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Plus Capture NX 2 has maintained all of the functionality of Capture NX, but has added improvements to the usability of those functions. If you own a Nikon photo software and have a user manual in electronic form, you can upload it to this website using the link on the right side of the screen.

The user manual lists all of the functions of the Nikon Capture NX 2 Photo Editing Software Upgrade , all the basic and advanced features and tells you how to use the photo software. Software Manuals Firmware Software.

Download software for Nikon products. Although your device does not support this download service, it can be used to view download information. Title Version Released. Capture NX 2 Full Ver. Other products Back. Return to top. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip.

Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Page 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. Page Filter By Rating To display all images again, click on the checkmark next to the filter by label tool.

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.

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.

To rename the current file, click once on the file name to highlight it and a second time to change the file name. Page 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.

You cannot sort images by this column. The voice memo icon is displayed for images that have a voice memo attached Voice Memo Icon to them.

Page 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. Alternatively, you can click on the batch menu located to the left of the labeling and rating toolbar and select Paste IPTC Info.

Chapter 12 — Activity Toolbar Print Page 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. 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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. Page 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. 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 Size The auto retouch brush provides you with the following controls: Size Changing the Size option increases or decreases the size of the brush.

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 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.

Page Edge Softness Click and draw a selection around the objects that you want to affect in the active image window. To subtract from the selection, select the — icon and draw within the selection. Page 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 Opacity Opacity Changing the Opacity option increases or decreases the opacity of the brush strokes that are applied. 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 Gradient Range Click and draw a line within the active image window. When zoomed-in, the areas visible within the active image window are shown as a rectangle superimposed on top of the entire image. The Edit List palette was greatly improved, with the position of many tools and features moved to provide better access. 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. 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 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. Chapter 15 — Edit List Batch Menu You can further modify the setting with the Fine Adjustment slider. Page 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. Note that any optional Picture Controls used on the camera must also be installed on the computer. Move this slider to the left to decrease the Sharpening, Contrast, and Saturation sliders.

Move this slider to the right to increase these sliders.

 
 

 

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User icon An illustration of a person’s head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Page 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. 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 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. 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. Page 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 The Master Lightness channel provides you with the following controls: i o! Within the curve editor, you are presented with a histogram that represents the total luminosity values within your image.

Page Color Lightness Color Lightness The Color Lightness channel enables you to control the brightness of colors in the image without affecting chroma or hue. 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. The Color Balance tool provides you with the following controls: Brightness Use the Color Booster tool to increase the saturation of colors of the active 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 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 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 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. Page 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. Page 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. Select Faster for faster processing or Better Quality for a more precise noise reduction effect. 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 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. 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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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 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. After the plug-in is installed, additional entries are available in the Filter menu. Within the Batch Process dialog, you are presented with two different methods of applying a batch process: Batch Process and Watched Folder. Page 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. Click on the Edit button to display the File Naming dialog.

Page 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.

Notify When Complete When this option is selected, a message box will be displayed to notify you that the batch process has completed. These options enable you to determine how to display the current selection made within the image window. Page Show Overlay Show Overlay The Show Overlay option displays the selection as a semi-transparent color overlay, superimposed on top of your image.

Anywhere the image is displayed, no enhancement is being applied. 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 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 View At With Show Lost Shadows enabled, you can modify any enhancements that may make the image too dark. 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.

Use this display mode when editing images to minimize distractions and enable you to focus entirely on the image that is being edited. 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 6 Using Open Folder in Browser Page 8 Open Recent Page 9 Red Page 10 General Page 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.

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 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.

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. Using the Browser To open an image using the browser, follow these steps: Open the Folders palette, the Browser palette will automatically open. Click on the pull-down menu for the Open destination folder with other application after transfer option.

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.

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.

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.

If desired, check the Crop Photos to Fit option to ensure the entire printable surface is utilized. 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. Page 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 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 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.

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.

To select all of the images in the current folder, navigate to the Edit menu and choose Select All. 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 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.

The Advanced section provides you with options for the selected file format. Start Click to begin converting the files. Page 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.

Page 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. When Point Sample is selected, a single pixel will be sampled when a dropper is used. 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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. Please note that, you cannot delete a default workspace. Chapter 7 — Preferences Workspaces Page 56 Chapter 7 — Preferences 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 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. The failure of any party to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, or the exercise of any option, right or remedy contained herein, shall not be construed as a waiver of any future application of such term, provision, option, right or remedy, and such term, provision, option, right or remedy shall continue and remain in full force and effect.

The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part hereof or affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions of section 3 and section 4 together with any provisions that by their express terms apply to periods after termination of this Agreement, shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.

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