User manual NIKON CAPTURE NX

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[. . . ] The Duplicate command can make a copy of the following objects: · The current image · Images within the Browser · Selected Control Points Shortcut: Ctrl + A (Windows) Command + A (Mac OS) Shortcut: Ctrl + D (Windows) Command + D (Mac OS) 127 Flip Use the Flip command to mirror the image across one of two axes: · Choose Horizontal to mirror the image across the vertical axis. · Choose Vertical to mirror the image across the horizontal axis. Please see page 75 for a description of the functionality of the rotate and straighten features. C h ap ter 21 Size / Resolution Original The Size / Resolution command changes the size of your image, with control over either redistributing the image data or interpolating the image data. Within the Size / Resolution dialog, you can choose between one of two resize modes: Change the Output Size (DPI) Horizontal Flip Vertical Flip Edit Menu Rotate With these commands you can rotate your image 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise, or you can straighten the image. Original Rotate Right Rotate Left Within this mode, you can adjust both the resolution as well as the final image size. The first parameter that you change (either the resolution or the final image size) will simply redistribute the currently available pixels. If you then choose to alter the remaining parameter, Capture NX will interpolate the image data using a bi-cubic interpolation method. In doing so, image data is either created or discarded so that the image fits within the newly set parameters. To illustrate, if you first set the resolution to 300 dpi, the image height and width will automatically update to redistribute the current image pixels into an image set to 300 dpi. If you then change the image height or width, the resolution will remain at 300 dpi, and Capture NX will either create or remove new pixel infor- 128 mation in order to match the new size of the image. (width and height) into the dialog windows. It is recommended that you enter the same size into both windows, based on the longest side of the image. For instance, if you want to resize a folder of images of varying dimensions to 4"x 6", enter 6 inches into both the height and width boxes. This will ensure that both portrait and landscape oriented images have their longest size set to 6 inches. Change the File Size (Image Size) Within this mode you can change the image's size either by entering in the actual pixel dimensions or by indicating the percentage of increase or decrease. Either method will interpolate the image either up or down to change the final image size according to the parameters set. C h ap ter 21 Edit Menu Preferences The Preferences command modifies the default behavior of Capture NX. Fit Photo. . . Shortcut: Ctrl + K (Windows) Command + K (Mac OS) Please note: Within the Mac OS, the Preferences can be found under the Capture NX Menu. Hint: You can reset the preferences to the default settings by using the following shortcut while Capture NX is launching: Shortcut: The Fit Photo command enables you to fit a series of images to a maximum size. This is especially helpful if you want to resize a large number of images that may be set to different orientations, some portrait and some landscape. The Fit Photo will keep the proportions of the images while changing their sizes. Resizing simply involves entering the largest allowable image dimensions Ctrl + Shift + Alt (Windows) Control + Shift + Command (Mac OS) The four sections of the Preferences command are: General D1X RAW DEFAULT Use this option to set the default size of NEF images taken with the D1X. This option utilizes a unique resizing algorithm to resize D1X images to a 10 Megapixel equivalent image. 129 C h ap ter 21 DEFAULT UNITS Use this option to set the unit of measurement either to Inches or Millimeters. FOLDER FOR TEMPORARY DATA This option enables you to set the location where temp data is stored. If possible, set this option to use a folder on a disk other than the primary startup disk. OPEN WITH APPLICATION Use this option to browse for the program file for the application that you wish to use when utilizing the Open With command from the File Menu. Edit Menu DISPLAY LIGHT & COLOR ADJUSTMENTS Turn this option off if you do not wish to use the Light & Color Adjustments section of the base adjustments step for non-RAW images. DISPLAY DETAIL ADJUSTMENTS Turn this option off if you do not wish to use the Detail Adjustments section of the base adjustments step for non-RAW images. Please note: The two RAW sections, Camera Adjustments and RAW Adjustments, will still be displayed for RAW images. 130 Color Management maintain the relationships of colors so that the printed image appears natural to the human eye. While this intent maintains the relationships of colors, the actual color values will be changed. Saturation The Saturation rendering intent attempts to produce highly saturated colors, but it may not produce accurate colors in a photograph. [. . . ] 127, 221, 222 Soft Proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Sort Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Straighten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Supplied Color Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]