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Capture NX-D Reference Manual

Introduction

Viewing Pictures

Filters

Image Adjustment

Other Features

Menu Guide

The Toolbar

Use the toolbar to choose a view and access image adjustment tools.

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Print

Print the image currently selected or previewed in the image area.

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Back/Foward

Select the folder before or after the current folder.

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Open Folder

Display a dialog where you can navigate to and open a folder.

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Thumbnail

View the images in the current folder as thumbnails.

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Combination

View a preview at the top of the image area with thumbnails listed
underneath.

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Preview

Display the preview only.

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Full Screen

View images full screen.

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Multi Preview

View images side-by-side. Choose from

Compare Images

and

Compare Before and After Images

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Compare Images

View selected images side-by-side.

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Compare Before and

After Images

View an image as it appeared before adjustment side-by-side with
the adjusted image.

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Current

Apply current adjustments to the “before” image for use as a refer-
ence when making further modifications.

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Original

Restore the “before” image to the state it was in before any adjust-
ments were made.

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Preview Display Mode

Access the fit, combination, zoom, and hand tools or choose a
zoom ratio for the image in the preview palette.

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Gray Point Sample Tool

Click a point in the preview to adjust white balance so that the
sampled point takes on a neutral gray color.

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Straighten Tool

Straighten images.

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Crop Tool

Crop images.

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Open with

Convert images to 16-bit TIFF and open them in an application
previously selected using the

Register…

option.

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Convert Files

Save images in JPEG or TIFF format. Adjustments are applied be-
fore the image is saved.

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Batch Process Status

View batch process status.

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Cancel Batch Process

Cancel batch processing.

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Filter by Rating/Label

Filter images by rating or label.

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Filtering

Filter images by rating, label, or camera settings.

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Clear Filtering

End filtering and view all images.

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Summary of Contents for Capture NX-D

Page 1: ...lling 16 Filtering 17 Image Adjustment The Edit Palette 18 Exposure Compensation RAW Images 20 White Balance RAW Images 21 Picture Control RAW Images 22 Tone Tone Detail 24 Tool Buttons 25 Copying Adjustments 31 File Format 34 Other Features Cropping Pictures 35 Batch Processing 37 Printing Pictures 39 Printing Image Information 40 Index Prints 41 Preferences 42 Menu Guide Menu Guide 43 A A Save w...

Page 2: ... Retouch Pictures WithCaptureNX D it seasytoadjustsuchsettingsasbrightnessandwhitebalance page 18 Certain settings such as exposure compensation and Picture Controls are available only with RAW images Copy Adjustments Saveadjustmentsandapplythemtootherimages page31 orcopythemtoother computers page33 Savedadjustmentscanbeappliedtomultipleimagesusing batch processing page 37 Save Pictures in Other F...

Page 3: ... at any time with no drop in quality Original image Settings Retouch preview Retouch preview Settings file deleted or settings reset Original image When files are converted to JPEG orTIFF the changes are applied to the image as it is saved to create a new modified image data file Settings Original image JPEG or TIFF file AImage Adjustments Image adjustments are stored in a NKSC_PARAM folder in the...

Page 4: ...JPEG or TIFF images in Capture NX D and can not be modified us ingoptionssuchasexposurecompensation page20 andwhitebalance page21 that apply only to RAW NEF NRW images n Unsupported Images Images that have been modified using tools other than those listed above can be edited in Capture NX D by first resetting all changes using the restore button in the edit palette page 7 ARAW NEF NRW Images Chang...

Page 5: ...mage Selected images are high lighted in gray with images that have been modified indicated by a icon at the top left corner of the thumbnail Double click to pre view page 10 y Histogram palette View the tone distribution for the selected image page 6 u Edit metadata palettes Retouch images using the tools in the edit palette or switch to the metadata palette to view image information page 7 i Sta...

Page 6: ...for the color channel selected in the channel menu Choose RGB to view overlapping distributions for the red green and blue channels tone ranges in which the dis tributions for red and green overlap are shown in yellow those in which red and blue overlap in ma genta those in which green and blue overlap in cyan and those in which all three colors overlap in white The Navigation Bird s Eye Palette T...

Page 7: ...settings for later use To reset all tools and restore the image to the state it was in when first opened in Capture NX D click the restore button note that any changes made to JPEG and TIFF images in other applications since they were last opened in Capture NX D will not be reset Tool list Edit tab Adjustment manager Tool buttons Adjustments palette Restore button AThe Edit and Metadata Palettes U...

Page 8: ...before adjustment side by side with the adjusted image Page 14 1 Current Apply current adjustments to the before image for use as a refer ence when making further modifications Page 14 2 Original Restore the before image to the state it was in before any adjust ments were made Page 14 3 Preview Display Mode Access the fit combination zoom and hand tools or choose a zoom ratio for the image in the ...

Page 9: ...bined displays y Position in folder The position of the current image and the total number of images in the folder Click or to view other images The Menu Bar Access image adjustment tools or save images in other formats q w e r t y u i q File Convert files to other formats run batch processes and print and rename files w Edit Select copy paste and delete images e View Choose a view mode adjust zoo...

Page 10: ...bnail and click the button in the toolbar to display a preview AThumbnail Size Use the slider above the image area to choose the thumbnail size Slider AReturning to theThumbnailView To return to the thumbnail view click the button in the toolbar ASame Name Different Extension At default settings if the folder contains two images with the same file names but different extensions for example RAW and...

Page 11: ...review the current image with thumbnails above below or to one side click the button in the toolbar Preview palette Thumbnail palette Click thumbnails to preview other images AChoosing the Location of the Preview andThumbnail Palettes The locations of the preview and thumbnail palettes can be selected from the palette menus Preview palette menu Thumbnail palette menu ...

Page 12: ...ar and palettes and view the current image full screen click the button in the toolbar Use the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard to view additional images Full screen display is also available in the multi preview view page 13 Compare images Compare before and after images To exit the full screen display and return to the previous view click the button or press the Esc key ...

Page 13: ...to the standard two image com pare images option Compare Images Compare images side by side When either image is zoomed or scrolled the other will be zoomed or scrolled to match Current image When you click the button the current image will be displayed on the left To select images for display click the desired preview box and then click a thumb nail Only images in the same folder can be selected ...

Page 14: ...urrent image adjustments click the button in the toolbar The before image can then be used as a reference for subsequent changes to image adjustment settings n Restoring the Before Image To restore the before image to its unadjusted state click the button in the toolbar The before image will be restored to the state the image was in when first opened in Capture NX D note that any changes made to J...

Page 15: ...To select multiple pictures keep the Ctrl key or on Mac computers the command key pressed while clicking each image in turn To se lect two pictures and all images between them click the pictures while pressing Shift 2 Click the icon and choose a rating of from no rating to five stars To assign the picture a three star rating click the third star from the left The first three stars will be highligh...

Page 16: ...Image menu 1 Select pictures A A To select multiple pictures keep the Ctrl key or on Mac computers the command key pressed while clicking each image in turn To se lect two pictures and all images between them click the pictures while pressing Shift 2 Click a label q in the case of unlabelled images the label 0 only appears when the cursor is over the picture and choose a label of from 0 no label t...

Page 17: ...ted to values found in the images in the current folder Quick Filters Use the button in the toolbar to quickly filter pictures by rating and label 1 Click the button to display the filter bar Filter bar 2 Choose a filter or filters from the options in the filter bar A A If you select multiple ratings all pictures with ratings in the selected range will be displayed For example selecting ratings of...

Page 18: ...one Tone Detail Page 24 Settings for these tools can be selected from the pull down menus Selecting Original restores set tings to the values in effect when the image was first opened in Capture NX D At other settings a check appears in the box to the right of the pull down menu and changes can be hidden by removing the check from the box Tool list Adjustment palette The Adjustment Palette Use the...

Page 19: ...d adjusting settings in the adjustment palette The buttons for tools that have been modified from default values are highlighted in yellow e g Tool buttons The Restore Button Click the restore button to reset all tools and re store the image to the state it was in when first opened in Capture NX D note that any changes made to JPEG and TIFF images in other applica tions since they were last opened...

Page 20: ...se from values between 1 0 and 1 0 EV 1 0 EV 1 0 EV For values between 5 0 and 5 0 EV incremented instepsof0 01EV usetheExposureCompensation control in the image adjustment palette The image adjustment palette also offers an Active D Lighting menu that can be used to bring out details in highlights and shadows Low Normal High Extra high AActive D Lighting Active D Lighting is available only with R...

Page 21: ... green and more magenta higher values for the opposite effect The range of values available for Color Temperature vary with the option selected for white balance Gray point sample tool White balance can also be set by sampling the image click the Gray Point Sample Tool button and click anywhere in the image to sample a single pixel or drag the cursor over the image to use the average color value f...

Page 22: ... cameras Camera compatible Colors are processed using the Picture Controls for the camera that took the picture n Quick Adjust Drag the slider left or right to mute or heighten the effect of the selected Picture Control or click Reset to reset the slider to zero Quick adjust affects all Picture Control settings simultaneously and cancels any changes made separately to the individual parameters It ...

Page 23: ... a picture taken with a camera that supports the Clarity parameter Contrast Adjust contrast Choose lower values for less contrast higher values for more contrast Brightness Adjust brightness without losing de tail in highlights and shadows Saturation non monochrome only Control the vivid ness of colors Choose lower values for less satu ration higher values for more saturation Hue non monochrome on...

Page 24: ...0 the higher the value the greater the contrast Saturation Controlthevividnessofcolors Choose from values between 100 and 100 the higher the value the more vivid saturated the result Tone Detail Clicking the icon shown at right displays the fol lowing controls in the image adjustment palette Highlight Protection Preserve details in highlights Values range from 0 to 100 choose higher val ues to red...

Page 25: ...ss adjustments for Luminance and Color RAW images only Intensity Choose from values between 0 and 100 The higher the value the smoother the im age and the less visible the artifacts caused by image noise Sharpness Choosing high values for Intensity may smooth the image to the point that details are lost this can be countered by increasing Sharpness Edge Noise Reduction RAW images only Make outline...

Page 26: ...formation recorded with photo graphs to reduce the barrel distortion associated with wide angle lenses and the pin cushion distortion associated with telephoto lenses Vignette Control Adjust for variations in peripheral illumination that occur with some lenses Choose from values between 100 and 200 the higher the val ue the greater the increase in brightness at the edges of the image Fisheye Proce...

Page 27: ...e horizontal axis corresponds to lightness in the range 0 255 the vertical axis to the number of pixels qwer t y u i o 0 1 u Luminosity curve The slope and shape of the curve determines the lightness of the image in the corresponding portion of the tone range i Black point output level slider Choose the minimum output level black point o Black point input slider Choose the minimum black point inpu...

Page 28: ... neutral colors grays seem over saturated Select this option to increase chroma without affecting grays r t y u qwe n Hue Map selected colors in the original input im age to a specific range of colors in the final output image One application might be to deepen the colors in a pale blue sky q Add Anchor Point Click this button and then click the image in the preview palette to add a point to the c...

Page 29: ...at have been added to the image are filled in black Unsharp Mask Increase sharpness by making edges more distinct The contrast of edges is increased while other areas are left untouched q Delete Delete the currently selected mask from the unsharp mask list w Move Up Move Down Move the currently selected mask up or down in the unsharp mask list e Unsharp mask list A list of unsharp masks identified...

Page 30: ...el to linear wert o 0 1 2 3 5 4 i yu q i Reset All Channel Reset all curves to linear o White point output level slider Choose the maximum output level white point Dragging the slider down lowers the brightness of the brightest pixels 0 Histogram The histogram shows how the pixels in the image are distributed with respect to brightness The horizontal axis corresponds to brightness in the range 0 2...

Page 31: ...s in the tool list 1 Select a tool from the tool list and adjust set tings in the adjustment palette Here we have setexposurecompensation page20 to 1 50 2 Select Register Adjustments from the pull down menu in the tool list 3 Enter a name for the new setting and click OK In this example we have named the set ting 1 5 The new setting is added to the pull down menu and can now be applied to other pi...

Page 32: ...ed image or images RegisterUpdatedAdjustments Any adjustments that have been changed since the current folder was selected are saved and added as an option to the adjustment manager pull down menu Register All Adjustments All current adjustments are saved and added as an option to the adjust ment manager pull down menu Edit Registered Adjustments Reorder rename or delete adjustments previously add...

Page 33: ... the values selected in Step 1 while white balance would have remained at the value selected in Step 3 n Copying Adjustments to Other Computers The Save Updated Adjustments and Save All Adjustments options save image adjustments to a file which can be copied to other computers The adjustments can then be applied to selected pictures on the other computers using Load Adjustments n Adding Adjustment...

Page 34: ...the value the lower the compression ratio and the higher the image quality the lower the value the higher the compression ratio and the smaller the file size r Use LZW compression TIFF only Compress TIFF files using lossless LZW compres sion D D LZW compression may sometimes increase file size when applied to 16 bit images t Resolution Select this option to choose the output resolution y Embed ICC...

Page 35: ...n the crop palette and click Apply Ratio A crop with the selected aspect ratio will appear over the preview image A A The aspect ratio can be changed after you have resized and positioned the crop 2 Drag the corners of the crop to resize it without changing the aspect ratio If you selected Free Crop in Step 1 you can also drag the edges of the crop To position the crop drag the icon in the center ...

Page 36: ...ther Features Menu Guide Cropping Pictures 3 Click the button in the toolbar to crop the image ACrop Crops are not applied to the original image data The crop can be changed at any time by clicking the button in the toolbar Crops are applied when images are converted to JPEG or TIFF page 34 ...

Page 37: ...l down menu to choose a value between 0 and 100 The higher the value the lower the compression ratio and the higher the image quality the lower the value the higher the compression ratio and the smaller the file size t Use LZW compression TIFF only Compress TIFF files using lossless LZW compres sion D D LZW compression may sometimes increase file size when applied to 16 bit images y Resolution Sel...

Page 38: ...can be displayed by clicking the button in the toolbar e Delete Click to remove the file selected in the Queued tab from the queue or to delete the log for the file selected in the Finished tab r View folder Open the destination folder in the operating system file browser DCapture NX 2 Capture NX If the source contains files modified using Capture NX 2 or Capture NX a message will be displayed and...

Page 39: ...W RAW pictures choose Speed to use the preview data embed ded in the image for faster printing or Quality to use the original image data for higher quality output Copies Choose the number of copies of each page printed Page Layout Rotate to fit Rotate pictures to print them at the largest possible size Crop images to fit Pictures are enlarged to fill the print area Portions that do not fit in the ...

Page 40: ...formation printed with each picture The font style and font point size can be selected in the Font Settings area and previewed in the Sample area Header Footer Header Enter the text and choose the alignment for the header that will be printed at the top of each page Page Number Choose whether to print the page number and the total number of pages and select the position and alignment The page numb...

Page 41: ...ctures is automati cally adjusted according to the option selected A 2 4 layout Image Size Pictures are printed at the size entered for Width and Height the minimum size is 20 0 mm 20 0 mm and the maximum the same as the page size The number of pictures per page is automatically adjusted according to the size selected Pictures printed at 50 mm 50 mm Column and Row Choose the number of columns and ...

Page 42: ...option to choose where the converted files are stored i Auto contrastclip The levels and curves auto contrast option page 30 increases contrast by setting the white and black points to exclude a set proportion of the brightest and darkest pixels in the image Choose the percentage of pix els excluded by the new Black and White points y u i o 0 1 2 3 q w r e t o Droppersamplesize Select the size of ...

Page 43: ...int Print images page 39 Exit Windows only Exit Capture NX D The Edit Menu Undo Undo the most recent operation Redo Redo an operation after performing Undo Cut Copy Paste Cut copy or paste the current se lection Delete Delete the current selection Select All Select all images in the current folder Invert Selection Select all images in the current folder that are not currently selected and dese lec...

Page 44: ...ew areas of the image with the minimum value for brightness and in which details may have been lost to underexposure A different color is used to show the lost shadows for each of the RGB red green and blue chan nels Apply Label page 16 or rate page 15 selected images The Adjust Menu Restore Reset all image adjustments CopyUpdatedAdjustments Copyonlythose adjustments that have been changed sinceth...

Page 45: ...w page 21 CropTool Crop the preview page 35 StraightenTool Straighten the image in the preview palette page 29 Launch Picture Control Utility 2 Launch Picture Control Utility 2 Synchronize Edits Select this option to apply current settings to any images sub sequently added to the current folder Preferences Windows only Open the Capture NX D preferences dialog page 42 The Window Menu Histogram Edit...

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