![]() ![]() Any edits applied via the “Adjust” panel in Capture NX2 are not visible in Capture NX-D. That means if you used Photo Mechanic as a front-end to Capture NX2, you’ll no longer see accurate previews of files edited in Capture NX-D. ![]() Because adjustments are saved as sidecar files, the embedded JPEG previews are not updated anymore. ![]() Aside from the LCH editor, which is an excellent tool (and has been around since Nikon Capture 4), there is not one compelling “must have” adjustment tool in this list. Gone are all the “pro” tools that we had in Capture NX2, including high-pass filter, monochrome conversion, and Photo Filters, and the Auto Retouch Brush. Tone (brightness/contrast and shadow/highlight protection).When it comes to the editing tools, you’ll find that Capture NX-D only offers the following corrections: The use of sidecar files significantly speeds up batch processing, because files no longer need to be manually saved during the editing process. You can also use the WB eyedropper directly from the browser’s grid view, as well as the editing tools. You can browse images in folders, apply color labels and star ratings, and filter images in the browser based on those ratings and certain EXIF data. From a file-management perspective, there is no catalog/database function. Unfortunately, that’s about where the new “features” end.Ĭapture NX-D is built a lot like View NX2 a file browser with a built-in editor. Capture NX-D is certainly faster than Capture NX2, and it has adopted the use of sidecar files to store edits and metadata. Part of the reason Capture NX2 was slow was because it rendered NEF files fully at any zoom level, and because file changes were written directly into NEFs. One of the biggest complaints about Capture NX2 was its speed, or should I say its lack thereof. Unfortunately, it is clear to me that this new product is more notable for what it lacks than what it offers. Public beta testing is something Nikon has been reluctant do to in the past, and it’s something I applaud them for. I downloaded the beta of Capture NX-D to see what it would do. Called Capture NX-D, this Nikon RAW converter is being offered for download while in beta form. I made this screen capture before the beta software stopped working on my Mac Pro.Īlong with the Nikon D4s announcement, Nikon yesterday also announced a long-awaited upgrade to Capture NX2. These Nik plug-ins include the Dfine 2.0 noise-reduction plug-in, the HDR Efex Pro high-dynamic-range plug-in, the Viveza 2 image-editing plug-in for working with light and color, the Color Efex Pro 3.0 plug-in for digital filter effects, the Silver Efex Pro 2 black-and-white processing software and Sharpener Pro 3.0.Nikon Capture NX-D: A return to 2004 RAW editing workflow. SOFTWARE AVAILABLE WITH CONTROL POINTSįirst introduced in 2006 with Nikon’s Capture NX photo-editing software, Control Points have been further refined over the last few years and now can be found in eight different imaging applications, including six plug-ins. ![]() Control Points then can be used to reduce those adjustments to smaller areas of the image. Also, sometimes it’s faster to apply a global adjustment to the entire image. Secondly, the more Control Points you add to an image, the better job they will do at analyzing the image information in the background, giving you better results overall. First, more precise control over smaller portions of the image will still provide better results. Selectively editing an image with numerous Control Points also will work to your advantage in two ways. ![]()
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