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  • Page 1 SOFTWARE User's Manual...

  • Page 2: Notices

    Neither Nik Software, Inc. nor Nikon will be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of this product. While every effort has been made to ensure the information in these manuals is accurate and complete, we would appreciate it were you to bring any errors or omissions to the attention of the Nikon representative in your area (addresses are provided separately).

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 2 Chapters at a Glance Chapter 1 Notices & Trademark Information Chapter 2 Chapters at a Glance Chapter 3 Table of Contents Chapter 4 Introduction ....... . 9 Chapter 5 System Requirements &...

  • Page 4: Standard Rgb Profiles Supplied In Capture Nx

    Chapter 2 — Chapters at a Glance...

  • Page 5: Chapter 3 Table Of Contents

    Using ViewNX ....... . . 18 Using Nikon Transfer ......18 File Format Differences .
  • Page 6 Using Open Folder in Browser ....68 Using Nikon Transfer ......69 Navigating Within the Browser .

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Workspace Selector ......87 Launch Nikon Transfer ......87 Print .
  • Page 8 Open Recent........160 Launch Nikon Transfer… ......160 Launch Camera Control Pro…...
  • Page 9 Red ......... . 197 Green .
  • Page 10 General ........251 Nikon Message Center Agent ....251 Window Menu Installation .

  • Page 11: Chapter 4 Introduction

    Capture NX 2 provide you with a new intuitive approach to the art and science of image editing that saves you valuable time and effort. Capture NX 2 is the latest version in a long line of quality tools from Nikon designed to speed up workflow for photographers.

  • Page 12: Camera Relationship

    Capture NX 2 was designed to support JPEG and TIFF files and to provide unique features that fully support Nikon digital cameras, allowing you to change many of the settings selected in your camera. After opening a NEF RAW file within Capture NX 2, you can view the shooting, camera, and exposure information of the file within the Metadata palette.

  • Page 13: Chapter 5 System Requirements & Installation

    For the latest information on this application, visit the following sites: For users in the U.S.A.: http://www.nikonusa.com For users in Europe and Africa: http://www.europe-nikon.com /support For users in Asia, Oceania and the Middle East: http://www.nikon-asia.com Chapter 5 — System Requirements & Installation System Requirements...

  • Page 14: Installation

    Installation Windows To install Capture NX 2 into the Windows operating system, follow these steps: Place the Capture NX 2 setup CD into your computer’s CD or DVD drive. Open the CD through the My Computer icon on your desktop, and double-click on the setup icon that appears within the window that is displayed to begin the setup wizard.

  • Page 15: Color Management Options

    Color Management Options Once the setup wizard has installed the files onto your computer, you will be provided with options to set up your color management preferences. The color management settings provided within the setup wizard enables you to set the default functionality for Capture NX 2 and can be later changed within the “Preferences”...

  • Page 16: Upgrading From Capture Nx Version 1

    Technical support for your Nikon Digital Imaging product is free. Support for computer related issues is free for either six or twelve months from the date of your first call to Nikon, depending on your product. Please ask our customer service representative for details. Also, visit6 our technical support web site at www.nikontechusa.com for FAQs, software updates, manuals, and solution forums.

  • Page 17: Chapter 6 Getting Started

    Chapter 6 Getting Started Launching Capture NX 2 In the Windows operating system, Capture NX 2 can be opened by navigating to the start menu, selecting the programs menu, rolling over the Capture NX 2 menu item, and selecting Capture NX 2. In the Macintosh operating system, double-click on the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop and navigate to the “Applications”...

  • Page 18: Welcome Screen

    Welcome Screen Upon launching, Capture NX 2 will display the “Welcome” screen, which lists the last files and folders that you accessed. Windows q Open Recent Image w Open Recent Folder e Don’t Show Again r Drag an image here to open it (Macintosh Only) Chapter 6 —...

  • Page 19: Browsing And Opening Images

    Browsing and Opening Images Capture NX 2 provides you with a number of ways of locating and opening images in order to enhance them. Using the Browser To open an image using the browser, follow these steps: Open the Folders palette, the Browser palette will automatically open.

  • Page 20: Using Viewnx

    Click on the Open with Capture NX button within the ViewNX interface. Using Nikon Transfer To open a folder of images transferred to your computer using Nikon Transfer, follow these steps: Within Nikon Transfer, navigate to the “Preferences” tab. Click on the pull-down menu for the Open destination folder with other application after transfer option.

  • Page 21: File Format Differences

    Capture NX 2 supports three different file formats: NEF, TIFF, and JPEG. The NEF, or Nikon Electronic Format, was designed as the archive file format for your images. The NEF file format saves the complete contents of the Edit List palette along with the original image. All changes made to the image are stored separately within the file, enabling a non-destructive image editing workflow.

  • Page 22: Jpeg

    JPEG The JPEG file format is one of the most widely used file formats. This file format enables you to save a greater number of images using the same amount of hard disk space as the other file formats. To create such a small file size, a form of compression is used that irreversibly affects the quality of the image.
  • Page 23 Next, modify elements that affect only localized areas, such as blemishes and small distracting elements. Then, apply effects that add a style or mood to the image. Finally, prepare the image for output by resizing and sharpening. Following these simple guidelines can help improve the quality of your images and provide a more structured approach to enhancing your images.

  • Page 24: Printing

    Printing Capture NX 2 provides you with a full range of printing options. The print function is both easy and powerful, enabling you to create high quality, fully color managed prints. You can select Print… from the File menu at any time to print the current image, or you can select multiple images from within the Browser palette to create a print package.
  • Page 25 Click on the Select Layout option and choose 1 Photo on Page. If the image’s orientation is different from the paper you will print to (such as when you print a landscape oriented picture), check the Rotate to Fit option. If desired, check the Crop Photos to Fit option to ensure the entire printable surface is utilized.
  • Page 26 Review the settings within the “Color Management” tab and then click Print. Printing an Image Using the Settings Found Within the Size / Resolution Dialog To print an image using the size and resolution settings made with the Size / Resolution tool, follow these steps: Ensure that the appropriate size and resolution are set for the image by navigating to the Edit menu...
  • Page 27 Check the Use Output Resolution option. If the image is larger than the page, click on the Page Setup button and select the appropriate paper size that the image will fit upon. If the image’s orientation is different from the paper you will print to (such as when you print a landscape oriented picture), check the Rotate to Fit option.

  • Page 28: Printing Contact Sheets

    Printing contact sheets To print a series of images as a contact sheet, follow these steps: Open the Browser palette and select the images you would like to print. To select multiple files, hold either the Shift key and click on the first and last images of a range, or hold the Ctrl (Windows) or command (Macintosh) keys while single-clicking on each additional file you want to add.
  • Page 29 Click on the Select Layout option, and then in the provided pull-down menu, choose the number of images you would like to display on a single page. Alternatively, you can use the Select Picture Size option and select the size of each picture. Capture NX 2 will automatically tile the available images to fit onto one or more pages.

  • Page 30: Batch Processing

    Batch Processing Batch processing is the automatic application of one or more enhancements to a series of images. Typically, a photographer will use a batch process to apply a predefined series of adjustments to several images at once. Capture NX 2 contains even more methods of batch processing than before. You can select a folder of images and select a series of enhancements to apply to those images, you can add an XMP/IPTC preset to a series of images, you can set up a live edit batch process, or you can set up a watched folder.
  • Page 31 Navigate to the Batch menu and select Run Batch Process…. You will then be presented with the Batch Process dialog. Click on the Browse… button in the Source section and locate the folder of images you wish to process. Check the Apply Settings checkbox, ensure that Use Settings File is selected, and click on the Browse…...
  • Page 32 Check the Rename box if you would like to change the name of the processed files. Click on the Edit… button to call up the File Naming dialog and determine the naming convention for the processed images. Use the Select File Format pull-down menu to select the file format for the processed images.

  • Page 33: Adding Xmp/Iptc Data To A Series Of Images Using An Xmp/Iptc Preset

    Adding XMP/IPTC data to a series of images using an XMP/IPTC preset Open an image within Capture NX 2, open the Metadata palette, and add the desired XMP/IPTC data to an image. Navigate to the Batch menu and select Save XMP/ IPTC Preset….
  • Page 34 Open the Browser palette and select the images you would like to apply the XMP/IPTC information to. To select all of the images in the current folder, navigate to the Edit menu and choose Select All. Navigate to the Batch menu, click on the Load XMP/ IPTC Preset menu, and then locate the XMP/IPTC preset that you saved in step 2.

  • Page 35: Converting Nef Raw Files Into Jpeg Or Tiff Files

    Converting NEF RAW files into JPEG or TIFF files Capture NX 2 can quickly and easily convert NEF RAW files that are produced by your Nikon digital camera into JPEG or TIFF files, which can then be opened and used by other applications. To convert your NEF RAW...
  • Page 36 From the Select File Format pull-down menu, select the file format to convert the images to, either TIFF or JPEG. Click on the Advanced show/hide triangle to control the options for the selected file format. For the Destination option, choose where the new JPEG or TIFF files should be placed by using the Select folder option to place them in a new folder or using the Use source folder option to place them in...

  • Page 37: To Convert Selected Files From The Browser

    To convert selected files from the Browser Open the Browser palette and select the files you want to convert from NEF RAW to JPEG or TIFF. To select multiple files, either hold the Shift key and click on the first and last images of a range, or hold the Ctrl key (Windows) or command key (Macintosh) while single-clicking on each additional file you want to add.
  • Page 38 In the File name section, select the file format to convert the images to, either TIFF or JPEG. The Advanced section provides you with options for the selected file format. Start Click to begin converting the files. Chapter 6 — Getting Started Converting NEF RAW files into JPEG or TIFF files...

  • Page 39: Chapter 7 Preferences

    Chapter 7 Preferences Preferences modify the default behavior of Capture NX 2. Preferences can be found either under the Edit menu in Windows or the Capture NX 2 menu in Macintosh. There are nine different categories of preferences: • General •...

  • Page 40: General

    General Open With Application Choose this option to select the application you wish to use when opening files with the Open With… command in the File menu. Place Open With TIFF File In The Place Open With TIFF file in option allows you to determine where to place the TIFF files created by the Open With…...

  • Page 41: Default Save As

    Default Save As Use this option to determine the default file type in the “Save As…” dialog. The following options are available: • Same as original file Select the Same as original file option to set the default file type in the “Save As” dialog to the file type of the image being saved.

  • Page 42: Color Management

    Color Management Default RGB Color Space Use this option to set the default RGB space that is used for your images. Use This Instead of Embedded Profile This option causes Capture NX 2 to automatically convert the image from the embedded profile to the profile as defined in the Default RGB Color Space option.

  • Page 43: Intent

    Intent Use this preference to set the default rendering intent for the various color management features throughout Capture NX 2. The different rendering intents control how colors from your image are made to fit into the colors that your printer can produce as indicated by the printer profile. Please note: different printer and paper combinations, as well as the different software used to create printer profiles, benefit from different rendering intents.

  • Page 44: Levels & Sampling

    Levels & Sampling Levels & Curves The options within the “Levels & Curves” section enable you to set the default values for controls found within the “Levels & Curves” step. Set Black Point Use this option to set the black point to a different color other than the default of 0, 0, 0 when setting a black point within the “Levels &...

  • Page 45: Dropper Sample Size

    Dropper Sample Size Use this option to set the sample size of the droppers used within the “Color Picker”, “Levels & Curves”, and “Watch Point” elements of Capture NX 2. When Point Sample is selected, a single pixel will be sampled when a dropper is used.

  • Page 46: Display

    Display Grid The options within the “Grid” section enable you to control what is displayed when the Show Grid option is turned on from the View menu. Grid Color Click on the color patch to bring up the color picker and select the color for the gridlines displayed on top of the image when the Show Grid option is enabled.

  • Page 47: Selection Overlay

    Selection Overlay The options within the “Selection Overlay” section enable you to control the appearance of the overlay displayed when Selection Display > Show Overlay is selected in the View menu. The options selected within this section will determine how the current step’s selection is superimposed on top of the image. Color Click on the color patch to bring up the color picker and select the color of the overlay that is used to represent the current step’s selection.

  • Page 48: Cache Settings

    Cache Settings Capture NX 2 utilizes two caching systems: a browsing cache and an editing cache. Both cache systems speed up the interaction of Capture NX 2 by storing processed information on the hard disk, enabling Capture NX 2 to use the cached information instead of reprocessing the files. The browsing cache is used for the thumbnails created and displayed in the Browser palette, while the editing cache is used for NEF files saved during editing.
  • Page 49 With the default settings, Capture NX 2 will utilize up to 2 gigabytes of hard disk space to store cache files. If all 2 gigabytes of allocated space are utilized by cache files, Capture NX 2 will begin to replace the oldest cache files with new cache files.

  • Page 50: Xmp/Iptc Presets

    XMP/IPTC Presets XMP/IPTC presets enable you to create different sets of XMP/IPTC data that can then be applied to either a single image or to a group of images. Available Presets Presets that you create or save within Capture NX 2 will be displayed within the “Available Presets” window. You can click on any of the available presets to display the contents in the field editor, duplicate the preset using the Duplicate button, or delete the preset using the Delete button.

  • Page 51: New

    The New button creates a new, empty XMP/IPTC preset. After clicking on this button, you will be provided with a dialog to enter the name for the XMP/IPTC preset. This name will be displayed in the Load XMP/IPTC Preset sub-menu of the Batch menu. After creating a new XMP/IPTC preset, enter the values for that preset in the fields displayed in the field editor.

  • Page 52: Labels

    Labels Label Compatibility Use the Label Compatibility pull-down menu if you use another digital asset management software application to tag and sort your images. Capture NX 2 supports a number of digital asset management software applications. If you select the appropriate option from the pull-down menu, Capture NX 2 will be able to read the label and rating information added by that application.

  • Page 53: Available Labels

    Available Labels The maximum number of labels available depends on the selection in the Label Compatibility pull-down menu. You can choose the number of labels to display by clicking on the radio button next to the desired number of labels. Manage Settings The Manage Settings section enables you to determine which settings are displayed within the Load Adjustments sub-menu of the Batch menu.

  • Page 54: Workspaces

    Workspaces The “Workspaces” section of the preferences enables you to modify the workspaces provided within Capture NX 2. By default, Capture NX 2 provides you with four different workspaces. Within this tab, additional workspaces can be added or removed and you can determine the shortcuts to assign each available workspace. Default Workspaces The workspaces listed under “Default Workspaces”...

  • Page 55: Delete

    Delete Clicking the Delete button will remove the highlighted workspace from in the “My Workspaces” section. Please note that, you cannot delete a default workspace. Chapter 7 — Preferences Workspaces...
  • Page 56 Chapter 7 — Preferences...

  • Page 57: Chapter 8 Interface

    Chapter 8 Interface Capture NX 2’s interface was designed to put all of the important tools for enhancing a digital photograph right at your fingertips. This section contains a brief overview of each of the main elements that make up the Capture NX 2 interface, as well as information about the new workspaces, working with multiple screens, using the image window, and working with palettes and menus.

  • Page 58: Folders

    r Folders t Metadata y Toolbar u Bird’s Eye i Edit List o Photo Info !0 Image Window Chapter 8 — Interface Overview The folders palette provides you with an easy-to-access palette which displays the content of an entire folder in the browser. For more information, please see Chapter 10, “The Folders Palette”.

  • Page 59: Workspaces

    Workspaces Workspaces are new in Capture NX 2, enabling you to quickly change tasks while displaying only the palettes and windows necessary for that task. Capture NX 2 comes with four different default workspaces and provides you with the ability to create custom workspaces. Selecting a particular workspace will arrange all of the palettes and windows according to the stored settings for that workspace including the position, state of the palette (maximized or minimized), as well as other settings that affect what is displayed within a palette or window.

  • Page 60: Metadata

    Metadata The metadata workspace is designed to provide you with optimum workspace to review and add metadata to your images. Within this workspace only the Browser and Metadata palettes are displayed. The Metadata palette displays both information about the camera and exposure along with XMP/IPTC information.
  • Page 61 To create a custom workspace, follow these steps: Arrange the palettes and windows according to your taste. Navigate to the Window menu and select the Workspaces sub-menu, then select Save Workspace. Alternatively, click on the workspace selector and select Save Workspace. Type in the name of the new workspace and click You can then assign a shortcut to this new workspace by following these steps: Navigate to the Edit menu (Windows) or...

  • Page 62: Working With Multiple Screens

    In the “Workspaces” tab of the “Preferences” dialog, click on the pull-down menu next to the name of the workspace you created and select the shortcut you would like to use. If you select a shortcut already in use by another workspace, the shortcut for that other workspace will automatically be set to None.

  • Page 63: Desktop

    Please note: Only default workspaces can be applied in this manner. Custom workspaces always are applied to all available screens. Please note: Some workspaces cannot be used in conjunction with another. The following table shows the available combinations. Additional Screen Browser ✔...

  • Page 64: Image Window

    Image Window Image windows are the frames that contain your images and provide you with important data which can help you enhance the image. Image windows are displayed as long as Capture NX 2 is not in the full screen or presentation modes.

  • Page 65: Soft Proof

    Soft Proof The soft proof feature enables you to preview the effect of an output profile on your image, approximating the results you can expect from your printer. The soft proof function provides you with controls to preview the use of different profiles.
  • Page 66 Soft proof offers the following options: Target Profile Select the color profile from the list to view the result of the color management system and to preview how the different color management settings will affect your image. Intent Choose from four different rendering intents. The different rendering intents control how colors in your image are mapped to the colors that your printer can produce (as indicated by the printer profile).

  • Page 67: Window & Palette Functionality

    Window & Palette Functionality Each palette within Capture NX 2 provides you with a number of different controls for that palette. Clicking on the Minimize / Maximize button either expands or collapses a palette. In some situations, the palette cannot be collapsed until the operation within that q Minimizing &...

  • Page 68: Finding Palettes

    Finding Palettes Undocking many palettes can sometimes make it difficult to locate that palette. All palettes and windows can be located using the Window menu. The most frequently used palettes and windows are listed directly in the Window menu, while less frequently used undocked palettes and windows are listed in the Undocked Palettes section of the Window menu.

  • Page 69: Chapter 9 The Browser

    XMP standard can be seen in Capture NX 2. For example, as both ViewNX and Nikon Transfer utilize the XMP standard, labels and ratings can be shared between all three applications.

  • Page 70: Opening A Folder Of Images In The Browser

    “My Pictures” (Windows) or “Pictures” (Macintosh) folder. To open a folder of images in the browser, double-click the folder icon in the browser or use the Folders palette, the Open Folder in Browser command in the File menu, or Nikon Transfer. Using the Folders Palette...

  • Page 71: Using Nikon Transfer

    Click OK to open the folder in the browser. Using Nikon Transfer You can also use Nikon Transfer to open a folder of images transferred to your computer. To open a folder in the browser after the transfer operation has completed, follow these steps: Within Nikon Transfer, navigate to the “Preferences”...

  • Page 72: Navigating Within The Browser

    Navigating Within the Browser At the top-left of the Browser palette are three buttons that help you choose which folder to display within the browser. q w e q Previous Folder w Next Folder e Folder Up Filtering Tools Capture NX 2 contains new filtering tools to help you display only images according to label, rating, or file type.

  • Page 73: Filter By Rating

    To display all images again, click on the checkmark next to the filter by label tool. w Filter by Rating The filter by rating tool lets you choose which images to display within the browser based on the ratings that you applied previously, either within Capture NX 2 or within one of the software applications with which Capture NX 2 provides compatibility.

  • Page 74: Sorting Tools

    Sorting Tools The “Sorting Tools” let you choose the order that images are displayed in within the current folder. Sort By The Sort section determines the primary sorting method for the current folder. After selecting the primary sorting method, choose to have the images sorted in either ascending or descending order using the Ascending and Descending options.

  • Page 75: Labeling And Rating Toolbar

    Labeling and Rating Toolbar The labeling and rating toolbar can be found at the bottom of the browser palette and provides you with tools to add labels and/or ratings to your images. Add Label The add label section of the labeling and rating toolbar displays the available labels based on the Label Compatibility option of the “Labels”...

  • Page 76: Browser Header

    Browser Header Displayed at the top of the browser is the browser header. This section provides information about the current folder as well as control over the size of the thumbnails displayed within the folder. On the left side of the browser header is the number of images within the current folder and the number of selected images.
  • Page 77 ❏ Name The image’s file name and extension are displayed under the thumbnail. To rename the current file, click once on the file name to highlight it and a second time to change the file name. You will not be able to change the file’s extension in this manner.

  • Page 78: Thumbnail List

    Thumbnail List The thumbnail list places important information about each image in a column and enables you to sort by each of the columns. In thumbnail list view, the thumbnail size selector offers a choice of three thumbnail sizes. The available columns in the thumbnail list are: ❏...
  • Page 79 ❏ Extras The Extras column displays additional information about the image. You cannot sort images by this column. The XMP/IPTC data icon is displayed whenever the current image has XMP/ XMP/IPTC Data Icon IPTC data. The voice memo icon is displayed for images that have a voice memo attached Voice Memo Icon to them.

  • Page 80: Opening Images From The Browser

    Opening Images from the Browser Images in the browser can be opened in the editor either by double-clicking on the desired image, or selecting multiple images and use the Open Image command from the File menu. Alternatively, you can press the enter key on your keyboard to open the selected images. If the Capture NX 2 is open on a single screen, opening an image will cause the browser to automatically minimize.

  • Page 81: Chapter 10 The Folders Palette

    Chapter 10 The Folders Palette The Folders palette displays the folders on your hard disk in the same manner as the operating system. Capture NX 2’s Folders palette is now split into two sections: the “Favorite Folders” section and the “Folder Structure”...

  • Page 82: Favorite Folders Section

    Favorite Folders Section The “Favorite Folders” section provides quick access to the most often used folders and enables you to add and remove folders to and from this section. Adding Favorites To add a folder to the “Favorite Folders” section, click and drag a folder from the “Folder Structure”...

  • Page 83: Chapter 11 The Metadata Palette

    Chapter 11 The Metadata Palette The Metadata palette contains a list of information regarding the current image as well as access to the IPTC information for that image. Use this palette to review the image’s camera and exposure information as well as to add XMP/IPTC information to one or more images.

  • Page 84: Xmp/Iptc Information Section

    XMP/IPTC Information Section The “XMP/IPTC Information” section contains a standardized list of text fields that can be used to indicate the copyright and usage requirements of your images. The contents of the “XMP/IPTC Information” section was originally designed to simplify and clarify information needed when sharing photographs with different publications.

  • Page 85: Copying And Pasting Iptc Information

    Click on the Apply button. When more than one image is selected, information that is shared between images will be displayed while information that is different in each image will be identified with a “–”. You can replace the different contents of each image with the same information by replacing the “–”...

  • Page 86: Creating Xmp/Iptc Presets

    Select one or more images within the browser or select another image within the editor. Navigate to the Batch menu and select Paste IPTC Info. Alternatively, you can click on the batch menu located to the left of the labeling and rating toolbar and select Paste IPTC Info.
  • Page 87 Navigate to the Batch menu and select Save XMP/ IPTC Preset. Alternatively, you can click on the batch menu located to the left of the labeling and rating toolbar and select Save XMP/IPTC Preset. In the “Save XMP/IPTC Preset” dialog that appears, type in the name for the new XMP/IPTC Preset.

  • Page 88: Loading Xmp/Iptc Presets

    Click OK. Loading XMP/IPTC Presets After creating one or more XMP/IPTC presets using the Save XMP/IPTC Preset option, you can load an XMP/IPTC preset to one or more images. To use an XMP/IPTC preset to load XMP/IPTC information to one or more images, follow these steps: Select one or more images within the browser.

  • Page 89: Chapter 12 Activity Toolbar

    Workspaces section of Chapter 8, “Interface”. Launch Nikon Transfer The launch Nikon Transfer button will cause Nikon Transfer to load in a separate application window. Use Nikon Transfer to transfer images from an attached camera or compact flash card, with the ability to automatically add XMP/IPTC information, create backup copies of images, as well as automatically opening the Capture NX 2 browser to display the transferred images.

  • Page 90: Print

    Print Click the print button to open the Capture NX 2 “Print Layout” dialog and begin printing your images. For more on the Capture NX 2 “Print Layout” dialog, please see the “Print” section in Chapter 18, “File Menu”. Chapter 12 — Activity Toolbar Print...

  • Page 91: Chapter 13 The Toolbar

    Chapter 13 The Toolbar Tool Options Bar The tool options bar can be found directly beneath the toolbar and provides access to controls specific to a tool. The crop tool, auto retouch brush, lasso and marquee tools, selection brush, selection gradient, and fill / remove tools all utilize the tool options bar to display additional controls.

  • Page 92: Hand Tool

    Hand Tool The hand tool enables you to move within an image. Select this tool when viewing an image that does not fit in the image window. Click and drag to reposition the contents of the window. Double-click this tool to fit the current image to the editor so that the entire image fits into the space available.

  • Page 93: Rotate Tool

    Rotate Tool The rotate tool is used to rotate images 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise. Click on this button to rotate the image 90° in the direction indicated. Hold the Alt key (Windows) or option key (Macintosh) and click on this button to rotate the image 90°...
  • Page 94 To straighten your image using the straighten tool, follow these steps: With an image open within the editor, click the straighten tool in the toolbar. Locate a line within the image that should be either vertical or horizontal and click on the start of the line.

  • Page 95: Crop Tool

    If you are satisfied with the straightening effect, continue editing your image using the other tools available within Capture NX 2 or perform a save. The straightening effect is now applied to your image. To cancel the straightening effect, click on the Delete button found at the bottom of the Straighten step within the Edit List palette or click on the Straighten step and press the delete key on your...

  • Page 96: Crop Method

    Double-click within the crop or press the enter key to apply the crop. This will cause the image information outside of the crop to be hidden and a new Crop step to be added to the Edit List palette. If the image is saved in the NEF format, you will be able to remove the Crop step to display the hidden information again.

  • Page 97: Black Control Point

    Black Control Point The black control point enables you to place a control point directly on your image, and to cause that targeted color to not only become black, but also to neutralize the dark tones of your image. Black control points are normally set on what should be the darkest point of the image and are used to set one end of the dynamic range of the image.

  • Page 98: Black Control Point Method

    Adjust the effect of the black control point by either clicking and dragging the luminosity slider or by entering a value directly into the text box in the black control point sub-step of the B / W / N Control Point step in the Edit List palette.

  • Page 99: Advanced

    Advanced Click on the Advanced show/hide triangle to display the additional controls for the black control point. The values set for the selected black control point are displayed enabling you to enter a new value directly to adjust the effect of the control point.

  • Page 100: Neutral Control Point

    Neutral Control Point Neutral control points enable you to correct a color cast in your photograph by forcing the targeted color to become neutral. In its default operation, the neutral control point will change the color values in the targeted color so that the red, green, and blue values for that color are equal. Equalizing the red, green, and blue values for a specific color causes that color becomes neutral, or without a specific color or hue.
  • Page 101 To add a neutral control point to your image, follow these steps: Click on the neutral control point icon in the toolbar. The cursor will change to a crosshair. Identify an object that should be neutral and click on that object to place a neutral control point. A B / W / N Control Point step will be added to the Edit List palette, with a neutral control point sub-step.

  • Page 102: Neutral Control Point Method

    Neutral Control Point Method Use the neutral control point method pull-down menu to switch between controlling only the color balance of the Neutral Control Point or affecting the luminosity, or brightness, as well. RGB Method The RGB method of the neutral control point affects only the color balance within the image while maintaining the same brightness.

  • Page 103: Advanced

    Advanced Click on the Advanced show/hide triangle to display the additional controls for the neutral control point. The values set for the selected neutral control point are displayed enabling you to enter a new value directly to adjust the effect of the control point. Click on the Reset button to reset the selected color control point to the default values.

  • Page 104: White Control Point Method

    To add a white control point to your image, follow these steps: Click on the white control point icon in the toolbar. The cursor will change to a crosshair. Identify the object you would like to be the lightest object in the image and click on that object to place a white control point.

  • Page 105: Advanced

    RGB Method The RGB method of the white control point enables you to set the individual red, green, and blue values of the lightest color in the image. This option is helpful if your printer requires a non-neutral white. Within this mode, you are presented with individual red, green, and blue sliders on the white control point and red, green, and blue entries within the white control point sub-step of the Edit List palette.
  • Page 106 Each color control point that is placed on an object in your image identifies the characteristics of the color as well as the level of detail of that object, enabling you to make adjustments to the color of that object. With the use of the size slider, you are able to increase the reach or scale of the current color control point so that it affects similar colors of the objects which are farther away from the color control point.

  • Page 107: Color Control Point Mode

    Adjust the remaining sliders connected to the color control point to adjust the color and light of the selected object. Additional color control points can be added to the image by repeating the steps listed above. To delete a color control point, click on the color control point in the image or in the Edit List palette and press the delete key on the keyboard.

  • Page 108: Show Selection

    Show Selection The Show Selection checkbox enables you to see where the current color control point is affecting the image. Areas inked in white are being affected by the color control point, while areas inked in black are not being affected by the color control point. You can quickly access the Show Selection option by right- clicking (Windows) or control-clicking (Macintosh) on the color control point and selecting Show Selection.

  • Page 109: Red-Eye Control Point

    Advanced The Advanced method provides superior results when lightening shadows or working with images with a high level of noise or grain. Click on the Advanced show/hide triangle to display the additional controls for the color control point step. The values set for the selected color control point are displayed enabling you to enter a new value directly to adjust the effect of the control point.

  • Page 110: Auto Retouch Brush

    Auto Retouch Brush The auto retouch brush enables you to automatically repair unwanted details found within the image. Use this tool to remove dust spots, blemishes, or distracting objects, with a unique blending algorithm that matches the surrounding structure, color, and tonality. To use the auto retouch brush, follow these steps: Click on the auto retouch brush icon in the toolbar.

  • Page 111: Size

    The auto retouch brush provides you with the following controls: Size Changing the Size option increases or decreases the size of the brush. Shortcut R key Decrease brush size: [ Increase brush size: ] Chapter 13 — The Toolbar Auto Retouch Brush...

  • Page 112: Selection Control Point

    Selection Control Point Selection control points utilize U Point technology to selectively apply the effect of an enhancement. You can use a selection control point to selectively apply any enhancement found in either the Adjust or Filter menus. To use a selection control point, follow these steps: Add an enhancement to the image from the Adjust or Filter menus.

  • Page 113: Lasso And Marquee Tools

    Lasso and Marquee Tools The lasso and marquee tools enable you to create a selection on your images that will limit where an enhancement affects your image. The selection created by the lasso and marquee tools will also limit the effect of the selection brush as well as the selection gradient and fill / remove tools.

  • Page 114: Edge Softness

    Click and draw a selection around the objects that you want to affect in the active image window. To add to the selection, ensure that the (+) icon is selected and click and draw outside of the selection. To subtract from the selection, select the (–) icon and draw within the selection. To move the selection, ensure the (+) icon is selected and click on the selected area to reposition the selection.

  • Page 115: Selection Brush Tool

    Selection Brush Tool The selection brush enables you to selectively paint in or paint out the enhancements found in the current step. You can use the selection brush to selectively apply any enhancement found within the Adjust or Filter menus, as well as the color, black, neutral, and white control points.

  • Page 116: Brush Hardness

    Click and draw within the active image window to add or remove the effect, depending on if you selected the (+) or (–) icon. At any point, switch to the opposite mode by clicking on either (+) or (–) to add to or remove from the selection drawn.

  • Page 117: Opacity

    Opacity Changing the Opacity option increases or decreases the opacity of the brush strokes that are applied. Increase this value and the brush will either add more of the current step’s enhancements to the image when using the (+) mode of the selection brush or it will remove more of the current step’s enhancements from the image when using the (–) mode of the selection brush.

  • Page 118: Selection Gradient Tools

    Selection Gradient Tools The selection gradient tools enable you to gradually blend between applying and removing the current step’s effects on your image. You can use the selection gradient tools to selectively apply any enhancement found within the Adjust or Filter menus, as well as the color, black, neutral, and white control points.

  • Page 119: Gradient Range

    Click and draw a line within the active image window. Depending on if you chose the (+) or the (–) icons, the point where you start the line will either be the part where the effect is added at 100% to the image or where the effect is removed entirely from the image.

  • Page 120: Fill / Remove Tools

    Fill / Remove Tools The fill / remove tools enable you to either fill the current step’s enhancements or clear the selections made by the selection brush, gradient tools, or fill tool, either in the entire image or the area within a selection created by the lasso and marquee tools.

  • Page 121: Chapter 14 Bird's Eye

    Chapter 14 Bird’s Eye The Bird’s Eye always displays the entire image, even if the active image window only displays a zoomed-in portion of the image. When zoomed-in, the areas visible within the active image window are shown as a rectangle superimposed on top of the entire image.
  • Page 122 Chapter 14 — Bird’s Eye...

  • Page 123: Chapter 15 Edit List

    Chapter 15 Edit List The Edit List palette is the central location for all of the controls provided within Capture NX 2. The Edit List palette was greatly improved, with the position of many tools and features moved to provide better access.

  • Page 124: Introduction To The Edit List

    Introduction to the Edit List The Edit List palette stores all of the enhancements that have been applied to your image in chronological order. The Edit List palette can be used as a history that allows you to go back and modify any of the adjustments that you have previously made to your images.

  • Page 125: Show/Hide Triangles

    The show/hide triangle shows and hides the contents of the section or q Show/Hide enhancement. Click on the triangle to toggle between showing and hiding the Triangles contents of the associated section or enhancement. Apply checkboxes are used to turn enhancements on or off. Adjustments to an w Apply Checkbox enhancement automatically enable the corresponding Apply checkbox;...

  • Page 126: Version

    Version The Version menu can now be found at the top of the Edit List palette, providing you with direct control of this powerful feature. Versions represent an advanced way of working with and maintaining a number of different versions of the same image within one image file. Two different types of versions are available, and access to these versions is provided within this menu.

  • Page 127: Batch Menu

    Batch Menu The batch menu within the Edit List provides you with quick access to tools that can be used to copy and paste adjustments and XMP/IPTC information, and create and load settings files for batch processing. Chapter 15 — Edit List Batch Menu...

  • Page 128: Develop Section

    Develop Section The “Develop” section, formerly the Base Adjustments step in Capture NX version 1, has been greatly improved for Capture NX 2. This section provides you with camera and RAW specific enhancements as well as a new “quick fix” mode that can be used on any file format. Please note: Enhancements within “Develop”...

  • Page 129: Camera Settings

    The “Develop” section provides you with the Camera Settings section, the Quick Fix section, and the Camera & Lens Corrections sections. Camera Settings RAW ONLY The Camera Settings section provides you control over options set within the camera at the time the image was captured.
  • Page 130 Incandescent Daylight Standard Fluorescent/ High Color Rendering Fluorescent Chapter 15 — Edit List Develop Section Select this value if the lighting in your photograph’s scene was provided by an incandescent or tungsten light source. You can further modify the setting with the Fine Adjustment slider.
  • Page 131 Select this option if your image was shot using a Nikon Speedlight as the light source. You can further modify this setting with the Fine Adjustment slider. If the image was taken with a color filter from a Nikon Color Filter Set attached to the flash, choose from the following options: •...
  • Page 132 ❏ Set Gray Point In this mode you can identify an object within your photograph that was neutral gray in the scene and base the white balance off that object, or you can take an average of a section of your photograph and calculate the white balance off that section.
  • Page 133 “Color mode” settings for the D2X and D2XS. D2XMODE 3 Please note: In Picture Control mode, you can add optional Picture Controls downloaded from Nikon websites. Note that any optional Picture Controls used on the camera must also be installed on the computer.
  • Page 134 ❏ Quick Adjust The Quick Adjust slider adjusts the Sharpening, Contrast, and Saturation sliders to recommended values that match the enhancement created by the Picture Control. Move this slider to the left to decrease the Sharpening, Contrast, and Saturation sliders. Move this slider to the right to increase these sliders.
  • Page 135 The Brightness slider enables you to control the brightness within the image. Move the slider to the left to darken the image or move the slider to the right to brighten the image. ❏ Saturation and Hue Adjustment The Saturation and Hue options enable you to control characteristics of the color of the image. The results of the Saturation and Hue section are also dependent on the Picture Control option selected.
  • Page 136 ❏ Toning Monochrome ONLY The Toning options enable you to emulate the use of toners found in traditional photography, or to add a tint to the image. Choose from: Black-and-White Cyanotype Sepia Yellow Green Blue Green Blue Purple Blue Red Purple ❏...

  • Page 137: Hue Adjustment

    ❏ Sharpening The Sharpening feature enables you to adjust the amount of sharpening that was set in the camera. Choose from the following options: • Unchanged This will revert to the sharpening set in the camera. • None • Low •...
  • Page 138 Active D-Lighting Active D-Lighting, available only for cameras that provide this functionality within the camera itself, was designed for photographing subjects where it is difficult to capture detail in both highlights and shadows. If Active D- Lighting is enabled ion the camera when a photograph is taken, the image will be underexposed to preserver highlight information.

  • Page 139: Quick Fix

    Quick Fix Tone Curve The Tone Curve tool provides you with a curve editor that controls the tonality of the image. Within the Tone Curve tool, you are presented with a curve that enables you to control the relationship of input luminosity values to output luminosity values.

  • Page 140: Highlight Protection

    ❏ White Point Slider Move the white point slider to the left to set all luminosity values from the point you have selected and to the right to complete white. This will redistribute all of the values to stretch the luminosity range to match the entire possible range of values.

  • Page 141: Camera & Lens Corrections

    Camera & Lens Corrections Color Moiré Reduction RAW ONLY The Color Moiré Reduction tool enables you to apply a noise reduction process available only on RAW images. To apply color moiré reduction, click on the show/hide triangle and select one of the options from the pull-down menu.
  • Page 142 For all other cameras, you will be presented with a folder search window to enable you to locate on your computer’s hard drive a folder that contains an Image Dust Off reference photo. • If Capture NX 2 locates more than one Image Dust Off reference photo within the same folder, you will be presented with an options dialog to select which image to use.
  • Page 143 When this lens information is not available, the Intensity slider’s range will be based on default lens characteristics. To determine whether a given combination of lens and camera will record distance information, see the table below. Camera D40, D40X, D50, D60, D70, D70S, D80, D100, D2H, D2HS, D2X, D2XS, D200, D3, D300 D1X/D1H (firmware version 1.10 or later)
  • Page 144 Fisheye Lens The Fisheye Lens tool is only displayed when the active image was shot with either the AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED or AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D lenses. This feature enables you to modify an image taken with a compatible fisheye lens to make that image appear to have been taken with a wide-angle rectilinear lens.

  • Page 145: Adjust Section

    Adjust Section All enhancements added to the Edit List palette using one of the tools or features from the menus are added as adjustment steps to the “Adjust” section. Each adjustment step can contain the following elements: Selection Information The selection information area is displayed whenever a step has been selectively applied and provides information and control for selections made to the current adjustment step.
  • Page 146 Choose from the following options: ❏ Hide Selection The Hide Selection option prevents the current selection from being displayed in the image window, showing only the image. ❏ Show Overlay The Show Overlay option displays the selection as a semi-transparent color overlay, superimposed on top of your image.

  • Page 147: Adjust & Filter Pull-Down Menu

    Paint & Fill Mask Section The “Paint & Fill Mask” section controls the effect made by a selection brush, selection gradient, or the fill and remove tools. The effect of the “Paint & Fill Mask” section is considered in combination with the other types of selective control provided within an adjust step.

  • Page 148: Opacity Mixer

    Opacity Mixer The opacity mixer provides you with the ability to blend the current enhancement with the rest of the image. The opacity mixer becomes available as soon as you add any features from the Adjust or Filter menus, or a color, black, neutral, or white control point to the image.
  • Page 149 • Opacity (Green Channel) This slider controls the current effect on the green channel of the image. You can move this slider to the left to prevent the current effect from being applied to the green channel, or you can reduce the other two sliders to ensure the current effect is being applied to the green channel only.

  • Page 150: Working With The Edit List

    Working with the Edit List Deleting Steps and Enhancements Steps and enhancements can be deleted independently of each other. Clicking on a step or enhancement will cause it to become highlighted within the Edit List palette. You can then press the delete key on your keyboard or select Delete from the Edit menu to clear that step or enhancement from the image.

  • Page 151: Linking Enhancements

    Linking Enhancements Linking enhancements within the Edit List palette enables you to apply the selective controls that are used within one step to more than one enhancement. By default, each enhancement is applied to a separate step. By linking two or more enhancements together in the same step, each of those enhancements can benefit from the same selective controls that were applied to that step.

  • Page 152: New Step Button

    New Step Button Clicking on the New Step button will create a new, empty adjustment step within the “Adjust” section of the Edit List palette. Click on this button if you want to manually generate a new step within the Edit List palette to start a new series of enhancements.

  • Page 153: Chapter 16 Photo Info

    Chapter 16 Photo Info The Photo Info palette display combines the histogram and the watch points functionalities into a single palette. The “Histogram” section shows a live histogram that reflects the statistical makeup of the image. The “Watch Points” section enables you to monitor the effects of the changes you make to the color values in the image.

  • Page 154: Channels

    This “Histogram” section provides you with the following controls: Channels The channels pull-down menu enables you to select the channel you wish to have displayed within the “Histogram” section. The following channel options are available: The RGB option displays the red, green, and blue histograms, superimposed over one another. Where the individual histograms overlap, secondary colors are displayed.

  • Page 155: Clear

    To use the Double Threshold feature, follow these steps: Enable the Double Threshold checkbox within the “Histogram” section of the Photo Info palette. If no black pixels appear in the image, slowly drag the shadows slider to the right. Once you notice black pixels appearing, release the mouse button.

  • Page 156: Add Watch Point Button

    Within the “Watch Points” section, you are provided with the following controls: Add Watch Point Button By clicking on this button, you can add up to four watch points to your image. When you click on this button, the mouse cursor will change to a crosshair and enable you to place a watch point directly on the image.

  • Page 157: Chapter 17 The Color Picker

    Chapter 17 The Color Picker The color picker is available in specific enhancements and provides you with the ability to select any color within the RGB, HSB, or LAB color spaces. The fisheye lens, neutral control point, color control point, distortion control, colorize, and certain Color Efex Pro plug-ins from Nik Software can utilize the color picker for their enhancements.

  • Page 158: Color Wheel

    The color picker provides you with the following controls: q Color Wheel w Color Triangle e RGB Selection Boxes r HSB Selection Boxes t LAB Selection Boxes Chapter 17 — The Color Picker e r t The color wheel enables you to select the targeted hue for the color. When you click within the color wheel, the hue will immediately change to the color that you clicked on.

  • Page 159: Last Selected & Previous Picks

    The Last Selected and Previous Picks color swatches provide you with access to the last five selected colors. The Last Selected color swatch shows you the color y Last Selected & that was last selected, while the Previous Picks color swatches show you the four Previous Picks previous colors selected prior to the color shown in the Last Selected swatch.
  • Page 160 Chapter 17 — The Color Picker...

  • Page 161: Chapter 18 File Menu

    Chapter 18 File Menu Open Image… The Open Image… option provides you with a “File Open” dialog, allowing you to locate an image to open and edit. Please note: Images saved in the Grayscale and CMYK color modes cannot be opened within Capture NX 2. Open With…...

  • Page 162: Open Folder In Browser

    Capture NX 2. Launch Nikon Transfer… Select this option to launch Nikon Transfer. Launch Camera Control Pro… Select this option to launch Camera Control Pro. This option is only available if Camera Control Pro is installed on your computer.

  • Page 163: Save As

    Embed ICC Profile Check this box if you would like to embed the current profile in your image. It is recommended that you leave this box checked unless your printer requests that you do not embed the color profile in the image. Save As…...

  • Page 164: Jpeg

    Compression Choose from two different compression options: ❏ None This option does not compress the image information. ❏ LZW This option employs a lossless compression scheme based on the LZW compression algorithm. Bit Depth Choose to save your image either as an 8 or 16-bit per channel image. Please note: The 16-bit option is not available for CMYK TIFF images, and you may only save the image as a 16- bit image if the original image was 16-bit.

  • Page 165: Revert

    Protected images cannot be edited within Capture NX 2. Protection can be turned on within the camera or within another Nikon image editing application. To turn off protection and enable the image to be edited by Capture NX 2, select the Protect File item to uncheck it.

  • Page 166: Print

    Print… The “Print Layout” dialog enables you to set all of the necessary parameters in order to print your image. Additionally, a number of options are presented to enable you to create print packages, add metadata, and color manage your prints. You can print the active image by selecting Print from the File menu, or you can select a range of pictures to print by highlighting multiple images within the browser and selecting Print.

  • Page 167: Metadata

    Metadata Clicking on this button will open the “Metadata” dialog, where you can choose the metadata, such as file and camera information, you want printed around the image. Print Information The options within the “Print Information” section place specific information regarding your image beneath each image.

  • Page 168: Page Layout Tab

    Page Layout Tab The options within the “Page Layout” tab enable you to identify the size and layout of your image as well as any print package settings that you may want to apply. Use Output Resolution This option will prevent any size or resolution changes from being made to the image due to the settings in the “Print Layout”...

  • Page 169: Color Management Tab

    Color Management Tab The “Color Management” tab enables you to set the color management options for the images when they are printed. The settings within the “Color Management” tab default to the settings indicated within the “Preferences” dialog. Please note: If you assign color management within the print dialog, it is very important that you turn off color management within your printer driver.

  • Page 170: Print To File

    Use Black Point Compensation Check this box to utilize black point compensation. This ensures that the black point from the image is mapped to the black point of your printer, enabling the full color range of the printer to be used. If your prints contain either gray shadows or too little detail, try turning this option off.

  • Page 171: Chapter 19 Edit Menu

    Chapter 19 Edit Menu Undo The Undo command enables you to take one step backward and remove changes that were made to the image or that were made within the current dialog. You can undo an unlimited number of changes within the same step, and nearly all changes you make on your image are undoable.

  • Page 172: Cut

    The Cut command clears an object and places it within Capture NX 2’s clipboard, making that object accessible to paste. The Cut command can be used on the following objects: • Text within a text box • Selected control points •...

  • Page 173: Duplicate

    Duplicate The Duplicate command makes an immediate copy of the currently selected object. The Duplicate command can make a copy of the following objects: • The current image when the image window is active and no control points are selected •...

  • Page 174: Select All

    Select All The Select All option highlights all of the objects within the active area. Use Select All within: • A text box to select all of the text • An image to select all of the control points currently displayed on the image •...

  • Page 175: Flip

    Flip Use the Flip command to mirror the image across one of two axes: • Choose Horizontal to mirror the image across the vertical axis. • Choose Vertical to mirror the image across the horizontal axis. Rotate The Rotate sub-menu provides you with options to rotate your image 90°...

  • Page 176: 90 Degrees Cw

    90 Degrees CW Selecting 90 Degrees CW will cause your image to be rotated 90° clockwise. 90 Degrees CCW Selecting 90 Degrees CCW will cause your image to be rotated 90° counter-clockwise. Straighten Select Straighten to add a straighten step to the Edit List palette. In the Straighten step within the Edit List palette, you can rotate an image incrementally clockwise or counter-clockwise, or you can trace a line within your image that should be either horizontal or vertical and allow the straighten tool to automatically straighten your image.
  • Page 177 By default, Capture NX 2 will automatically crop the image using the same aspect ratio to hide all areas of the image where there is no image information. These areas that lack information are created when the image is rotated, and are represented by pure white pixels.

  • Page 178: Size / Resolution

    Size / Resolution Size / Resolution changes the size of your image, with control over either redistributing the image data or interpolating the image data. Within the “Size / Resolution” dialog, you can choose between one of two resize modes: Resample Image The Resample Image option enables you to change the file to match a specific output size and resolution.

  • Page 179: Fit Photo

    Fit Photo The Fit Photo command enables you to fit a series of images to a maximum size. This is especially helpful if you want to batch resize a number of images that may each have mixed orientations, some portrait and some landscape orientation.
  • Page 180 Select the appropriate units of measurement. If the images will be printed, it is best to use inches, centimeters, or millimeters. If the images will be displayed on a web page or other electronic display medium, select pixels. Enter the largest value of the image size into both the Width and Height boxes.
  • Page 181 In the “Save Adjustments” dialog, ensure that the Fit Photo step is checked, enter an appropriate name for the new settings file, and click OK. You now have a settings file available that can be used in a batch process to apply the Fit Photo command to a series of images.
  • Page 182 Chapter 19 — Edit Menu...

  • Page 183: Chapter 20 Adjust Menu

    Chapter 20 Adjust Menu Please note: Tools that apply only to RAW images do not appear in the menus. Tools specific to RAW images are available in the Develop step of the Edit List palette. Light > Levels & Curves The Levels &...
  • Page 184 To use the Levels & Curves tool to edit your images, follow these steps: Adjust Light Navigate to the menu, select the sub- Levels & Curves menu, and select Select the channels to be adjusted using the channel selector. Typically, the RGB option is used when editing images.

  • Page 185: Channel Selector

    The Levels & Curves tool provides you with the following controls: t y u i o !0 !1 !2 !3 Channel Selector The channel selector lets you select which channel, or portion of colors, you want to affect. The default is to edit all three channels, red, green, and blue, simultaneously.

  • Page 186: Black And White Output Sliders

    The luminosity histogram displays a bar graph representing the total number of pixels that appear at different levels of luminosity. The horizontal axis represents the luminosity level, while the vertical axis represents the number of pixels found at each luminosity level within the current image. The left side of the horizontal axis represents the darkest tones in your image, while the right side represents the lightest tones in the image, based on the active channel selected.

  • Page 187: Show Before / After Histogram

    White Point Slider Move the white point slider to the left to set all luminosity values from the point you have selected and to the right to complete white (or to the maximum lightness of the channel's color when working on an individual color channel).

  • Page 188: Set Black Point

    Set Black Point Clicking on this button will change the mouse cursor into a black point dropper cursor. By then clicking on your image, you will set the black point slider for all three color channels to the value of the color selected by the black point dropper.

  • Page 189: Brightness

    Brightness The Brightness slider provides you with the ability to either brighten or darken your image without creating unwanted color shifts. Move this slider to the left to darken the image, or move the slider to the right to brighten the image. Light >...

  • Page 190: Correct Color Cast

    Correct Color Cast The Correct Color Cast slider is provided by selecting the Advanced method in the auto levels method pull-down menu. This slider either increases or decreases the degree to which the color cast is reduced within the image. A value of 50 is equivalent to the color cast reduction result of the Auto method. Light >...

  • Page 191: Color > Lch

    Color > LCH The LCH tool enables you to individually control the luminosity, color lightness, chroma, and hue of the active image using individual editor dialog. To use the LCH tool to edit your images, follow these steps: Navigate to the Adjust menu, select the Color sub- menu, and select LCH.

  • Page 192: Master Lightness

    Click directly on the curve for the selected channel to add an anchor point that can be moved and adjusted. Depending on the channel selected, the adjustments made to the curve will have different effects on the image. After making adjustments to the first channel, you may make additional adjustments by selecting another option from the channel pull-down menu.
  • Page 193 The Master Lightness channel provides you with the following controls: i o !0 !1 The curve editor is where the majority of the enhancements are made within the LCH feature. Within the curve editor, you are presented with a histogram that represents the total luminosity values within your image.
  • Page 194 w Black Point Slider e Mid Point Slider r White Point Slider t Black and White Output Sliders y Show Before / After Histogram u Auto Contrast i Add Anchor Point o Reset Current Channel !0 Reset All Channels !1 Temporary Cancel Chapter 20 —...

  • Page 195: Color Lightness

    Color Lightness The Color Lightness channel enables you to control the brightness of colors in the image without affecting chroma or hue. You can use this channel to target and brighten specific colors, such as lightening a person’s skin tone, or darkening the sky of a landscape without affecting other objects. Shortcut (while a LCH step is active): Ctrl + 1 (Windows)

  • Page 196: Chroma

    w Add Anchor Point e Reset Current Channel r Reset All Channels t Temporary Cancel Chroma The Chroma channel enables you to edit the chroma, or saturation, of the entire image or of specific colors within the active image without affecting luminosity or hue. Shortcut (while the LCH enhancement is active): Ctrl + 2 (Windows)

  • Page 197: Hue

    The hue map represents the full spectrum of colors on the horizontal axis, with the chroma of the colors on the vertical axis. Superimposed on this hue map, you are provided with a chroma curve that can be used to isolate and adjust the chroma of individual colors.
  • Page 198 The Hue channel provides you with the following controls: q Hue Map w Add Anchor Point e Reset Current Channel r Reset All Channels t Temporary Cancel Button y Hue Map Rotation Chapter 20 — Adjust Menu Color > LCH w e r t The hue map represents the full spectrum of colors on a rotated horizontal axis.

  • Page 199: Color > Color Balance

    Color > Color Balance The Color Balance tool provides you with simple controls for adjusting the overall brightness, contrast, and color balance of the entire image. Move any of the sliders within the Color Balance step to alter that slider’s effect on the image. The Color Balance tool provides you with the following controls: Brightness...

  • Page 200: Color > Color Booster

    Color > Color Booster The Color Booster tool you to optimally adjust the saturation, or vividness, of colors. Use the Color Booster tool to increase the saturation of colors of the active image. The Color Booster tool provides you with the following controls: Protect Skin Tones When the Protect Skin Tones checkbox is enabled, you are...

  • Page 201: Focus > Gaussian Blur

    Focus > Gaussian Blur Use the Gaussian Blur tool to dramatically reduce the appearance of detail throughout the image. This enhancement is often used selectively to reduce the visual impact of objects or areas within an image in order to draw the viewer’s eye away from that object or area.

  • Page 202: Focus > Unsharp Mask

    Focus > Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask tool increases the apparent sharpness of your images by enhancing the edges of objects in your image. The Unsharp Mask tool in Capture NX 2 is unique in that it always applies its sharpening to the luminosity of the image, which prevents any unwanted color shifts.

  • Page 203: Color

    Adjust the Intensity, Radius, and Threshold sliders to achieve the desired sharpening result. If desired, additional colors can be selected to sharpen with different values. Select a different option from the Color pull-down menu and adjust the Intensity, Radius, and Threshold sliders again to determine the sharpening to apply to the additional color.

  • Page 204: Intensity

    Intensity The Intensity slider controls the amount of sharpening that will be applied to the color selected by the Color pull-down menu. The higher the sharpening intensity, the more pronounced the sharpening effect will be on your image. If the intensity setting is set too high, it can create an over-sharpened and artificial looking image.

  • Page 205: Fill Color

    Fill Color The Fill Color patch enables you to determine the color to use in the areas that lack image detail created when correcting for pincushion distortions. Click on this patch to access the color picker or click on the eye dropper to sample any color within an image open within Capture NX 2’s editor.

  • Page 206: Noise Reduction

    Noise Reduction The Noise Reduction tool enables you to reduce the effects of digital noise that sometimes appear in images taken with digital cameras. Please note: It is recommended that you zoom your image to 100% while determining the amount of noise reduction to apply to your image.

  • Page 207: Sharpness

    Sharpness The Sharpness slider helps counter the loss of detail that can occur at high noise reduction levels. Move this slider to the right to increase the amount of sharpening that is applied to your image. Method Choose between the Faster or Better Quality methods in the Method pull-down menu. Select Faster for faster processing or Better Quality for a more precise noise reduction effect.

  • Page 208: Color Profile

    Color Profile The Color Profile tool provides you with image-specific color management options within Capture NX 2. Use these options to apply a profile, or convert the current profile to prepare the image for your specific color managed workflow. Capture NX 2 utilizes the default color profile folder for your operating system. If you add or create additional profiles on your system, please ensure that the new profiles are placed in this default location.

  • Page 209: Convert To Profile

    Convert to Profile The Convert to Profile method enables you to convert the profile space of the current image to the profile space of the output device. The result is that the actual color values change, but the appearance of those colors does not change on your monitor.
  • Page 210 Capture NX 2 provides the following intents: Perceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric Absolute Colorimetric Use Black Point Compensation Check this box to utilize black point compensation. This ensures that the black point from the image is mapped to the black point of your printer, enabling the full color range of the printer to be used. If your prints contain either gray shadows or too little detail, try turning this option off.

  • Page 211: Chapter 21 Filter Menu

    Chapter 21 Filter Menu Photo Effects The Photo Effects tool enables you to take more creative control of your image. With this tool, you can convert your image to a black and white, sepia, or tinted image. You can also control the tonality of the image, enhance dark tones, and control the color balance.

  • Page 212: Black And White

    Cyan — Red The Cyan — Red slider enables you to shift the colors of your image from cyan to red. Moving this slider to the left removes red from the image, which will cause the image to become more cyan. Adjusting this slider to the right adds red to the image, removing cyan from the image.

  • Page 213: Sepia

    Magenta — Green The Magenta — Green slider enables you to alter the black and white effect on your image. When you move this slider to the right, objects that contain magenta become lighter, while objects containing green become darker. Moving this slider to the left causes objects that contain magenta to become darker and objects containing green to become brighter.

  • Page 214: Tinted

    Tinted The Tinted method emulates the effect of printing a black and white negative on color paper, while using different colored filters to change the overall hue of the image. The following controls are provided within the Tinted method: Brightness The Brightness slider enables you to control the tonality throughout your image.

  • Page 215: Add Grain / Noise

    Add Grain / Noise The Add Grain / Noise tool enables you to add the stylistic effect of either grain or noise to your image. The grain feature emulates different sizes of film grain within your image, while the noise feature applies random detail to your image to approximate digital camera noise.

  • Page 216: Brightness

    Brightness The Brightness slider controls the overall luminosity of the image. Move this slider to the left to darken the entire image or move this slider to the right to brighten the entire image. Colorize The Colorize tool enables you to add a color to your image. The Colorize tool provides you with the following controls: Color Click on the Color patch to access the color picker or click...

  • Page 217: Filter Hue

    To use the Black and White Conversion tool, follow these steps: Filter Navigate to the menu and select Black and White Conversion. Adjust the Filter Hue and Color Filter Strength sliders to control the relationship of colors throughout the image and provide greater separation of tonal values.

  • Page 218: Contrast

    Contrast Use the Contrast slider to change the contrast of your image. Moving this slider to the left will decrease the contrast throughout the image, while moving the slider to the right will increase contrast. Third-Party Plug-Ins Capture NX 2 supports third-party plug-ins. After the plug-in is installed, additional entries are available in the Filter menu.

  • Page 219: Chapter 22 Batch Menu

    Chapter 22 Batch Menu Run Batch Process Select Run Batch Process to call up the Batch Process dialog in order to begin applying a batch process. Within the Batch Process dialog, you are presented with two different methods of applying a batch process: Batch Process and Watched Folder.
  • Page 220 Apply Settings Check this box if you would like to apply a settings file to your image or if you would like to revert any NEF files to their original state. Unchecking this box will ensure that the enhancements found within the image are not changed from their last saved state.

  • Page 221: Watched Folder

    ❏ NEF: Choose a compression setting in the Advanced section. ❏ TIFF: In the Advanced section, choose a color model (RGB or CMYK), bit depth (Always 8 bit or 16 bit if possible), and compression type (None or LZW). ❏ JPEG: Use the pull-down menu to choose from Highest Compression Ratio, Good Compression Ratio, Good Balance, Good Quality, and Excellent Quality, or select the desired balance between image quality and compression using the slider.
  • Page 222 ❏ Run Process Immediately Select Run Process Immediately to continually monitor the watched folder for new images and process any new images as soon as they are placed within the targeted folder. ❏ Run Process Every Enter a number to determine how frequently, in hours, Capture NX 2 should review the watched folder for new images.

  • Page 223: File Naming Dialog

    Rename By checking the Rename checkbox, Capture NX 2 will rename the images using the naming system found within the File Naming dialog. Click on the Edit button to display the File Naming dialog. For more information, please see the “File Naming Dialog” section later in this chapter. Select File Format Choose a file format for processed images from the Select File Format pull-down menu.

  • Page 224: Processing Queue

    ❏ Original Name This option will place the original file name at the beginning of the new file name. ❏ New Name This option will enable you to type in a new name to enter at the beginning of the new file name. ❏...
  • Page 225 Queued The Queued tab shows a list of images that are currently waiting to be processed. If you do not wish a particular image to be processed, uncheck the box for that image. The Log tab contains a list of all of the images that have already been processed along with any possible errors that have occurred.

  • Page 226: Copy Adjustments

    Close When Done Check the Close When Done checkbox to cause the Processing Queue window to close when the batch process has completed. Notify When Complete When this option is selected, a message box will be displayed to notify you that the batch process has completed.

  • Page 227: Save Adjustments

    Save Adjustments Select the Save Adjustments command to open the “Save Adjustments” dialog. It is within the “Save Adjustments” dialog that you create settings files that will be used for batch processes in the future. When the “Save Adjustments” dialog opens, you are presented with a representation of the current image’s Edit List palette.

  • Page 228: Copy Iptc Info

    Copy IPTC Info The Copy IPTC Info command will copy only the IPTC fields from the current image that contain entries to Capture NX 2’s clipboard. You will then be able to use the Paste IPTC Info command to add those copied IPTC fields to one or more images.

  • Page 229: Chapter 23 View Menu

    Chapter 23 View Menu Selection Display The options provided in the Selection Display sub-menu duplicate the selection display control pull-down menu found in a step within the Edit List palette. These options enable you to determine how to display the current selection made within the image window.

  • Page 230: Show Overlay

    Show Overlay The Show Overlay option displays the selection as a semi-transparent color overlay, superimposed on top of your image. Anywhere this color overlay is displayed, the current step’s adjustment is being applied. Anywhere the image is displayed, no enhancement is being applied. You can control the color and opacity of the overlay within the “Preferences”...

  • Page 231: Show Grid

    The color and spacing of the grid can be set within the “Preferences” dialog. Show Focus Point When working with images captured by a Nikon camera, you can display the focus area used when capturing the image by selecting Show Focus Point from the View menu.

  • Page 232: Show Lost Shadows

    The resulting image will contain white, primary, and secondary colors only. The following table describes values these colors represent: White Yellow Magenta Cyan Green Blue With this display on, you can adjust the settings of one of the enhancements that have already been applied to reduce the brightening effect and prevent details from becoming blown out.

  • Page 233: View At 100

    With Show Lost Shadows enabled, you can modify any enhancements that may make the image too dark. View at 100% Select this option to set the zoom ratio for the current image to 100%. Fit to Screen Select this option to set the zoom ratio for the current image so that the entire image fits into the space available on your monitor.

  • Page 234: Zoom Out

    Zoom Out Select this option to zoom one step out of the active image. Full Screen The full screen display mode is useful for maximizing the space used by Capture NX 2. Use this display mode when editing images to minimize distractions and enable you to focus entirely on the image that is being edited.

  • Page 235: Hide Palettes

    Hide Palettes Select this feature to quickly hide all of the palettes in the work area. Shortcut Tab key Chapter 23 — View Menu Hide Palettes...

  • Page 236: Compare Images

    Compare Images The three different compare images modes of Capture NX 2 provide you with different options for comparing images. The first two options, Compare in Editor and Compare in Browser, are only accessible from within the browser and provide you with the ability to compare two different images. The Compare with Original option is only available while working on an image within the editor and enables you to compare the current state of the image with the original state of that same image.

  • Page 237: Compare In Editor

    Compare in Editor Use this option to compare two different images in the editor. Select two different images in the browser and select Compare in Editor from the View menu. This will open both images within the editor and zoom the images so that they fit within the available space of your screen. While you are comparing these two images, you can use the zoom tool or the hand tool to zoom in and pan on one image, creating the identical effect on the other image.

  • Page 238: Compare With Original

    Compare with Original Use this option to compare the original with the current state of the active image within the editor. Select this option from the View menu when you are working on an image in the editor, and Capture NX 2 will automatically open a duplicate window of the same image and resize it so that the two windows fit within the available space of your screen.

  • Page 239: Chapter 24 Window Menu

    Chapter 24 Window Menu Workspace The Workspaces sub-menu provides you with an alternative location to select a workspace to use to arrange Capture NX 2’s palettes and windows. For more information about the different options provided within the Workspaces sub-menu, please see the “Workspaces” section in Chapter 8, “Interface”. Reset Workspace Selecting the Reset Workspace option will reset all of the palettes and windows to their default locations, based on the current active workspace.

  • Page 240: Toolbar

    Toolbar Selecting the Toolbar option from the Window menu will show the toolbar. Bird’s Eye Selecting the Bird’s Eye option from the Window menu will display the Bird’s Eye palette. Edit List Selecting the Edit List option from the Window menu will display the Edit List palette. Photo Info Selecting the Photo Info option from the Window menu will show the Photo Info palette.

  • Page 241: Chapter 25 Help Menu

    Chapter 25 Help Menu Contents The Contents option brings up the help contents within your default Internet browser. Navigate through the help to access the information from this user’s manual in a searchable format. Technical Support The Technical Support option will launch your Internet browser and provide you with links to the different technical support options available for Capture NX 2.

  • Page 242: Show Welcome Screen

    Update Capture NX 2 Use this option to check for updates to Capture NX 2. Selecting this option will open the Nikon Message Center which will automatically check for any available updates and provide you with an option to download that update.

  • Page 243: Chapter 26 Appendix: Short-Cuts

    Chapter 26 Appendix: Short-cuts The Browser Tool Open Browser Label image(s) with label 1 Label image(s) with label 2 Label image(s) with label 3 Label image(s) with label 4 Label image(s) with label 5 Label image(s) with label 6 Label image(s) with label 7 Label image(s) with label 8 Label image(s) with label 9 Remove label from image(s)

  • Page 244: The Toolbar

    Tool Filter by Rating: 1 Star Filter by Rating: 2 Stars Filter by Rating: 3 Stars Filter by Rating: 4 Stars Filter by Rating: 5 Stars The Toolbar Tool Direct Select Tool Hand Tool Zoom Tool Temporary Zoom Tool (in) Temporary Zoom Tool (out) Crop Tool Color Control Point...

  • Page 245: File Menu

    File Menu Tool Open Image Open Folder in Browser Launch Transfer Save Save As Close Page Setup Print Exit Edit Menu Tool Undo Redo Copy Paste Duplicate Delete Rename Select All Deselect All Rotate Clockwise 90° Rotate Counter-Clockwise 90° Size / Resolution Preferences / Options in Capture NX 2 Ctrl + K Windows Ctrl + O...

  • Page 246: Adjust Menu

    Adjust Menu Tool Levels & Curves Contrast / Brightness Color Balance Saturation Filter Menu Tool Black and White Conversion Batch Menu Tool Run Batch Process View Tool Show Selection Overlay (toggle on/off) Shift + O Show Selection Mask (toggle on/off) Show Active Selection (toggle on/off) Ctrl + H Show Lost Highlights Show Lost Shadows...

  • Page 247: Window Menu

    Window Menu Tool Browser Workspace Metadata Workspace Muti-purpose Workspace Edit Workspace Cycle between open images Help Tool Contents Apple Specific Shortcut Tool Hide application Windows Alt + 1 Alt + 2 Alt + 3 Alt + 4 Ctrl + Tab Windows Windows —...
  • Page 248 Chapter 26 — Appendix: Short-cuts...

  • Page 249: Chapter 27 Appendix: Supplied Color Profiles

    Standard RGB Profiles Supplied in Capture NX 2 Profiles with a Gamma Value of 1.8 Apple RGB: NKApple.icm (Windows)/ Nikon Apple RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh) This profile is used in desk-top publishing applications and in Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0 or earlier, and is the typical RGB profile for Macintosh monitors.
  • Page 250 Adobe RGB (1998): NKAdobe.icm (Windows)/ Nikon Adobe RGB (1998) 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh) A color-space profile defined in Adobe Photoshop 5.0. It has a wider gamut than sRGB and includes the colors found in most CMYK gamuts, making it suitable for users involved in desktop publishing. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 is “SMPTE-240M”, the corresponding setting in Adobe...

  • Page 251: Capture Nx 2

    Technical Data for RGB Profiles Supplied with Capture NX 2 The following table shows the gamma values for profiles supplied in Capture NX 2, together with the chromaticity values for the white point and for red, green, and blue. White point Profile Color temperature...

  • Page 252: Profiles

    Capture NX 2 output profile sRGB (Nikon sRGB 4.0.0.3001) Apple RGB (Nikon Apple RGB 4.0.0.3000) Color Match RGB (Nikon Color Match RGB 4.0.0.3000) Bruce RGB (Nikon Bruce RGB 4.0.0.3000) NTSC (1953) (Nikon NTSC (1953) 4.0.0.3000) Adobe RGB (1998) (Nikon Adobe RGB (1998) 4.0.0.3000) CIE RGB (Nikon CIE RGB 4.0.0.3000)

  • Page 253: Chapter 28 Appendix: Additional Notices

    ❏ The Opt-in / Opt-out Dialog The first time Nikon Message Center starts, a dialog allowing you to opt in or out of Nikon mailings will be displayed. Select the desired options and click OK to display the Nikon Message Center window.

  • Page 254: Camera Adjustments

    Camera Adjustments ❏ Non-Picture Control Based Adjustments When images taken with D1-series, D2-series, D100, D200, D80, D70S, D70, D60, D50, D40, or D40X cameras are edited with the Non-Picture Control option selected in the Camera settings step in the “Develop” section of the Edit List palette, the sharpening, tone compensation, color mode, and saturation settings in effect at the time the photograph was taken are marked with an asterisk (no asterisk will be displayed if “Auto”...

  • Page 255: Color Mode

    “as is” with little or no modification. Exposure Compensation Highlights in images saved in Nikon Capture 4.4 or earlier with a negative value selected for exposure compensation may display differently when opened in Capture NX 2. Chapter 28 — Appendix: Additional Notices...

  • Page 256: Image Dust Off

    Image Dust Off ❏ Cameras That Support Image Dust-Off The following cameras support Image Dust Off: the D3, D2-series cameras, D300, D1X / D1H (firmware version 1.10 or later), D200, D100, D80, D70S, D70, D60, D50, D40, and D40X. Image Dust Off is not supported with COOLPIX cameras, D1 cameras, or with earlier versions of the camera firmware for the D1X and D1H.

  • Page 257: Vignette Control

    Vignette Control Vignette control cannot be used to correct vignetting caused by PC Nikkor lenses or flash photography. Opening Images ❏ RAW Images Created with the D1X The default size for RAW images created with the D1X when opened in the Capture NX 2 editor can be chosen using the D1X RAW Default option in the “Preferences”...

  • Page 258: Saving Images

    ❏ NEF Files (Nikon Capture 4 or Earlier) NEF files created with Capture NX 2 cannot be opened in earlier versions of Nikon Capture. Capture NX 2 can however be used to open NEF images created with earlier versions of Nikon Capture.

  • Page 259: Size / Resolution

    Please note: See “Appendix: Supplied Color Profiles” (pg. 247) for more information on the default RGB color- space profiles. Please note: The “NKCMYK.icm” (Windows) and “Nikon CMYK 4.0.0.3000” (Macintosh) CMYK profiles provided with Capture NX 2 are general-purpose, almost neutral profiles that are not based on a specific ink set, making them suited for use where output conditions are not known.

  • Page 260: Levels & Curves

    ❏ Opening NEF Files Saved in Nikon Capture 3.5x or Earlier In Capture NX 2, changes to color balance apply before changes to curves. In Nikon Capture 3.5 and earlier, changes to curves were applied before changes to color balance, with the result that settings may change when the images saved in Nikon Capture 3.5x or earlier are opened in Capture NX 2.

  • Page 261: D-Lighting

    Capture NX 2, while Digital DEE settings saved with NEF images in earlier versions of Nikon Capture 4 are lost when these images are opened in Capture NX 2. Digital DEE settings files (extension “.ndd”) cannot be loaded into Capture NX 2.
  • Page 262 Chapter 28 — Appendix: Additional Notices...

  • Page 263: Chapter 29 Index

    Chapter 29 Index About Capture NX 2 240 Active D-Lighting 136 Activity Toolbar 87 Adjust & Filter pull-down menu 145 Adjust Menu 181 Adjust Section 143 Apply Checkbox 123 Auto Color Aberration 140 Auto Levels 187 Auto Red-Eye 140 Auto Retouch Brush 108 Base Mask 144 Batch Menu 125, 217 Batch Process 217...
  • Page 264 Minimizing & Maximizing Palettes 65 NEF 19, 33, 161 Neutral Control Point 98 New Step Button 150 Chapter 29 — Index Nikon Message Center Agent 251 Noise 213 Noise Reduction 204 Non-Picture Control 134 Opacity Mixer 146 Oval Marquee Tool 111...
  • Page 265 NEF 256 TIFF 256 Save As 161 JPEG 162 NEF 161 TIFF 161 Saving Images 256 Selection Brush Tool 113 Selection Control Point 110 Selection Display 227 Selection Gradient Tools 116 Selection Information 143 Selection Overlay 45 Sepia 211 Shadow 230 Shadow Protection 138 Sharpening 132, 135 Short-cuts 241...

  • Page 267: Chapter 30 Contact Information

    Visit these sites to keep up-to-date with the latest product information, tips, answers to frequently-asked questions (FAQs), and general advice on digital imaging and photography. Additional information may be avail-able from the Nikon representative in your area. See the URL below for contact information: http://nikonimaging.com Chapter 30 —...
  • Page 268 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 CORPORATION. Printed in Europe SB8D02(11) 6MS54911-02...

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