Nikon Capture 4 manual

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i T able of Contents Be fore Y ou B egin : Intr oduc ti on ........................................................................................................ 1 Ov er view : A bo ut T his Ma nual ......................................................................................................... 2 Prin cipal F eatu res : F eatu res Availa[...]

ii Ca ptur ing Ph otog raph s : Nikon C apt ure 4 C amera C ont rol ....................................................... 107 Th e Cam era Co ntrol W ind ow : Ge tti ng to Kn ow Nikon C aptu re 4 Ca mera C ontro l ............... 108 Star ting Nikon Capture 4 Came ra C ontro l ......................................................................[...]

1 Read this chapter before in stall ing and using Nik on Capture 4. Ove r vie w Read this sec tion for a des cription of how t his man u al is or ga nized and for an e x pla na tion of the sy mbols and con - ven tio ns used. Pri ncipal F eatu res Read this sec tion for an over view of the options availabl e in Nikon Captu re 4. Sy st em Req uirem e[...]

2 Ove r view Ov er v ie w Ab out T his Manu al This man u al has been writ ten t o help you tak e advantage o f the many features included in Nikon Capture 4 ( V er . 4.4) . B e sure to read this manual tho roughly , and t o keep it handy when using Nikon C apture 4. Symbol s and Co nv ent ions The follow ing symbo ls and conventions are used in th[...]

3 Fea tu res Avai lab le in N ikon Ca pt ure 4 Pri ncipal Fea tures Feat ures Avai lable in Nikon Ca pture 4 Nikon Capture 4 is for us e exclusively with N ik on digital cameras. It consis ts of two major component s: N ik on Capture 4 Editor and Nik on Capture 4 Camera C ontrol. Nik on Capture 4 Editor Nikon Capt ure 4 Edi tor is us ed t o enhance[...]

4 Pri nci pal F eat ure s Autom atic Up date Nikon Capture 4 is equipped with an auto matic up date f unction known as Nik on Mess age Cen ter . Nik on Me ssag e C enter check s for updates to a variet y of N ik on digital pro duct s, in - cluding N ik on s oft ware. At default se ttings, Nik on M ess age Center will aut omaticall y check for updat[...]

5 Wh at Y ou N eed to R un Ni kon Ca ptu re 4 S ys tem Requirements What Y ou N eed t o Run Nikon Ca pture 4 Before installing Nikon Capture 4, mak e sure that your sy stem satis fi es the follow ing re quire - ments : Wi nd ows M aci nt osh OS Pre - ins talle d ver sions of W indow s X P Hom e Editi on, W indow s XP Pro fes s ion al, Win d ows 20[...]

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7 Nikon Capture 4 editor c ompo nent cont ains a variety of tools for enhancing images, including the Curve s, LC H Editor , Color Boos ter , Photo Effec ts, Unsharp Mask , N oise Reduc tion, D - Lighting, Red Eye C orrec tion, and Fisheye Lens tools. With R A W ( NEF ) images, it can be used to adjust white balance and tone compensation, to reduce[...]

8 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w The Editor W indow Get ti ng to Know N ikon Captu re 4 Edit or The main par t s of the Nikon C apture 4 Editor window are id entifi ed bel ow . The Me nu Ba r and Qu ick Tools Alt hough many opera tions can be pe rfor med using both menu commands and the but tons in the Quick T ools p alet te, the exp lanations in t his man[...]

9 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Quic k T o ols The Q uick T o ols palet te contains buttons that replicate comm only - used menu commands. Bu t to n Na me Fu nc ti on Sh or tcu t * Op en Click to ope n an image fi l e for editin g. Ctrl + 0 / cmd + 0 1 3 Save Save chang es to the image in th e ac ti ve imag e win d ow . Ctrl + S /[...]

1 0 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w S tar ting Nikon Capture 4 Editor Nikon C apture 4 Editor can be star ted from the Star t menu (W in dows ) or double - click ing the ap pli c a tion icon ( Macintosh ). Wind ows 1 T ur n the comp uter o n T ur n the computer on and wait for the ope rating sys tem to star t up. 2 Star t Nikon Ca pture 4 Edito r From the St[...]

1 1 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Mac intosh 1 T urn t he comp uter o n T ur n the computer on and wait for the ope rating sys tem to star t up. 2 Star t Nikon C apture 4 Edito r Double - click the Nikon Capture 4 Editor icon ( ) in the folder to which you insta lled Nikon Capture 4. Prod u ct Key If prompt e d to supp ly a pro duc[...]

1 2 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Editor T o close the N ik on Capture 4 Editor window and e xit Nikon Capture 4, open the File menu and choose Ex it ( Wind ows) or Quit ( Mac OS 9 ) . In Mac OS X, selec t Quit Nikon Cap ture Editor from the applicatio n menu. Wi ndow s Mac O S X[...]

1 3 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r T IF F ( CMY K) I mag es Imag es save d in TI FF ( CMYK ) format ca n not be reo pene d in Nikon Capture 4 Editor. NEF Fi les ( N ikon Ca ptur e 3 or Ear lier ) NEF fi l es create d with N ik on Capture 4 c an not be o pene d in earlier ve rsio ns of Nikon Capture. RAW Im age s Cre ated w ith t he[...]

1 4 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w 2 Loc ate the ima ge fi le Navigate to the drive ( volume ) and folder containing the fi le you w ish to open. 3 Click Op en Double - click the fi le or selec t it from the fi les liste d and click Op en . The selec ted fi le will be op ened in an image wind ow in Nik on Capture 4 Editor . Usin g Drag an d Drop Image [...]

1 5 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Ope ning t he Multi - Imag e Window The Multi - Image window show s the images in the sele cted folder as small thumbnail pre - view s. Use t he Multi - I mage w indow to view other images while making adjus tments to the current image, or to selec t multiple imag es for editing, saving, o r printi[...]

1 6 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w 4 Sele c t a thumb nail The corres ponding image will b e displayed in the image area. Mult i - Im age Win dow But tons The names and func tions of the but tons in the Multi - Imag e w indow are shown in the fol - lowing t able: When the thumbnail area is closed: Bu t to n Na me Fu nc ti on Bac k to pr eviou s fol der Retu[...]

1 7 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Wh en the t humbnail a rea is o pen : Bu t to n Na me Fu nc ti on Sel ec t Fol der O pen the B rowse F or Fo lder dial og to se lec t a folde r fo r display in the Mu lti - Imag e windo w . Bac k to pr eviou s fol der Return to th e previou s folder. For wa rd to ne xt f olde r Op en the ne xt fol [...]

1 8 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w Zoom T o zoom images in an d out, click the b ut- ton. The mouse point er w ill change to a mag ni f y ing glass with a “ + ” sign in it s cen ter . Position the zo om cursor over the current im - age and click the mouse to zoom in one step. T o zoom out o ne step, hold d own Alt (Win - dows ) or option ( Macintosh) . [...]

1 9 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r The Bird ’ s Ey e Palette The B ird’ s Eye palet te shows the position of the por tio n of the image v isible in the ac tive im - age window . T o display or hide the Bird’s Eye palette, click the triangle in the Bird’s Eye palette title bar ( 29 ). B y default, the Bird’ s Eye palet te i[...]

20 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w Rotating and Flipping Images The image in the a ctive imag e window can b e rotated or fl ipp ed as des cribed be low . Rot ating I mage s Cl ick the but ton or selec t 9 0 degr ees CW from the Rota te sub - menu to rotate the imag e in the ac tive window 90 degrees to th e right. C lick the button or selec t 9 0 degr ees [...]

21 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Straighte ning I mages T o straighten the image in the ac tive image wind ow: 1 Sel ec t Straight en… from th e Rota te sub - menu The Straighten dialog will be displaye d. 2 Straighte n the imag e Straigh ten the image using the Draw Level b utton o r by entering the de sired rotation in the Rot [...]

22 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w Select ing a Crop Using the crop tool, you can s elec t a por tion of an image to be s aved in a separate fi le. If no sele cti on is made, the entire image will be saved. 1 Click the bu tto n or se lec t Crop Curs or from th e View me nu When the mouse is moved over the image area in the ac tive window , it w ill chang e [...]

23 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r The Information Palette The informatio n palet te shows the position and c olor of the pixel und er the mous e pointer . T o display or hide the Inf ormation palet te , click the triangle in the Information palette title bar ( 29 ) . By default, the Information palet te is in T ool Palet te 3. In fo[...]

24 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w The pixels currently being monitored in the Information palette are shown by a icon in the image window. Each point is id entifi ed by a num ber cor re sp ond ing to the point num ber listed in the In for ma tio n palette. Y ou c an monitor up to four pix els at a time. ico n Poi nt numb er Movin g a Wa tc h Point T o move[...]

25 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Lo st Highli ghts a nd Shad ows Areas of the image in which deta ils in the high end or low ends of the tone range may have been los t (“lost” highlights or shad ows) can be i dentifi ed by lo cating pixels with t he ma ximum or minimum value for one or more channel. This inf ormation can be us[...]

26 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w The Histogram Palette The histo gram palette show s the level dis tribution for the image in the a ctive w indow or , if a crop is sele cted, for the current cro p ( 22). T o dis play or hide the His togram palette, click the trian gle in the Histog ram palet te title bar ( 29 ) . B y default, th e Histogram palet te is in [...]

27 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r The Markers Palette Ch anges to pic tures can be recorde d using the Mark ers palet te. T o display or hide the Mark- ers palette, click the triangl e in the Markers palet te titl e bar ( 29 ) . B y default, th e Markers palet te is in T o ol Palet te 3. T o add a marker: 1 Click Add After editing a[...]

28 Th e Edit or Wi ndo w Show Focus Area T o show the f ocus area used when the image in the act ive w indow was taken, s elec t Show Foc us Ar ea from the Ima ge menu. Show Fo cus A rea The focus area will not be displaye d if the image was created using a COOL PI X - ser ies cam era, a non - CPU lens, o r manual focus. Lat eral Ch roma tic A ber [...]

29 En han ci ng Im age s Image Adjustment Enhan cing Image s Before they will be rea dy for display or output o n a monitor or printer , imag es captured from the camera will usually nee d to be adjusted to a size and reso lution appropriate to the task at hand. Other set tings, such a s w hite balance, contrast, sharpness, luminosity, color brigh [...]

30 Im age A dju stm en t Op ening T ool Pal et tes in S epar ate Wind ows T ool pal ettes can be o pened in a separate window by clicking the palette title and drag - ging it outsid e th e cur rent wind ow to create a new tool palet te w indow con tain ing only the sel ecte d palet te . T ools c an b e adde d to th e new window by drag ging in ad d[...]

31 En han ci ng Im age s The s ettings that can b e adjusted dep end on the image qualit y set ting in ef fect wh en the photograph was re corded. Ph otographs t aken at an image - qualit y setting of RAW can be proces sed to adjust white balance, reduce the effec t s of dust, per form vignette control, or to alter expo sure com pen s a tio n, im a[...]

32 Im age A dju stm en t Sugges ted steps for proce ssing images are show n below . R AW Image s The L C H Editor c an then b e used t o adjus t luminosit y , saturation, a nd hue, the C ur ves tool to fi ne - tune the distributi on of tones in the red, gre en, blue , and master channels . Use the Advance d R A W and White Balance to ols to adjust[...]

33 En han ci ng Im age s White Balance The tools in the W hite Balance pal ette are used to adjust white b alance for R AW images . Using these tools, not only can you corre ct white balance when the set ting cho sen with the camera failed to produce the desire d effec t, you can also d eliberately alter white balance to introduce a cold or warm ca[...]

34 Im age A dju stm en t 4 Adjus t whit e balance u sing th e optio ns in the W hite Bala nce pale t te Ca mera WB : Shows the white balance set ting in effe ct at the time the ph o to graph was taken and the amount of fi ne - tuning per formed. New WB : T he white balance s etting t o be applied to the ca p tured image c an be chos en from the op[...]

35 En han ci ng Im age s Gain va lue s Res et bu t ton Pop - up men u Slid er s Sam pling th e Imag e for Gray Point 1 Sele c t Set G ray Point Sele ct S et Gray Point fro m the pop - up menu at the top o f the White Balance palet te. 2 If the A pply b ut ton i s off ( ) , turn i t on ( ) Samp le Size The size of the area sampl ed with the ey edrop[...]

36 Im age A dju stm en t Gain for the red and blue channels will be adjusted based on t he p oints sampled, chang ing the sl ope of the red and blue tone cur ves and the po sition of the re d and blue slider s. White b alance can also be a djusted by moving the re d and blue sliders or by entering a value from 0. 1 to 1 0 in the tex t boxes to thei[...]

37 En han ci ng Im age s “Wr ite to C ame ra” Before conn ec ting the c amera to th e computer, set the US B option i n the cam era setup m enu to P TP . “Wr ite to C ard ” Nikon Capture 4 writes the ne w value for white balance to the folde r with the highe st folder numb er . If this folde r already contai ns 99 9 images, the cam era may [...]

38 Im age A dju stm en t The Se t t ing s Menu The W hite Bal an ce Set tings menu c an also b e displayed by s e le ct in g Whit e Bal a nce from th e Set tin gs menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t o Clip b oar d Copy current w hite balance s ett ings to the clip board. Lo ad… Sel ec t t his i tem to re store white ba lance to s etti ngs saved [...]

39 En han ci ng Im age s 2 If the A pply b ut ton i s off ( ) , turn i t on ( ) 3 Adjus t Advan ced R AW set ting s E xp Co mp : Choos e a value from –2 to +2 EV using the slider or enter a value in the text box to its right. Choos e 0 to per form no compensation. Sharpening : Adj ust the sh arpn ess of outli nes in the im age ac co rdi ng to the[...]

4 0 Im age A dju stm en t Sharp eni ng, T on e Comp ., Co lor M ode, a nd Sa turat ion In th e cas e of image s taken wi th D 2- series , D 1- s erie s, D2 0 0, D 1 00, D70s, D7 0, or D50 c ameras , the sharp ening, tone comp ensatio n, color mode, and saturat ion set tings in effec t at the time the photo - graph was t aken are marked w ith an ast[...]

4 1 En han ci ng Im age s Exp osur e Com pen sati on Highlig hts in i mages s aved in N ikon Capture 4. 3 or earli er wit h a neg ative valu e sele ct ed for ex posure comp ensati on may display di ffere ntly whe n open ed in Nikon Capture 4 Editor Ver . 4.4 or late r . The Se tt ing s Menu The Advanced RAW Se ttin gs menu c an als o be d isplayed [...]

42 Im age A dju stm en t 2 T urn t he Ap ply bu t ton on ( ) T ur n the Appl y button on ( ) to enable Image Dus t Of f . 3 Click Cha nge.. . Cl ick Chang e.. . to se lec t a reference image for I mage Dus t O ff. Image Dust Of f will be per formed when the im age is selec ted. The date of creation of the selec ted fi le will be displayed under ?[...]

43 En han ci ng Im age s Image s T aken with D2- Series , D2 00 , D 70s, D 7 0, or D50 Cameras If the current image was created with a D 2- serie s, D200, D7 0s, D 70 or D50 c amera, N ik on Capture 4 Editor will s earch for reference fi l es created wi th the camera Imag e Dust O ff optio n (e xtensio n “ .ndf” ). If it fi nds a reference ?[...]

4 4 Im age A dju stm en t Cre ating D ust O ff Re f Photos T o create a Dust Of f ref photo for cam eras other than the D 2 serie s, D 200, D 70s, D 70 , or D50 : 1 Sele c t a CPU l ens Mount a CPU lens on the camera. We recommend using a lens with a focal length of at least 50 mm. If using a zoom lens, zoom in to the maximum telephoto position. 2 [...]

45 En han ci ng Im age s Reus ing Im age D ust O ff S et tin gs Before pas ting or loading Ima ge Dust Of f set tings into the Image Dust O ff pale tte for another image, be sure that the image was created wit h the same cam era used to record the Imag e Dust Of f reference fi le. If th e reference fi le wa s created w ith a dif ferent cam era, a[...]

46 Im age A dju stm en t 2 T urn t he Ap ply bu t ton on ( ) T ur n the Appl y button on ( ) to enable Vignet te control. 3 Adjus t inten sit y Vignet te control can b e per formed manually by d ragging the Inten sit y slider or entering a value in the te xt box to its right. C hoos e a value bet ween – 1 0 0 and +200 ac cord ing to the drop in m[...]

47 En han ci ng Im age s The V ignet te C ontro l Set ting s Menu Cl icking the icon in the V ignet te C o n - trol p alette dis play s the Vignet te Control Set tings menu. The Se t t ing s Menu The V ignet te Control menu c an also b e displaye d by se le ct ing Vign et te Con tro l from the Set tin gs menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t o Clip [...]

4 8 Im age A dju stm en t Curves Althoug h your N ik on digital camera will repro duce colo rs accurately if set tings have be en ad just e d appropriately, it will usually be ne cessar y to adjust contrast, tone (br ightness) le vels, and color balance to mak e max imum use of the tone range and color gamut offered by a par ticular output d evice,[...]

49 En han ci ng Im age s When th e cursor is move d over an image or over the cur ve edit display , the input and output values for the point und er the cur sor are shown in the input /outpu t display . T he input value represent s the level of the pixel in the o riginal image, the out put value the level of the pixel after any change s to the curv[...]

50 Im age A dju stm en t The Hi sto gram ( R AW / 16 - Bi t TI FF Im age s Only ) T o reduce disp lay times wh en dealing w ith large am ounts of imag e data, N ik on Capture 4 may disp lay a histo gram conta ining ver tica l lines. Chann el Se lec tio n Shor tc uts The c urrent channe l can als o be sel ec ted using th e followin g shor tcut s: ?[...]

5 1 En han ci ng Im age s Set tin g the Wh ite Point a nd Blac k Point The endpoints of the cur ve are referred to as the “ white point” and the “black point. ” The black point for a given channel re presents the darkest shade ( minimum value) for that color , the white p oint, the brightest shad e (ma ximum value ). B y default, the input [...]

52 Im age A dju stm en t Whi te - P oint and Blac k- Point Slid er s The w hite - point and black- point slider s can be us ed to match the white and black points to the his to gram displayed in the cur ve edit display . While thes e slider s c an b e use d to edit cur ves for any channel, the best result s are usually obtained when they are used t[...]

53 En han ci ng Im age s Wh ite - p oint o utpu t slid er Blac k- point o utp ut slid er Whi te Poi nt and Blac k Point O utpu t Levels Once you have set the input l evel for the black p oint and w hite point, output leve ls can be altered to refl ec t the ac tual shade of th e darkest and brightest pixels in the image. If the darkest sh ade in th[...]

54 Im age A dju stm en t Gamm a Gamma ( also writ ten “ γ ”) is a funda mental prope rt y of vide o sy stem s which determ ines th e in ten si t y of the outp ut signal relati ve to the in put. When cal culating gamma, the maximum pos sible input intensit y is assi gned a value of one, and th e minimum possi ble intensit y (n o input) is ass i[...]

55 En han ci ng Im age s Editin g Cur ves Dir ect ly Fine adj ustment s can be made to brightness a nd contrast in spe cifi c por tions of the tone range by ad ding additional points to the cur ves for each channel. The se p oints can b e free ly ad - just ed by drag g ing them into new positions, changing the shape of the curve. Steepening the sl[...]

56 Im age A dju stm en t The Se t t ing s Menu The Cur ves Se tting s menu can a lso be di splayed by s elec ting C ur ves from the Set tin gs menu. The Cu rve s Set ting s Menu Cl icking the button in the C urves pal - ette display s the C ur ves Set tings menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t o Clip b oar d Copy current Cur ves set tings to t he c[...]

57 En han ci ng Im age s The LCH Editor The L CH Editor mod els color using L uminosit y (mas ter lightness ), C h roma (col or saturation, or vivi dness ), and H ue. A separate Color Lightnes s channel is availabl e for adjusting t he bright- ness of s elec ted color s. T o use the LC H Editor: 1 Disp lay the LCH Editor Sele ct the tool palet te c[...]

58 Im age A dju stm en t The M aste r Light ness C hannel Altho ugh it affec ts brightness rather than color , editing luminosity has a similar effec t to edit - ing the master cur ve in the Curves pa lette. Lu mi nos it y cur ve : Maps lumino sity in the original imag e ( input) to the luminosity of the image after editing (o utput). A ny por tion[...]

59 En han ci ng Im age s The C olor L ightne ss Cha nnel The Color L ightness channel controls the brightness of colo rs without a ffec ting chroma or hue. It can be us ed, for example, to brighten the blue of a dark sky. Col or l igh tne ss cu rve : Ma ps t he br ightness of col ors in the original image (input) to the brightness of color s after [...]

60 Im age A dju stm en t The C hroma C hannel The Chroma editor is useful tool for adjus ting color saturation. Chr om a cu rve : Maps chroma in the original image ( input) to the chroma of the image after editing ( output) . M oving a point on the curve upward makes colors in the af fected po rtio n of the color range more vivid, while moving it d[...]

6 1 En han ci ng Im age s The H ue Chann el The hue editor is used to map s elec ted colors in the original ( input) image to a sp ecifi c range of color s in the fi nal ( output) image. T his can be used, for example, to make all reds in the image slightly more o range, or even green or blue. Hu e cur ve : Maps hue in the original image ( input)[...]

62 Im age A dju stm en t The L CH Edito r Set ting s Menu Cl icking the triangle in the top right corner of the LC H Editor displays the L CH Edi - tor set tings menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t o Clip b oar d Copy current LCH Editor set tings to the clipb oard. Lo ad… Sel ec t this item to load set tings pre viousl y saved using th e Save…[...]

63 En han ci ng Im age s Color Booster The C olor Boos ter is used to enh ance overall color saturation (v ividness ) ac cording to the t ype of subjec t ( por trait or landscap e) . 1 Disp lay the Col or Boo ste r palet te Sele ct t he tool p alette containing the C olor Boos ter from the Vi ew menu (the default l ocation for th e Color Booster pa[...]

6 4 Im age A dju stm en t Photo Effec ts The Photo Effec ts palet te is used to conver t pictures to black- and - white, sepia, or another monochrome tint, or to adjust the brig htness of the cyan / red, mag enta / gre en, and yellow / blue channels. 1 Disp lay the Pho to Ef fec t s palet te Sele ct the tool palette containing the Pho - to Effe ct [...]

65 En han ci ng Im age s The P hoto Ef fec ts S ett ings M enu Cl icking the triangle in the top right corner of the Photo Ef fect s palet te displays the P hoto Effec ts s ettings menu. The Se t t ing s Menu The Photo Effe ct s Se tting s menu can also be disp layed by s elec ting Photo E ff ec ts from the Set tin gs menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion [...]

66 Im age A dju stm en t Color Balance The C olor Balance palet te offer s simple c ontrols f or adjusting overall brightne ss, c ontrast, and color balance f or the en tire image. Unlik e the controls in the Curves pale tte, h owever , the C olor B alance pal ette do es not allow you to make chang es that affec t only a por tion of the tone range.[...]

67 En han ci ng Im age s The C olor B alance S et tings M enu Cl icking the button in t he Color Bal - ance palet te displays the C olor Balance Set - tings menu. Disp layin g the C olor B alan ce Pal ett e The default to ol pa let te windo w for the C ol or Balanc e palet te is n ot displaye d the fi r st time N ikon Capture 4 Editor s tar t s. T[...]

68 Im age A dju stm en t The Warn ing Bu tt on A warning but ton app ears if the imag e in the ac tive window is displaye d at a zoom ratio too low to allow the ef fec ts of Unsharp Ma sk to be disp layed. Click the but ton to v iew the war ning. Unsharp Mask Using Unsharp Mask, the user can increase the sharpness of photographs by making edges mor[...]

69 En han ci ng Im age s 3 Creat e an Unsh arp Mas k Unsharp M ask can be appli ed to all the color s in the image or sele cti vely to a ny com bi - na tion of red, green, and blue channels. Sele ct a combination of col ors from the Color pop - up menu. The Unsharp Mask you create will be applied only t o edges in t he sele cted color s. 4 Sele c t[...]

70 Im age A dju stm en t The Se t t ing s Menu The U nsharp Mas k Set tings menu c an also b e displaye d by sele ctin g Unsh arp Ma sk from the Set tin gs menu. The U nshar p Mask Se tt ings M enu Cl icking the bu tton in the Unsharp Mask palet te displays the Unsharp Mask S et- tings menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t o Clip b oar d Copy curren[...]

71 En han ci ng Im age s Noise Reduc tion This pale tte can be use to mitigate the effec t s of noise that s ometimes appears in images taken with digit al cameras. Red ucing N oise 1 Disp lay the Noi se Re duc tion p alet te Sele ct the tool palet te containing t he Nois e Reduc tion palet te from the View menu ( the default lo cation for the No i[...]

72 Im age A dju stm en t The N oise Reduc tio n Set ting s Menu Cl icking t he but ton in the N oise Re - duc tion palet te displays the Nois e Reduc tion Set tings menu. The Se t t ing s Menu The Nois e Red uct ion S ett ings menu can also b e displ ayed by s ele cting Noi se R educ ti on from the Set - tin gs menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t [...]

73 En han ci ng Im age s D - Lighting D - L ighting reveals details in sh adow s and highlight s, correcting for underex posure in back- lit subjec t s or shaded areas of images and for overe xposure in brightly lit areas . 1 Disp lay the D - Lighting p alet te Sele ct t he tool p alette containing the D - L ighting pal ette from the View menu (the[...]

7 4 Im age A dju stm en t Digi tal D EE D - L ighting replace s the Digit al DEE tool available in earlier versi ons of Nikon C apture 4. Note that Dig ital DEE sett ings a re ign ored when j oint s ett ings fi l es c reated with earlier versio ns of Nikon Capture 4 are loa ded into Nikon Capture 4 V er . 4.2 or later , while Di gital D EE sett in[...]

75 En han ci ng Im age s Red ey e Correc tion T o correct re d - eye in por trait subjec t s: 1 Disp lay the Red Eye C orre ct ion pale tt e Sele ct the tool palet te containing the Red Eye C or- rec tion palet te from the View menu (the default loc ation is T oo l Palet te 1) and click the tria ngle at the palet te’ s top lef t corner . 2 T urn [...]

76 Im age A dju stm en t The Se t t ing s Menu The red - eye co rrec tio n Set tings m enu ca n also be dis played by sele ctin g Red Eye Cor rec tio n from the Set t ings m enu. The R ed Eye Corre ct ion Se tti ngs Me nu Cl icking the button in the Red Eye C or- rec tion palet te display s the red - eye correc tion Set tings menu. Op tio n De scr [...]

77 En han ci ng Im age s Fi sh e y e Le ns ( F i s h e ye - t o - R ect i li n ea r T ra n sf o rm for DX 1 0. 5 m m Fi s h e y e Le n s es) The tools in the Fisheye L ens pal ette modif y images taken w ith an A F DX 10.5 mm f2.8G Nikkor fi sheye lens to resemble images t ak en with a normal wid e - angle lens . T his option is not available with[...]

78 Im age A dju stm en t The Fi sheye Le ns Set tin gs Me nu Cl icking the but ton in the Fisheye L ens palet te displays the Fishe ye Lens Set tings menu. The Se t t ing s Menu The Fisheye L ens Se tting s menu c an also be disp layed by s elec ting F isheye L en s from the Se t t ing s menu. Op tio n De scr ipt ion Copy t o Clip b oar d Copy curr[...]

79 En han ci ng Im age s Output Size and Resolution The Size / Re solution palette is where you speci fy the fi nal (“ output” ) size of the por tion of the image that will be saved when Save or Save as… is sele cted from the File menu. The choice of set tings in the Size / Reso lution palet te depends on how you intend to use the imag e and[...]

8 0 Im age A dju stm en t at : T he at te xt box is where you enter the output res o lu tion. T his te xt box is not acti ve if the u nit chosen for output size is “ pix - els, ” whe n res o lu tion is fi xe d at 30 0 ppi. The value cho s en at other set tings should re fl e ct the res o lu t ion of th e out put de vice on which the fi nal i[...]

81 En han ci ng Im age s The Se t t ing s Menu The S ize / Re s o lu t ion S ett ings menu c an also be d isplayed by s elec ting S ize / Re sol ution f rom the Se t - tin gs menu. The S ize / Res olutio n Set ting s Menu Cl icking the but ton in the Size / Resoluti on palet te display s the Size / Resoluti on Set tings menu. Op tio n De scr ipt io[...]

82 Im age A dju stm en t Saving and Loading Image Adjustment Set tings Image adjustme nt set tings for all too l pal - ette s (including the status of the Apply but - ton for each pal et te) c an be copied to the clip bo ard and saved in com bined set tings fi le. When the com bined set tings are pas ted or read into t he Nikon Capture 4 Editor , [...]

83 En han ci ng Im age s Saving Images Image s disp layed in Nikon C apture can be saved in a variety of fi le formats. Hint s for choosing a suitable fi le format may be found on the page s that follow . Choo sing a File Type Nikon Capture 4 suppor ts the following fi l e ty pes when s aving images : Fil e t yp e Co mp res sio n E xt en sio n N[...]

8 4 Im age A dju stm en t Opt ions fo r Saving I mage File s Nikon Capture offer s t wo options for saving fi les : Save and Save as… . T he S ave optio n s aves the image in the same loc ation as the original without changing the fi l e name or f ormat. The Save as… option let s yo u cho ose a location, fi le name, an d format. Wh en the Mu[...]

85 En han ci ng Im age s File Na ming C onvent ions Win dows : I n envir onment s that do not suppor t long fi le names , the max imum lengt h is eight char- ac ters ; fi le na mes may n ot contai n space s, quotes , or any of the follow ing charac ters : “ ” “/ ” “:” “ . ” “;” “ *” “?” “ <“ “>” and ?[...]

86 Im age A dju stm en t Save O ption s In addition to the set tings listed above, the following options are available in the S ave dialog : Bit de pth : The bit depth (the number of bits of color inf ormation per channel for each pixel in the image) at which the image will be saved. Bit depth can only be selec ted if the sele cted fi le t ype is [...]

87 En han ci ng Im age s The S ave Progr ess Wi ndow ( Window s 98 SE / Wi ndows Me / M ac OS 9 Exclu ded ) If the U se S ave Pro gres s Win dow o ption is selec ted in the Performance tab of the Preferences dialog ( 1 00 ) , t he S ave Prog - ress window w ill be displayed w hile images are s aved (the Save Pro gress w indow is not available in Wi[...]

8 8 Im age A dju stm en t Printing Images Image s can be printed dire ctl y from Nikon Capture 4 Editor to tes t the effec t s of image ad - just m ents. 1 Ope n the ima ge Be sure the image you w ish to prin t is op en in Nik on Capture 4 Editor . 2 Sele c t Print … from th e File me nu The P rint Layout dialog w ill be displayed. 3 Print th e i[...]

89 En han ci ng Im age s Me ta Dat a… T o choo se the information to be i ncluded with each print, click Me ta Data … . The “Meta dat a print setup” dial og will b e displayed ; adjus t the following set tings and click OK to return to the “Print layout” dialog. Dep th level : Put a check in the box nex t to the level of information you[...]

9 0 Im age A dju stm en t Page L ayout Choose from Sel ect layout and Sel ec t pic ture siz e and adjust options a s describ ed below. Sele ct layout : Wh en this option is sele cted, you c an choo se the number of images that will be printed from a dro p - down m enu. Op tio n Pag e ori en tat io n Por t rait L a nd sc ape 1 Up One ima ge printe d[...]

91 En han ci ng Im age s Inkj et printer : We recommend this option when printing on inkjet or color laser printers. The sel ecte d images will be prin ted at high quality and speed at the highest resolu tion suppor ted by the printer (if the printer suppor ts res olutions higher than 360 dpi, the im - ages wil l print at 360 dpi) . All ot her t yp[...]

92 Im age A dju stm en t Befor e Us ing Ba tch Pr oce ssin g Batch processi ng is used to per form the op erations spec ifi ed in the Image Adjustme nts sec tion of the Batch d ialog o n all fi l es in a sele ct ed fold er . T o ensure t hat desi red resul ts a re achie ved, we r ec om me nd pro ce ss ing a tes t image before beg inning batch pro[...]

93 En han ci ng Im age s This sec tion describ es how to use bat ch processing with fi les that have already been saved to the computer’s h ard disk. For in for ma tion on batch processing of image s captured direc tly from the cam era, see “Nikon Capture 4 C amera C ontrol” ( 1 1 6) . 1 Disp lay the Batch d ialog Cl ick the but ton or selec[...]

9 4 Im age A dju stm en t A pause dialog will be displayed; adjus t set tings as desired and then click Resume Bat ch to retu rn t o the batch processing dialog. Ap pl y set tin gs i n : S elec t this option to proces s the images in the s elec ted folder using joint s ettings cre at ed using the Save S ele cte d Adju stm ents or Save All Adju stme[...]

95 En han ci ng Im age s 4 Choo se a de s tination fo r the pro ces sed i mage s In the D estination se cti on, choose o ptions for saving the proces sed image s. Use so urc e fold er : When this option is sel ected, pro cessed images w ill be saved to the same fold er as the original. Use s our ce fi le na me : When this option is selec ted, proc[...]

96 Im age A dju stm en t 5 Begin p roce ssin g Cl ick S t art to put the sele cted set tings in to ef fect and begin processing. A batch progres s dialog will be displayed (except in Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, or M ac OS 9, the Save Progres s window will b e displayed if Use S av e Pr ogre ss Win dow is sel ecte d in the Per - formance tab of the P[...]

97 Fin e - T un in g Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Nik on C apture 4 Editor Preferences Fine -T uning N ikon Captu re 4 Edit or T o view the Preferences ( Options ) dialog, sele ct Op tion s… from the T o ols menu ( Window s) or sel ect P refer ence s… from the applic ation menu ( Mac OS X ) or Edit me nu (Ma c OS 9) . Viewin g Pre fer ence s T o [...]

98 Niko n Cap tu re 4 Edit or Pre fer enc es The General T ab The Ge neral tab con tains the follow ing items: Wi ndow s Maci ntos h “Use r Defaul t” im age adjus tm ent s Choose the combined set tings (“ .set”) fi le that will ap ply when Re set to Use r Default is se - lec t ed from th e Se tt ings > Ima ge Ad jus t men ts menu ( 82) [...]

99 Fin e - T un in g Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r File fo rmat for S ave A s Choose the defa ult fi le f ormat for images saved using the Sav e As… option ( 84 ) . C hoo se from S ame as orig inal fi le (each image will be s aved in its cur rent format) , Pr evious fi le forma t (images will be s aved in the last format selec ted ), N EF , JPEG,[...]

1 0 0 Niko n Cap tu re 4 Edit or Pre fer enc es The Per formance T ab The Per formance tab contains the fol l ow ing : Save la rge pr eview s for N EF fi l es Image fi les normally incl ude an emb edded preview 6 4 0 pixels on it s longe st size. If this option is checked, images s aved in NEF will include a pre view 1 ,60 0 pixels on its l on - [...]

1 01 Fin e - T un in g Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r The T emporar y Files T ab The T em po rar y File s tab offers the fol low ing option : Fold er for t emp orar y data Speci fy the fold er or vol ume in which tem - po rar y data, such as im age cache data, w ill be stored. T he de fault fold er for Windows is the “TEMP ” fold er i n the W indow[...]

1 02 Niko n Cap tu re 4 Edit or Pre fer enc es The Advanced Color T ab The Advanced Color tab c ontains the fol - low in g items: Blac k Auto - Contr ast cli p By d efault, the black point is set to a value that excludes 0.5% of the darkest pixels in the cro p. This produces an optimal dynamic range, wit h minimal loss of d etail in shad - ows. T o[...]

1 03 Fin e - T un in g Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r The Grid Lines T ab The Grid Lin es t ab controls the color and spac ing of the n on - printing grid line s over- laid on an image when S how Gri d Line s is se l ect e d from the Ima ge menu. Color The color of the grid lines c an be sele cted from white, light gray , dark gray , black, red, green,[...]

1 0 4 Niko n Cap tu re 4 Edit or Pre fer enc es The Color Management T ab ( Windows) The C olor Management tab is w here you spec i f y the colo r manage ment p rofi les used for displaying im ag es on your monitor , ed - it ing and saving RGB images, and saving and printing CMYK images . Chang e Display P rofi l e T o choos e a displ ay profi l[...]

1 05 Fin e - T un in g Nikon C apt ure 4 E dito r Supp or ted C olor P rofi l es Nikon Capture 4 supp or ts o nly ICC ( I nternatio nal C olo r C ons or tium) mo nitor and CMY K pro fi les . Par- tic u la r c are s hould be exercised w hen choosing a C MY K pro fi le, a s th e p rofi le supplie d by the man u - fac tur e r of your out put dev i[...]

1 06 Niko n Cap tu re 4 Edit or Pre fer enc es Dev ice Pr ofi le s List s the default color - space profi l es for monitors and printer s. Change Display Profi le If the C hang e Displ ay Profi l e… but ton app ears nex t to this item, you c an click the but - ton to open the Mo nitor control pane l ( M ac OS 9) or the D isplays sec tion of t[...]

1 07 Using the C amera C ontrol component of Nik on Capture 4, you can contro l almost all aspec ts of camera op eration re mote ly from your computer . If Camera Control is running when a D2- series, D200, D 1 0 0, D 70s, D 7 0, or D50 camera is con nec t ed, or a D 1 - se ries cam era is con nec t ed and set to PC mode, pic tures taken with the c[...]

1 0 8 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow The Camera Control Wi ndow Get ti ng to Kn ow Nikon Captu re 4 Cam era Contr ol The main par t s of t he Camera Control window are identi fi ed belo w . F or more information, see th e “Nik on Capture 4 Camera C ontrol Window” ( 1 23) . Cam era Con tro l Changes mad e to set tings in t he Nikon Capture 4 C[...]

1 09 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol Cl ick OK to clos e the warning and display the fol low ing window . Pref er en c e s can be ad just e d using the options in the menu bar . For information on connec ting the camera, see the Nikon Capture 4 I nstall Guide . Do wn loa d Opt io ns bu t ton Clic k thi s bu t ton to ch oos [...]

1 1 0 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow S tar ting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Nikon C apture 4 Camera C ontrol can be star ted by se lec t ing Nik on Capture 4 C amera Con trol from the Star t menu ( Win d ows) o r double - click i ng the ap pli c a t ion icon ( Macintosh) . 1 Conn ec t the c amera C onnec t the camera to your computer and turn t[...]

1 1 1 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol The Camera Control window will be displayed. Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Be sure to exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera C ontrol before disconnec ting the came ra. 1 Exi t Nik on C aptu re 4 Cam era Cont rol T o cl ose the Nikon C apture 4 Camera C ontrol window , open the Fil e menu[...]

1 1 2 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Capturing Photographs to Disk If Nikon C apture 4 C amera C ontrol is running when a D2- serie s, D 20 0, D1 0 0, D 70s, D 70, or D50 camera is c on ne ct ed, or a D 1- s eries cam era is con n ec t ed with the mode dial set to P C, pic tures t aken wit h the cam era w ill b e s tored on your computer hard disk[...]

1 1 3 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol 3 Adjus t cap ture op tions Fo lde r fo r im ag es d own loa de d fr om t he ca mera : Sele ct the folder to which photographs will be dow n load ed as they are taken. Ne xt fi l e na me to b e use d : Show s how images downlo ad to the computer will be named. T o change how fi les ar[...]

1 1 4 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow At tac h IP TC In for mat ion : C heck this option to add IP TC information to captured images and enable the C opy Shoo ting Dat a to I PTC C apt ion optio n. IP TC Inf orm atio n… : Click ing this but ton displays a dialog where you can s e lec t the IP TC information, including k ey words and c aptions, th[...]

1 1 5 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol T o display a histogram of the current image, click the triangle at the bot tom of the S tatus dialog. If t he Show h ighlig hts o ver optio n is che ck ed, any ar eas of the preview image with a bright nes s over the value en tered in the neighboring tex t box will be indicated by a ?[...]

1 1 6 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Processing Photographs as They Are Capture d A s photographs are c aptured, Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control c an automaticall y proces s the image s to refl e ct imag e adjustme nt sett ings in Nikon Capture 4 Editor . For in for ma tion on p er forming batch processing on image s that have already been saved t[...]

1 1 7 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol 1 Disp lay the Liv e Batch dialo g Sele ct L ive Bat ch from the C ame ra menu in Nikon Capture 4 Camera C ontrol. The L ive Batch dialog will b e dis played. 2 Spe cif y how c apture d image s will be p roce ss ed In th e Image Adj ustments section, specify the operations to be perform[...]

1 1 8 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow 3 Choo se a d es tination fo r cap tured ima ges In the D estination se cti on, choose o ptions for saving the proces sed image s. Save to : T his te xt box shows the folder to which the images will be s aved after proces s - ing. T o choos e a new folder , click the Br owse… but ton to the right of the te xt[...]

1 1 9 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol The Warn ing Bu tt on If an error o ccurs d uring sho oting, a warning bu tton w ill app ear at t he bot tom of t he Li ve Batch dial og. Clicking this but ton will display a mes sag e. End shooting and close the Li ve Batch dialog as directe d. An error l og will b e displaye d; clic k[...]

1 20 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Time L apse Photograph y Using Nik on C apture, you can take a serie s of photographs automatically at a time interval you sele ct. Click Shooting Complete to exit the Time La pse Ph otography. Foll ow the progres s of time lapse pho tog ra p hy in the pro gress d ialog. Click Star t to be gin time lap se pho to[...]

1 21 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol 2 Adjus t se ttin gs Before shooting s tar ts, adjus t the following set tings : Aut ofoc us b efo re eac h sh ot : If this option is che ck ed, the cam era will per form an autof ocus operatio n before each shot. Keep sh ooti ng un til ca nce lled : I f this option is checked, the came [...]

1 22 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Durin g Tim e - L aps e Phot ograp hy The camera can not be op erated duri ng time - laps e photograp hy . No other operati ons can be per formed until the T ime L apse P hotogra phy dialog is cl osed . Auto Of f ( D1 - Se rie s Cam eras ) Whe n the camera is opera ted on batter y power and for 15 m inute s has [...]

1 23 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol The Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Window The Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control w indow show s cur rent came ra set tings, which may be v iewed by clicking the fi ve page sele ction tabs. Camera set tings c an be altered using the controls in each ta b as describ ed below. The simulated LC[...]

1 24 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Cam era Set t ings T hat C an No t Be Adj ust ed fro m Nikon C apt ure The fo llowing o perati ons can not b e per form ed from Nikon Capture 4 Came ra C ontro l: Op era tio n Ca mer a Sta tu s not d is play ed Burs t photogra phy (cont inuous sho oting mo de) D 1- series / D1 00 Continuous se r vo autofocus All[...]

1 25 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol The E xpo sure 1 T ab The fol lo w ing se ttings can be adjusted fro m the Ex posure 1 ta b: E xpo su re Mod e : This me nu c an be use d to set the e xposure mo de for D 2- and D 1- s eries and D200 c ameras. If a D 1 0 0 is connecte d, or if Enab le con trol s on t he ca mera body is c[...]

1 26 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow The E xpo sure 2 T ab The following set tings can be adjusted from the Ex posure 2 ta b. Focu s Area : The f ocus area can be selected us - ing the arrow buttons; see the camera manu al for d etails. For inf ormati on o n A F - area mo de and focus mode, s ee “The Mechanic al T ab ” ( 1 28 ) . Met eri ng M o[...]

1 27 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol The Stora ge T a b The following set tings can be adjusted from the Stor ag e tab: Dat a Fo rm at : The following data for mats are availabl e: RAW (12 - bit) + J PEG ( 8 - b it) ( D 2 series / D 200 / D 7 0s / D 70 / D50 only) , R A W (1 2 - bit ) , TI FF - RGB ( 8 - bit ) ( D 2 series [...]

1 28 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow The M echa nical T ab The fol lo w ing s ettings can be ad just ed from the Me chan i cal tab : Sho ot in g Mo de : Set s the sho oting mo de for D 1- s eries cam eras connec ted in PC mo de to Sing le or Co ntinuou s . C hanges to this s et - ting also ap ply to C ustom S etting 30. The shooting mo de for the D[...]

1 29 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol Aut o B rac keting ( D 2 s eries / D 200 / D 7 0s / D 70 / D50 only) : Sel ect this option to perform expo - sure , fl ash, or white balance bracketing during shooting. T o change bracketing options, click Set BK T . Th e dialog shown at right will be displayed. • AE / WB / Flas h B r[...]

1 3 0 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Non - CPU L ens es The fol lowing res tric tio ns apply to N ikon Capture 4 Came ra C ontrol w hen a non - CPU le ns is m ounted on the camera (the op erations liste d c an s till b e p er formed using the controls on t he c amera bod y; see the c amera manual for d etails ) : D2 ser ies / D200 D1 se rie s D100[...]

1 31 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol The I mage P roce ssing T ab The following set tings can be adjusted from the Image P ro cess ing tab : Im age O ptim ize ( D 200 / D 7 0s / D 70 / D50 only) : Choose the t ype of imag e optimizati on p er- formed. Se e the cam era man u al for det ails. Sh arp eni ng : Choose how much t[...]

1 32 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow The C ame ra Menu The commands in the C ame ra menu are used to adjust the following c amera set tings: Cus tom S et tings … Sele cting this optio n opens the Custom S ettings dialog ( 1 35) , where camera C ustom S et- tings can b e ad just ed. Set D ate and T ime… Sele cting this op tion opens the dialog s[...]

1 33 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol Fine -T une W hite B alance… ( D 2 seri es / D 1 s eries / D 2 0 0 / D 70s / D 7 0 only) Sele cting this op tion displays the dialog shown at right, where white bal ance can be fi ne - tuned be t ween –3 and +3. The value se - lec ted for Ad d to Aut o will be added to the white bal[...]

1 3 4 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow Edit Im age Comme nt… Sele cting this option displays the dialog shown at right, where you can enter a com - ment or title for subsequent pho to graphs. If the c amera cur rent ly con ne ct e d is in the D 1 - se rie s, enter a title of thir t y - eight char a c ter s or less and click OK . The title w ill be[...]

1 35 Get ti ng to K no w Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol Chan ges to C ust om Set ti ngs Changes mad e to set tings in the Custom S ett ings dialo g are s tored in th e came ra, not on t he compu ter hard disk. This means that changing set tings in the C ustom Set tings dialo g has t he s ame ef fec t as chang - ing Custom Set tings us ing cam[...]

1 36 Th e Cam era Co nt rol Wi nd ow D 2- s eries and D 2 0 0 cameras allow a des crip - tive comment to be added to the name of each C ustom Setti ngs bank. C licking Edit… displays the dialog shown at right, w here the comments f or each bank can be edited. Cl ick OK to copy the comments to the cam - era. Comments c an be up to twent y charac t[...]

1 37 Fin e - T un in g Nikon C apt ure 4 C am era Co ntr ol Nik on C apture 4 Camera Control Preferences Fine -T uning N ikon Captu re 4 Cam era Contr ol T o view the Preferences ( Options ) dialog for Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control, se lec t Op - tio ns… from the Tools menu ( Windows ) or selec t Prefe renc es… from the applicatio n m enu ( Ma[...]

1 3 8 Niko n Cap tu re 4 Ca mera C ont rol Pr efe renc es The T emporar y Files T ab The T emporar y File s tab cont ains the fol - low in g item: Fold er for t emp orar y data Specif y the fold er or volume in w hich tem - po rar y dat a, such as image cache dat a, will be stored. T he default folde r for Wind ows is the “TEMP” f older in the [...]

1 39 The ap pendices cover the following to pics. Ap pen dix A : Su ppor t ed Color P rofi les Read this sec tion for a descriptio n of the RGB color - space pro fi les sup por ted under Nikon Capture 4. Ap pen dix B : Colo r Matchin g in Adob e Photo shop ( V er sion 7 .0 or later) Learn how to pres erve color- space profi le information when o[...]

1 4 0 Ap pen di x A Appendix A Sup por te d Color Pr ofi le s 1 . Standard RGB Profi le s Supporte d in Nik on Capture 4 1. 1 Pro fi l es wit h a Gamma Value of 1. 8 Ap ple R GB : NK App le.ic m ( Wi ndo ws ) / N ikon A ppl e RGB 4.0 .0.30 0 0 ( Mac in tosh ) This profi le is us ed in desk- t op publishing applications and in Ado be Photoshop v[...]

1 41 Su ppo rt ed Col or Pr ofi les Adob e RGB (1 998 ) : NK Ado be.ic m ( Win dow s) / Nikon Ado be RGB (1 998 ) 4.0.0.3 00 0 ( Mac into sh ) A color- space pr ofi l e defi ned in Adob e Photoshop 5.0. It has a wider gamut than sRGB and includes the colo rs found in most CMYK gamut s, making it suitable for users involved in d esk- top publishi[...]

1 4 2 Ap pen di x A 2 . T echnical Data for RGB Profi les Supported in Nikon Capture 4 The follow ing t able shows t he gamma values for profi les suppo rted in N ik on Capture 4, to - geth er with the chro ma tic i t y values for the white point and for red, gree n, and blue . Pr ofi le Wh ite p oin t Ga mm a val ue Ch rom ati ci ty ( x , y ) C[...]

1 4 3 Col or Mat ch ing i n Ado be Ph otos hop ( Ver sio n 7 .0 or L at er) Color Sync ( M acin tosh ) The expla nation in this s ec tion assumes that Color Sync ver sion 3.0 or later is ins tall ed on your Ma cin - tosh. Appendix B Color Mat ching in Ad obe P hotosh op ( V er sion 7 .0 or L ater) When an image saved in Nik on Capture 4 is opened i[...]

1 4 4 Ap pen di x B Step 2—Adjusting Set tings in Adobe Photoshop The following des cribes the minimum necessar y adjustm ents to ensure consis tent c olor re - produc tion in Adob e Ph otoshop 7 .0. T he menus and dialogs ref erred to be low are all from Adob e Photoshop. Ope ning T IFF a nd JP EG Imag es Cre ated U sing Nikon C aptur e 4 Image [...]

1 4 5 Th e Nikon N EF Plu g - in After adjusting set tings as describ ed below , click OK to open the picture. C lick Cance l to exit withou t opening the pic ture. Zoom p review in . Zoo m preview out. Rotate preview 9 0 ° coun - terclo ckw ise. Rotate preview 90 ° clock- wis e. Ca mera M ode l M ode l of camera us ed to ta ke picture. Ima geSi [...]

1 4 6 Ap pen di x C Mac O S 9 Color aberrati on co ntrol ( 28, 100 ) is not applie d to images ope ned in Ado be Photoshop using the Nikon NE F plug - in under Ma c OS 9. Op enin g Mod ifi ed Im age s If the image has b een mod ifi ed using other Nikon sof t ware, th e me ssa ge shown at right will be displaye d. The N ikon NE F Plu g - in Whe n [...]

1 47 T ro ubl esh ooti ng The Re adM e File Inclu ded o n the i nstall er CD is a R EA DM E fi le co ntaining t he mos t current informatio n on N ikon Capture 4. Plea se read this fi le before inst alling and using Nikon Capture, as it may contain im por tant informat ion that could not b e included in this manu al. S hould you encounter probl e[...]

1 4 8 Ap pen di x D 4 Is the IEE E 1 39 4 inter fac e board cor rec tly re gist ered wi th the sy ste m (W indow s only )? Check whether: • Th e “IEEE 1 394 Bus Controller” is not displayed in the Device Ma nager • Th e IEEE 1 39 4 board is listed und er “ Other De vices” or “ Unknown D evices” • A yellow o r red mark appear s nex[...]

1 4 9 Glo ss ar y Appendix E Glos sar y This glos sar y provide s defi nitions of so me of the terms used in this manual. Bit de pth The number of bit s used t o expres s color , also referred to as color depth. The bit depth deter- mines the am ount of color information in an image. The greater the bit depth, the larg er the number of color s, an[...]

1 50 Ap pen di x E Comp res sion A m ethod for reducing fi le sizes for storage or transmission. C ompressio n algo rithms c an be divid ed int o “ lossles s ” algorithms, such as L Z W , in which no in formation is lost when fi les are restored t o their original size for display or e diting, and “lossy” algo rithms, such as JP EG, in wh[...]

1 51 Glo ss ar y His togram A b ar graph showing th e dis tribution of tones in an image. The horizontal axis shows t one level ( bright nes s) , the vert ical a xis the number of pixels. The bars in the graph show the num ber of pixels of a given brightness in the image. T he histo gram displayed in the Curves window show s the dis tribution of to[...]

1 52 Ap pen di x E Noi se Data in an image fi le that are no t a par t of the o riginal image, the digital equivalent of fi lm grain. The presence of nois e is refl ec ted in a los s in image quality. Noise app ears primarily in dark areas of the imag e , and can be reduced by adjusting ex posure or lighting to fi ll in shad ows . pp cm p ixels[...]

1 53 Glo ss ar y Thre sh old The limit up to which Unsharp Mask w ill be a pplied. While it is g enerally the c ase that the higher the threshold, the greater the amount of sharpening applied, the exac t ef fect depends on other Unsharp Mask s ettings, such as halo w idth. See also H alo widt h, Uns harp Ma sk. Thu mbnail A small prev iew image, th[...]

1 5 4 Ap pen di x E Whi te balanc e The human eye is able to adapt to changes in lighting, and consequently to humans a white obje ct will still look white whether viewe d in direc t sunlight or under overcast skies, or indoor s under inc andescent or fl uorescent ligh ting. A digital cam era, in contrast, must adjus t color s according to l ighti[...]

1 55 In dex Index A AC adapter, 1 30, 1 37 Adob e Photos hop, 98 – 99, 1 40 – 1 4 1 , 143–1 44 Adob e Photosh op Elem ents, 1 42 Adob e RGB, 1 4 0, 1 42 Adob e Wid e RGB, 1 40, 142 Advan ced Color ta b, 1 02 Advan ced R AW palet te, 3 1 , 32 , 39 – 4 1 Ap ple RGB, 1 4 0, 1 42 Ap ply but ton, 29 Auto brig htnes s, 93 , 9 4 Auto contras t, 4 [...]

1 56 In dex Pic tureP rojec t, 3, 1 10, 1 13 Pixe l, color of, 23 Prefere nces Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con t rol, 1 37–1 38 Nikon Capture 4 Edito r , 97– 106 Printe r profi le, 1 03, 1 05 Printe r resolu tion, 1 52 Printing images, 88 – 9 1 Profi l es, 104 –1 06, 140 –1 4 4, 1 52 R R AW , 1 3, 31 , 32, 1 2 7 , 1 52. See also N EF Red eye[...]

En User’ s Manual No reproduction in any form of this manual, in whole or in part (except for brief quotation in critical articles or reviews), may be made without written authorization from NIKON CORPORA TION. V er . 4.4 (En) V er . 4.4[...]