User manual NIKON CAPTURE 4.2 UPGRADING

[. . . ] 1 /15 En Notice to Customers Upgrading to Nikon Capture 4. 2 In addition to support for the Nikon D2X digital camera, Nikon Capture 4 version 4. 2 offers the new features described below. Automatic Update Nikon Capture 4 is equipped with an automatic update function known as Nikon Message Center. Nikon Message Center checks for updates to a variety of Nikon digital products, including Nikon software. At default settings, Nikon Message Center will automatically check for updates if the computer is connected to the Internet when Nikon Capture 4 starts. [. . . ] Enter a marker name Enter a marker name and click OK. The new marker will be added to the markers palette. Selecting the marker in the markers palette will now restore the picture to the state it was in when the marker was created. Preset markers are available for restoring pictures to their original or current state or to the state they were in when last saved. To delete a marker, select it in the markers palette and click Delete. Markers Markers for NEF images are saved with the image and recalled whenever the image is opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor. Markers for JPEG and TIFF images are lost when the image window is closed. 7 /15 Show Focus Area To show the focus area used when the image in the active window was taken, select Show Focus Area from the Image menu. Nikon Capture 4 Editor The focus area is shown by red focus brackets. Show Focus Area The focus area will not be displayed if the image was created using a COOLPIX-series camera, a non-CPU lens, or manual focus. Color Mode (Advanced RAW) Color Mode Color Mode settings apply only to photographs taken with D2-series, D1-series D100, or D70 cameras. Modes I and Ia, which are adapted to the sRGB color space, are suited to portraits that will be printed or used "as is" with little or no modification. Mode II is adapted to the Adobe RGB color space. This color space is capable of expressing a wider gamut of colors than sRGB, making it the preferred choice for pictures that will be extensively processed or retouched. Modes III and IIIa, which are adapted to the sRGB color space, are suited to nature or landscape shots that will be printed or used "as is" with little or no modification. Changes to the Curves Palette A ("Set Curve Point") button has been added to the Curves palette. To add a point to a curve corresponding to tones in the active image, click this button and then click the desired location in the active window. Nikon Capture 4 Editor Tone Curve Point button 8 /15 Changes to the LCH Editor Palette The LCH Editor palette now contains the following channels: The Master Lightness Channel Although it affects brightness rather than color, editing luminosity has a similar effect to editing the master curve in the Curves palette. Nikon Capture 4 Editor White-point output level slider Show Histogram button Auto Contrast button Luminosity curve Histogram Black-point output level slider Black-point input slider Mid-point slider White-point input slider Luminosity curve: Maps luminosity in the original image (input) to the luminosity of the image after editing (output). Any portion of the curve can be edited as described in "Curves" ; steepening the curve increases the difference between light and dark areas of the image, increasing contrast. Histogram: Shows the distribution of pixels of different luminosities in the input. The horizontal axis corresponds to luminosity (in the range 0­255), the vertical axis to the number of pixels. Output level sliders: Choose the maximum (white point) and minimum (black point) values for output. Input level sliders: Choose the maximum (white point) and minimum (black point) input levels. Mid-point slider: Set the mid-point (gamma value). Moving the mid-point alters the brightness of mid-tones while preserving detail in highlights and shadows. Show Histogram button: Click to view the luminosity distribution for the final image. Click again to view the input luminosity distribution. Auto Contrast button: Set the maximum and minimum input levels to exclude values for 0. 5% of the brightest and darkest pixels in the crop. The percentage of pixels excluded can be adjusted in the Advanced Color tab in the Preferences dialog. The Color Lightness Channel The Color Lightness channel controls the brightness of colors without affecting chroma or hue. Select a point on the curve that corresponds to the desired input color and drag it up and down until it intersects with the desired output color. [. . . ] · Color Boost: Drag the slider to the right to increase color saturation, or enter a value between 0 and 100 directly in the text box to its right. The D-Lighting Settings Menu button in the D-Lighting palette displays the D-Lighting Settings Clicking the menu. Option Description Copy to Clipboard Copy current D-Lighting settings to the clipboard. Select this item to load D-Lighting settings previously saved using the Save. . . where you can navigate to the drive (volume) and directory containing the desired settings file (only files with the extension ". ndl" will be displayed). The settings in the D-Lighting palette will instantly revert to the saved settings. [. . . ]