o make pictures easier to sor t and locate , y ou can assign them labels of from “0” (no label) through “9” , each with its own unique color . Ratings ar e assig ned using the thumbnail label icons or the Ap[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 17 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image A djustment O ther Fea tures Menu Guide Filtering T o lter pic tures using criteria such as ratings , labels, and photo inf ormation, click the button in the toolbar . A dialog will be displayed where you can select lters. Only pictures that match at least one [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 18 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide The Edit P alette Most image adjustments are per formed using the edit palette, which consists of a tool list, an adjust- ments palette , and tool buttons. The T ool List The tool list contains the items listed below . All but T [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 19 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide The Edit P alette T ool Buttons The follo wing tools can be accessed using the tool buttons at the bottom of the edit palette. Note that some of these tools can be used only with RA W (NEF/NRW ) images; for information, see the s[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 20 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Exposure Compensation (RA W Images) Adjust overall exposure, making images lighter or darker . The pull-down menu in the tool list can be used t o choose from values between +1.0 and –1.0EV . +1.0EV –1.0EV F or va lu[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 21 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide White Balance (RA W Images) Adjust white balanc e. The pull-down menu in the tool list oers a choic e of preset values. Incandescent Cloudy White balance can be ne -tuned using the Color T emperature and Tint controls in th[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 22 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide The controls in the image adjustment palette can be used to choose a color reproduction process, perfor m quick adjust ment s to the sel ected contr ol , or ne -tune individual Picture Contr ol paramet ers. n C olor Reprodu[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 23 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Picture Control (RA W Images) n Picture Con trol Par ameters F ine -tune individual Picture C ontrol parameters, including sharpening, clarit y , contrast, and saturation, or selec t Auto to let Capture NX -D adjust settings a[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 24 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T one/T one (Detail) Adjust overall br ightness and contrast, or make adjustments that aect only highlights and shadows . T one Clicking the icon shown at right displays the fol- lowing contr ols in the image adjustment palett[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 25 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T ool Buttons Use the tool buttons f or access to t ools not in the tool list. Noise Reduction Selecting this tool displays the following controls in the image adjustment palette: • Noise R eduction : Enabl e or disable nois e [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 26 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T ool Buttons Camera and L ens Corr ec tions Selecting this tool displays the following controls in the image adjustment palette: • Color Moiré Reduc tion (RA W images only) : T o reduce col- or moir é (an image artifac t vis[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 27 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T ool Buttons L CH The L CH color space models c olor using values f or l ightness (a proper ty similar but not identical to brightness or luminance), c hroma (color satura- tion), and h ue. These parameters can be ac cessed via [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 28 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T ool Buttons n Chroma Increase or decrease color saturation over the entire image or a portion of the color range, making colors more or less vivid. q Add Anchor Point : Click this button and then click the image in the previ[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 29 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T ool Buttons Straight en Straighten pic tures by up to ±10 °. Choose lower values to rotate the picture to the lef t, higher val- ues to rotat e it to the right. Straighten tool T o straighten pictures manually , click the [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 30 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide T ool Buttons Lev els & Curves Adjust contrast, tone (brightness), and color balance. Adjustments can be made over the entire image or to specic portions of the tone range (f or example , the gamut of a specic printer ,[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 31 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Copying A djustments Image adjustments can be copied and applied to other pic tures, speeding the process of enhancing pictures taken under similar conditions . Adding A djustments to the T ool List Curren t settings can be added[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 32 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Copying Adjustments The A djustment Manager T ool The adjustmen t manager can be used to apply multiple adjustments simultane - ously . • Copy Updated Adjustments : Copy all adjustments that have been changed sinc e the current[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 33 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Copying Adjustments 4 Click the adjustment manager ic on and se - lect Past e Adjustmen ts from the options in the adjustment palette . The adjustments copied in Step 2 are applied to the images selected in Step 3. B ecause we[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 34 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide File F ormat T o sav e RA W (NEF/NRW ) images in JPEG or TIFF format , click the button in the toolbar . A dialog will be displayed where you can choose a le format and adjust such settings as compression and image siz e. q e [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 35 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Cropping Pic tures T o crop unwant ed areas from images, click the button in the toolbar . The crop palett e will be displayed. F ollow the steps belo w to crop images. 1 Choose an aspect ratio in the crop palette and click Apply[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 36 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Cropping Pictures 3 Click the button in the toolbar to cr op the image.  Crop Crops are not applied to the original image data. The crop can be changed at any time by clicking the button in the toolbar . Crops are applied w[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 37 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Bat ch Processing The F ile > Run Batch Pr ocess option can be used to per form the same image adjustments on all pictures in a selected folder and then expor t the processed images in a selected le format. Batch proc es[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 38 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Batch Proc essing Clicking Start star ts processing and displays a progress dialog. Progr ess can be viewed in the Queued and F inished tabs. q w e q w e r Queued Finished q S ource : A list of the les that are a waiting proce[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 39 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Printing Pic tures T o print pictures on a printer connected to the c omputer , select the pictures and click the button in the toolbar . The “P rint ” dialog will be displayed . Adjust settings as described on the following [...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 40 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Printing Image Informa tion T o choose the information pr inted under each pic ture, select Print Information in the “Print” dialog ( page 39 ), click Settings , and adjust the settings described on the following page . Adv a[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 41 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Index Prints T o print multiple images per page , select Index Print for “Print T ype ” in the “Print” dialog ( page 39 ) and choose the number of pictures printed per page. Standard Choose the number of pictures per page[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 42 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Preferences T o modify the default behavior of Capture NX-D , selec t Pref erences… in the T ool menu (or on Mac com- puters, the C apture NX -D menu). q Maximum cache c apacity : Select a cache size. w Clear C ache : Clear the[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 43 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Menu Guide The Captur eNX-D Menu (Mac Only) • About Capture NX-D : Display the product version number . • Preferences : Open the Capture NX-D prefer ences dialog ( page 42 ). • Q uit Ca pture NX-D : Quit C aptur[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 44 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Menu Guide The Image Menu • Next Image/Previous Image : View the next or previous image in the current f older . • O pen With : Open the current image in anoth- er application. Use the Register option to add applications to t[...]

CaptureNX -D Reference Manu al 45 Introduction Vie wing Pic tures Filters Image Adjustment Other Featur es Menu Guide Menu Guide • Load Adjustments : Load adjustments from a le created with S av e Updated Ad- justments or Sav e All Adjustments and apply them to the curr ent image. • C ancel Crop Area : Cancel the curr ent crop ( page 35 )[...]