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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 respec- tive holders. i Ta ble of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 of Contents Table Introduction ................................................. 1 Camera Adjustments ........................................45 RAW Adjustments ............................................50 RAW File Format Benefi ts ..................................2 Lens Adjustments .............................................52 Camera Relationship ..........................................3 Light & Color Adjustments ................................54 System Requirements & Detail Adjustments ...........................................57 Installation .................................................. 5 Enhancement Steps ..........................................59 System Requirements .........................................5 Show/Hide Triangle ...........................................60 Installation ..........................................................5 Apply Step Checkbox .......................................60 U Point™ Technology ............................... 9 Apply Enhancement Checkbox .........................60 Link Icon ...........................................................60 The Capture NX Interface ..................... 13 Adjust & Filter Pull-Down Menu ........................61 Getting Started ......................................... 17 Opacity Mixer ...................................................61 Opening Capture NX ........................................17 Selection Notifi cation Area ...............................64 Welcome Screen ...............................................18 Feather Control ................................................64 Browsing and Opening Images .......................19 Versions Menu ..................................................65 Window Functionality Within Capture NX .....20 Automatically Generated Versions ....................65 Exiting Capture NX ...........................................20 Manually Generated Versions ...........................65 File Format Differences ....................................21 Batch Menu .....................................................66 How to Print .....................................................23 New Step Button ..............................................66 Batch Processing ...............................................23 Working with Enhancements ..........................66 Editing Steps and Enhancements ......................66 The Browser ............................................... 29 Deleting Steps and Enhancements ....................67 Folder Menu .....................................................31 Copying and Pasting Steps and Enhancements ........................................................................67 Label Menu .......................................................32 Linking Enhancements ......................................68 Sort Menu .........................................................33 Swapping Enhancements ..................................69 Batch Menu ......................................................34 Toolbar F2 - View Tools .......................... 71 File Directory ............................................. 37 Direct Select Tool .............................................71 Camera Settings ....................................... 39 Hand Tool ........................................................71 IPTC ............................................................... 41 Zoom Tool ........................................................72 Toolbar F3 - Edit ....................................... 75 The Edit List ............................................... 43 Rotate ...............................................................75 Base Adjustments Step .....................................44 Straighten .........................................................75 ii Crop ...................................................................77 Redo ................................................................125 Cut ...................................................................125 Ta Toolbar F4 – Black, White, and Neutral Control Points ........................... 81 Copy ................................................................125 ble of Contents Paste ................................................................126 Chapter 1Black Control Point ..........................................81 of Contents Table Duplicate .........................................................126 White Control Point .........................................82 Delete ..............................................................126 Neutral Control Point .......................................82 Select All .........................................................126 Toolbar F5 – U Point Technology- Flip ...................................................................127 based Tools ................................................ 85 Rotate .............................................................127 Color Control Point ..........................................85 Size / Resolution .............................................127 Red-Eye Control Point ......................................86 Change the Output Size (DPI) .........................127 Toolbar F6 - Selection Tools .................. 89 Change the File Size (Image Size) ....................128 Fit Photo .........................................................128 Selection Brush .................................................89 Preferences .....................................................128 Lasso & Marquee Tools ....................................92 General ..........................................................129 Selection Gradient ............................................93 Color Management ........................................130 Fill / Remove Tools ............................................94 Levels & Grid ..................................................131 The Bird’s Eye ............................................ 97 Cache Settings ...............................................133 Photo Info .................................................. 99 Adjust Menu ............................................ 137 Histogram .........................................................99 Light ................................................................137 Watch Points ...................................................101 Levels & Curves ..............................................137 The Image Window ............................... 105 Contrast / Brightness ......................................141 Auto Levels .....................................................142 The Color Picker ..................................... 109 D-Lighting ......................................................143 File Menu .................................................. 113 Color ...............................................................145 LCH ................................................................145 Open Image… ................................................113 Color Balance .................................................150 Open With... ...................................................113 Color Booster .................................................151 Open Folder in Browser .................................113 Saturation / Warmth .......................................151 Open Recent ...................................................114 Focus ...............................................................152 Save .................................................................114 Gaussian Blur .................................................152 Save As.... ........................................................115 High Pass ........................................................152 Revert ..............................................................116 Unsharp Mask ................................................153 Close ................................................................116 Correct ............................................................154 Print Setup… ..................................................116 Color Aberration Control ................................154 Print… .............................................................117 Distortion Control