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All other trade names mentioned in this manual or in the other documentation provided with your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective holders. i Tab le h apC o ntents C o f ter 1 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................. 1 RAW File Format Benefits ..................................2 Camera Relationship ..........................................3 Camera Adjustments ........................................45 RAW Adjustments ............................................50 Lens Adjustments .............................................52 Light & Color Adjustments................................54 Detail Adjustments ...........................................57 Enhancement Steps ..........................................59 System Requirements .........................................5 Installation ..........................................................5 Show/Hide Triangle ...........................................60 Apply Step Checkbox .......................................60 Apply Enhancement Checkbox .........................60 Link Icon...........................................................60 Adjust & Filter Pull-Down Menu ........................61 System Requirements & Installation .................................................. 5 U PointTM Technology ............................... 9 The Capture NX Interface ..................... 13 Getting Started......................................... 17 Opening Capture NX........................................17 Welcome Screen ...............................................18 Browsing and Opening Images .......................19 Window Functionality Within Capture NX .....20 Exiting Capture NX...........................................20 File Format Differences ....................................21 How to Print .....................................................23 Batch Processing ...............................................23 Opacity Mixer ...................................................61 Table of Contents Selection Notification Area ...............................64 Feather Control ................................................64 Versions Menu ..................................................65 Automatically Generated Versions ....................65 Manually Generated Versions ...........................65 Batch Menu .....................................................66 New Step Button ..............................................66 Working with Enhancements ..........................66 Editing Steps and Enhancements ......................66 The Browser............................................... 29 Folder Menu .....................................................31 Label Menu .......................................................32 Sort Menu .........................................................33 Batch Menu ......................................................34 Deleting Steps and Enhancements ....................67 Copying and Pasting Steps and Enhancements ........................................................................67 Linking Enhancements ......................................68 Swapping Enhancements..................................69 File Directory ............................................. 37 Camera Settings ....................................... 39 IPTC ............................................................... 41 The Edit List ............................................... 43 Base Adjustments Step.....................................44 Toolbar F2 - View Tools.......................... 71 Direct Select Tool .............................................71 Hand Tool ........................................................71 Zoom Tool ........................................................72 Toolbar F3 - Edit ....................................... 75 Rotate ...............................................................75 Straighten .........................................................75 ii Crop...................................................................77 Redo ................................................................125 Cut ...................................................................125 Copy ................................................................125 Paste ................................................................126 Duplicate.........................................................126 Delete..............................................................126 Select All .........................................................126 Toolbar F4 ­ Black, White, and Neutral Control Points ........................... 81 Black Control Point ..........................................81 White Control Point .........................................82 Neutral Control Point.......................................82 Tab le h apC o ntents C o f ter 1 Table of Contents Toolbar F5 ­ U Point Technologybased Tools ................................................ 85 Color Control Point ..........................................85 Red-Eye Control Point ......................................86 Flip...................................................................127 Rotate .............................................................127 Size / Resolution .............................................127 Change the Output Size (DPI) .........................127 Change the File Size (Image Size) ....................128 Fit Photo .........................................................128 Preferences .....................................................128 General ..........................................................129 Color Management ........................................130 Levels & Grid ..................................................131 Cache Settings ...............................................133 Toolbar F6 - Selection Tools.................. 89 Selection Brush .................................................89 Lasso & Marquee Tools ....................................92 Selection Gradient............................................93 Fill / Remove Tools ............................................94 The Bird's Eye ............................................ 97 Photo Info .................................................. 99 Histogram .........................................................99 Watch Points...................................................101 Adjust Menu ............................................ 137 Light ................................................................137 Levels & Curves ..............................................137 Contrast / Brightness ......................................141 Auto Levels.....................................................142 The Image Window ............................... 105 The Color Picker ..................................... 109 File Menu .................................................. 113 Open Image... ................................................113 Open With... ...................................................113 Open Folder in Browser .................................113 Open Recent ...................................................114 Save .................................................................114 Save As.... ........................................................115 Revert ..............................................................116 Close ................................................................116 Print Setup... ..................................................116 Print... .............................................................117 Exit ..................................................................122 D-Lighting ......................................................143 Color ...............................................................145 LCH ................................................................145 Color Balance .................................................150 Color Booster .................................................151 Saturation / Warmth .......................................151 Focus ...............................................................152 Gaussian Blur .................................................152 High Pass........................................................152 Unsharp Mask ................................................153 Correct ............................................................154 Color Aberration Control ................................154 Distortion Control...........................................155 Opacity Mixer .................................................155 Edit Menu ................................................. 125 Undo ...............................................................125 Noise Reduction .............................................156 iii Color Profile....................................................157 Apply Profile ...................................................157 Convert to Profile ...........................................158 Zoom Out........................................................198 Full Screen.......................................................198 Tab le h apC o ntents C o f ter 1 Hide Palettes...................................................199 Compare .........................................................199 Compare in Browser .......................................199 Control Points Menu............................. 161 Color Control Points... ...................................161 Black Control Point ........................................163 White Control Point... ...................................165 Neutral Control Point... .................................167 Red-Eye Control Point... ................................171 Compare in Editor ..........................................200 Compare With Original...................................200 Window Menu ........................................ 203 Cascade ...........................................................203 Tile ...................................................................203 Reset Palette Location ...................................204 Bird's Eye .........................................................204 Browser ...........................................................204 Camera Settings .............................................204 Color Picker.....................................................204 Edit List ...........................................................204 File Directory ..................................................204 IPTC Information ............................................204 Filter Menu............................................... 173 Photo Effects... ...............................................173 Add Grain/Noise.............................................177 Contrast: Color Range... ................................177 Colorize... .......................................................178 Black and White Conversion... ......................178 Batch Menu .............................................. 181 Run Batch Process... .......................................181 Copy Settings ..................................................181 Paste Settings .................................................181 Save Settings... ...............................................182 Load Settings ..................................................183 Batch Process Alert Box ..................................183 Processing Queue.........................................184 Fi ...