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Nikon introduces Capture NX2

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Nikon has announced the new Capture NX 2 photo editing software. An evolution of the original Capture NX software released in 2006, Capture NX 2 makes easier to make photographic.

published : Tuesday, December 30, 2008  by raphael 
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NIKON  Capture NX2  | Theme : Digital Photography  | Photography software


NEF Workflow

The original Capture NX software introduced the world to direct on-image editing. This new development was the basis of the Color Control Point tool which enabled photographers of all levels to easily adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, color and warmth on specific elements of a picture such as sky, skin, grass, etc. This made it possible to choose any area of a photograph for editing without the need for complicated selections or masking techniques.

New Selection tool

Capture NX 2 introduces the all-new Selection Control Point tool, which allows users to carry out nearly any image adjustment to a specific area with just a point-and-click to make the selection. Whether applying an Unsharp Mask to just the eyes in a portrait, a Gaussian Blur to only the background of a photograph or D-Lighting to open up the shadows, the Selection Control Point makes it easy to do. What once was a complex and tedious task now takes just a fraction of the time.

Finally Autoretouch brush in Capture NX2

The newly developed Auto Retouch Brush allows you to simply apply a few mouse strokes to clear away spots, blemishes or other unwanted distractions that appear in a picture. Photographers can quickly and effectively achieve the results they are looking for without having to learn all new methods and skills.

New layout

The Capture NX 2 interface has been updated by adding "Workspaces" to optimize the screen layout. Four preset Workspaces such as "Browser" and "Edit" can be selected as well as a number of user-defined workspaces that optimize single or multiple monitors for the ideal screen layout. The Edit List has been reorganized to allow easier access to most settings. Further, it maximizes the picture display area while simplifying the editing process by allowing multiple edits to be viewed simultaneously.

Color Control Point in a more powerfool version

Enhancements for hue, brightness and saturation are as simple as placing a Color Control Point on the image, then adjusting the length of the sliders. For example, Color Control Points are convenient for changing the color of flowers to better effect against green surrounding foliage or for changing the color of a blue sky without altering the colors of foliage in the same picture.

Selection Control Point

This new function enables you to apply enhancements such as Unsharp Mask or D-Lighting to a specific area with just a click of the mouse. There is no need for precision selection or masks (the Selection Control Point recognizes the areas you want to modify). The enhancement effect can easily be adjusted, allowing you to apply your chosen effect as you would with intuitive masking. The Selection Control Point can be used with virtually any image enhancement tool, including D-Lighting, Brightness, Color, Focus, Correction, and Noise Reduction.

Auto Retouch Brush

To simply achieve more natural-looking results, Auto Retouch Brush lets you remove dust spots on an image using a mouse click and stroke to match the surrounding color and tones. This can also be used to remove facial blemishes, imperfections on flowers, or other unwanted objects within the frame.

Shadow/Highlight Adjustments

Using the slider at "Quick Fix", you can adjust shadows by Shadow Adjust and blown out highlights by Highlight Adjust. You can also make such adjustments numerically by directly typing a value from 0 to 100 into the textbox.


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