Nikon Eh 4 Users Manual

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Nikon Capture 4 Editor
Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control
- The Camera Control Window
- Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Preferences
Appendices

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User’s Manual

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Ver. 4.4 (En)

Ver. 4.4

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Package Contents

Before using this product, check that the package contains the items listed below. Contact your retailer

or local Nikon representative should you ﬁ nd that any of these items are missing or damaged.

• Nikon Capture 4 installer CD

• Nikon Capture 4 Install Guide

• Nikon Capture 4 User’s Manual (this manual)

• User registration card (USA only)

WARNING!

Do not play the Nikon Capture 4 installer CD on audio CD equip ment. Play ing a CD-ROM on

an audio CD play er could cause hear ing loss or dam age the equip ment.

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Make backup copies of important pictures before processing. Nikon will not be held liable for damages

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Table of Contents

Before You Begin: Introduction........................................................................................................ 1

Overview: About This Manual ......................................................................................................... 2

Principal Features: Features Available in Nikon Capture 4............................................................ 3

Nikon Capture 4 Editor ...................................................................................................................... 3

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control....................................................................................................... 3

System Requirements: What You Need to Run Nikon Capture 4 ................................................. 5

Installation......................................................................................................................................... 5

Image Adjustment: Nikon Capture 4 Editor .................................................................................... 7

The Editor Window: Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor .................................................... 8

Starting Nikon Capture 4 Editor....................................................................................................... 10

Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Editor......................................................................................................... 12

Opening Image Files ........................................................................................................................ 13

Zoom............................................................................................................................................... 18

The Bird’s Eye Palette....................................................................................................................... 19

Rotating and Flipping Images........................................................................................................... 20

Selecting a Crop .............................................................................................................................. 22

The Information Palette ................................................................................................................... 23

The Histogram Palette ..................................................................................................................... 26

The Markers Palette......................................................................................................................... 27

Show Focus Area ............................................................................................................................. 28

Color Aberration Control................................................................................................................. 28

Image Adjustment: Enhancing Images ......................................................................................... 29

White Balance ................................................................................................................................. 33

Advanced RAW ............................................................................................................................... 39

Image Dust Off................................................................................................................................ 42

Vignette Control.............................................................................................................................. 46

Curves .............................................................................................................................................48

The LCH Editor................................................................................................................................. 57

Color Booster .................................................................................................................................. 63

Photo Effects ...................................................................................................................................64

Color Balance ..................................................................................................................................66

Unsharp Mask ................................................................................................................................. 68

Noise Reduction .............................................................................................................................. 71

D-Lighting....................................................................................................................................... 73

Red eye Correction .......................................................................................................................... 75

Fisheye Lens (Fisheye-to-Rectilinear Transform for DX 10.5 mm Fisheye Lenses) .............................. 77

Output Size and Resolution ............................................................................................................. 79

Saving and Loading Image Adjustment Settings .............................................................................. 82

Saving Images.................................................................................................................................. 83

Printing Images................................................................................................................................ 88

Batch Processing.............................................................................................................................. 92

Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences: Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Editor................................ 97

The General Tab .............................................................................................................................. 98

The Performance Tab..................................................................................................................... 100

The Temporary Files Tab................................................................................................................. 101

The Advanced Color Tab................................................................................................................ 102

The Grid Lines Tab ......................................................................................................................... 103

The Color Management Tab (Windows) ........................................................................................ 104

The Color Management Tab (Macintosh) ....................................................................................... 105

Capturing Photographs: Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control ....................................................... 107

The Camera Control Window: Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control ............... 108

Starting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control ......................................................................................110

Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control ........................................................................................111

Capturing Photographs to Disk .......................................................................................................112

Processing Photographs as They Are Captured ...............................................................................116

Time Lapse Photography................................................................................................................ 120

The Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Window.............................................................................. 123

Custom Settings ............................................................................................................................ 135

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Preferences: Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

... 137

The General Tab ............................................................................................................................ 137

The Temporary Files Tab................................................................................................................. 138

The Color Management Tab .......................................................................................................... 138

Technical Notes: Appendices ........................................................................................................ 139

Appendix A: Supported Color Proﬁ les........................................................................................ 140

1. Standard RGB Proﬁ les Supported in Nikon Capture 4................................................................. 140

2. Technical Data for RGB Proﬁ les Supported in Nikon Capture 4 .................................................. 142

Appendix B: Color Matching in Adobe Photoshop (Version 7.0 or Later) ............................... 143

Step 1—Choosing a Monitor Proﬁ le .............................................................................................. 143

Step 2—Adjusting Settings in Adobe Photoshop ........................................................................... 144

Appendix C: The Nikon NEF Plug-in ............................................................................................ 145

Appendix D: Troubleshooting...................................................................................................... 147

Appendix E: Glossary .................................................................................................................... 149

Index............................................................................................................................................... 155

Read this chapter before in stall ing and using Nikon Capture 4.

Overview

Read this section for a description of how this man u al is

or ga nized and for an ex pla na tion of the symbols and con-

ven tions used.

Principal Features

Read this section for an overview of the options available in

Nikon Capture 4.

System Requirements

Before installing Nikon Capture 4, check that your computer

system meets the requirements listed in this section.

Before You Begin

Introduction

Overview

About This Manual

This man u al has been written to help you take advantage of the many features included in

Nikon Capture 4 (Ver. 4.4). Be sure to read this manual thoroughly, and to keep it handy when

using Nikon Capture 4.

Symbols and Conventions

The following symbols and conventions are used in this manual:

Life-Long Learning

As part of Nikon’s “Life-Long Learning” commitment to ongoing product support and education, con-

tinually-updated information is available on-line at the following sites:

•For users in the U.S.A.: http://www.nikonusa.com/

•For users in Europe and Africa: http://www.europe-nikon.com/support

•For users in Asia, Oceania and the Middle East: http://www.nikon-asia.com/

Visit these sites to keep up-to-date with the latest product information, tips, answers to frequently-asked

questions (FAQs), and general advice on digital imaging and photography. Additional information may

be available from the Nikon representative in your area. See the URL below for contact information:

http://nikonimaging.com/

Background Knowledge

This manual assumes knowledge of operations common to Windows and Macintosh en vi -

ron ments. Refer to the documentation provided with your computer for more in for ma tion on

op er a tions speciﬁ c to your operating system.

Illustrations

This manual is for use with both Windows and Macintosh versions of Nikon Capture 4. While

the majority of the illustrations in this manual show the Windows versions, save where oth-

er wise noted the operations described apply to both operating systems. Depending on the

operating system used, di a logs and menus may differ slightly from those shown here.

The ReadMe File

Be sure to read the ReadMe ﬁ le on the Nikon Capture 4 installer CD, as it may contain im-

por tant information that could not be included in this manual.

Menu items and button names are shown in bold.

This icon indicates that more in for ma tion is

avail able else where in this manual.

This icon marks tips, ad di tion al in for ma tion

you may ﬁ nd help ful when using this soft-

ware.

This icon marks notes, in for ma tion that you

should read be fore using this software.

This icon marks cautions, in for ma tion that you

should read be fore use to prevent possible

dam age to your camera or computer.

Features Available in Nikon Capture 4

Principal Features

Features Available in Nikon Capture 4

Nikon Capture 4 is for use exclusively with Nikon digital cameras. It consists of two major

components: Nikon Capture 4 Editor and Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control.

Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Nikon Capture 4 Editor is used to enhance

photographs taken with Nikon digital cam-

eras after they have been transferred to

the computer using PictureProject or Nikon

View. Nikon Capture 4 Editor supports batch

processing and can be used to adjust RAW

images in ways not supported by other

software.

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

When a D2- or D1-series, D200, D100, D70s,

D70, or D50 camera is connected to a com-

puter running Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con-

trol, photographs can be recorded directly to

the computer hard disk as they are taken. The

controls in the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con-

trol window can be used to release the shut-

ter or adjust camera settings, or to perform

interval timer photography not otherwise

supported on some models.

Transfer to computer

using PictureProject or

Nikon View

Photographs

on camera

memory card

Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

Connect camera and computer

Principal Features

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, in-

cluding 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. If an

update is available, the Nikon Message Center window will be displayed. Click Available

Messages to view the updates available for your Nikon digital products and software, then

click Install to download and install the desired updates. To personalize your list of Nikon

digital products or to view a list of the installed software supported under Nikon Message

Center, click My Products.

Mac OS 9

Nikon Message Center is not available in Mac OS 9.

Notice to Users in Europe and the U. S. A.

To activate Nikon Message Center, users in Europe and the U. S. A. must have an account with their

regional Nikon Support Center. The ﬁ rst time a program equipped with the Nikon Message Center auto

update feature starts, a license agreement will be displayed. After reading the agreement, click Accept

to accept its terms and display an account activation dialog.

•If you already have an account with your regional Nikon Support Center, enter the supplied user ID and

password and the e-mail address you used to register. After conﬁ rming that the computer is connected

to the Internet, click Activate Nikon Message Center. A dialog allowing you to opt in or out of Nikon

mailings will be displayed.

•If you do not have an account or have forgotten your password, conﬁ rm that the computer is con-

nected to the Internet and click Visit Nikon Support Center. After obtaining the required account

information, enter the details in the account activation dialog and click Activate Nikon Message

Center. A dialog allowing you to opt in or out of Nikon mailings will be displayed.

The Opt-in / O pt -o ut Dia log

The ﬁ rst time Nikon Message Center starts, a dialog allowing you to opt in or out of Nikon mailings will

be displayed. Select the desired options and click OK to display the Nikon Message Center window.

Downloading Updates

An Internet connection is required to download updates. The user bears all applicable fees charged by

the phone or cable company or Internet service provider.

Dial-up Connections

When using a dial-up connection, be aware that the connection is not automatically terminated when

download is complete. Be sure to terminate the connection manually.

Privacy

Information provided by the user as part of this service will not be given to third parties without the

user’s permission.

Checking for Updates Manually

To check for updates manually, select Check for updates… from the Help menu.

What You Need to Run Nikon Capture 4

System Requirements

What You Need to Run Nikon Capture 4

Before installing Nikon Capture 4, make sure that your system satisﬁ es the following re quire -

ments:

Windows Macintosh

Pre-installed versions of Windows XP

Home Edition, Windows XP Pro fes sion al,

Win dows 2000 Professional, Windows

Millennium Edition (Me), Win dows 98

Second Edition (SE)

Mac OS 9.0.4–9.2.2*, Mac OS X (ver-

sion 10.1.5 or later). Note that Dutch,

Italian, Korean, and Swedish versions of

Nikon Capture 4 are not available for

Mac OS 9.

CPU/Model 300 MHz Pentium equivalent or better Built-in USB or FireWire port required

RAM

•Windows, Mac OS X: 256 MB (768 MB or more recommended)

•Mac OS 9: memory allocation of 64 MB or more to Nikon Capture 4 Camera

Control, 512 MB or more to Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Hard-disk space 200 MB required for installation

Video

resolution

800 × 600 pixels or more with 16-bit color (High Color/thousands of colors). 24-bit

color (True Color/millions of colors) recommended.

In ter face†

IEEE

1394

Open Host- Controller Interface (OHCI)

compliant IEEE 1394 in ter face board or

card‡ required for con nec tion to D1-

series cameras

Built-in IEEE 1394 (FireWire) interface

re quired for connection to D1-series

cameras

USB Built-in USB interface

•Built-in USB interface

•RATOC REX-PCIU3U USB interface

board (USB 2.0; for use only with D2-

series cameras under Mac OS X)

Supported cameras

(Camera Control) D2-series, D1-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, and D50

Other •CD-ROM drive required for installation

•Internet connection required for some options

*With CarbonLib version 1.6 or later.

†Connect the camera directly to the computer. The camera may not function as expected when con-

nected via a hub, extension cable, or keyboard.

‡See the websites listed on page 2 for the latest information on boards that have been tested and ap-

proved for use.

Installation

For information on installing Nikon Capture 4, see the Nikon Capture 4 Install Guide.

Windows XP Home Edition/Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Mac OS X

When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon Capture 4 under the above operating systems, log on to an

account with administrator privileges.

Camera Control for D100 Cameras (Macintosh)

Before using Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control with a D100 digital camera, Macintosh users will need to

upgrade the camera ﬁ rmware to version 2.00 or later. Contact a Nikon-authorized service representative

for information on ﬁ rmware upgrades.

Third-Party Plug-Ins

Nikon Capture 4 supports third-party nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 plug-ins that add a ﬁ lter palette to Tool

Palette 2. More information is available on-line ( 2).

Nikon Capture 4 editor component contains a variety of

tools for enhancing images, including the Curves, LCH

Editor, Color Booster, Photo Effects, Unsharp Mask, Noise

Reduction, D-Lighting, Red Eye Correction, and Fisheye

Lens tools. With RAW (NEF) images, it can be used to adjust

white balance and tone compensation, to reduce the effects

of dust on the camera image sensor, including color moiré

(Image Dust Off), and to correct for chromatic (color) aber-

ration and the slight darkening at the margins of an image

(vignetting) particular to the ﬁ eld of view of a given lens.

When RAW im ag es are saved in NEF for mat, im age en hance -

ment settings are saved sep a rate ly from the orig i nal image

data, allowing you to mod i fy set tings re peat ed ly with out

de grad ing the qual i ty of the orig i nal im age. Nikon Capture

4 Editor is also equipped with a batch option for au to mat ed

pro cess ing of multiple im ag es.

This chapter details the operations that can be performed

us ing Nikon Capture 4 Editor. It is divided into the following

sections:

The Editor Window

Read this section for an overview of the controls in the Nikon

Capture 4 Editor window.

Image Adjustment

Read this section for instructions on enhancing images us ing

Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences

Read this section for information on ﬁ ne-tuning settings in

the Nikon Capture 4 Editor window.

Image Adjustment

Nikon Capture 4 Editor

The Editor Window

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

The main parts of the Nikon Capture 4 Editor window are identiﬁ ed below.

The Menu Bar and Quick Tools

Although many operations can be performed using both menu commands and the buttons in the Quick

Tools palette, the explanations in this manual give priority to operations performed using tool buttons.

Hiding the Tool Palettes and Quick Tools Palette

Press tab to hide or display the tools and Quick Tools palettes.

Image window

Displays images cur rent ly opened for

ed it ing. Any num ber of im age win-

dows can be open si mul ta neous ly.

Image area

Shows the image cur rent ly

being edited.

Quick Tools palette

Contains tool but tons

for Nikon Capture 4

Editor ( 9).

Tool palettes

These palettes are

used for im age en-

hance ment (

29).

Application window

(Windows only)

Menu bar

Contains the menus for

Nikon Capture 4 Ed i tor.

Title bar

Shows the ﬁ le name of

the im age dis played and

the current zoom ratio.

Shooting data area

Gives photo in for -

ma tion on the im age

dis played.

Multi-Image window

Lists the images in the current

folder as thumbnail previews

( 15).

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Quick Tools

The Quick Tools palette contains buttons that replicate commonly-used menu commands.

But ton Name Func tion Shortcut*

Open Click to open an image ﬁ le for editing. Ctrl + 0/

cmd + 0 13

Save Save changes to the image in the active image

win dow.

Ctrl + S/

cmd + S 83

Copy Image

Adjustments

Copy current image-adjustment settings to the

clip board. —82

Paste Paste the contents of the clipboard to image en-

hance ment settings in the active win dow.

Ctrl + V/

cmd + V —

Zoom In Zoom in on the image in the active window. Ctrl + +/

cmd + + —

Zoom Out Zoom out from the image in the active window. Ctrl + –/

cmd + – —

Rotate 90 CCW Rotate the image in active window ninety de grees

counter-clockwise.

Ctrl+Shift+R/

shift+cmd+R 20

Rotate 90 CW Rotate the image in active window ninety de grees

clock wise.

Ctrl + R/

cmd + R 20

Crop Cursor Use this tool to select the portion of the image in the

active window that will be saved. C/C 22

Zoom Cursor Use to zoom the image in the active window in and

out. Z/Z 18

Hand Cursor Use to view portions of the image not currently vis-

i ble in the active window. H/H 18

Open Multi-Image

Window

Open the Multi-Image window, where images in the

selected folder can be previewed.

Ctrl + T/

cmd + T 15

Show Nikon Capture

Camera Control Launch Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control. — 107

Batch Open the Batch dialog, where you can se lect a folder

of images for batch processing. —92

Open with

Photoshop

Open the image in the active window in Photo-

shop. ——

Show Original

Image Data

Hide the effects of changes to image adjustment

set tings. This button can not be used with RAW im-

ages taken with COOLPIX-series cameras.

——

Help

(Windows only) Display menu of help options. F1/ ——

Auto Brightness Performs the same function as the Auto button in

the Photo Effects palette. —64

Auto Color Boost Performs the same function as the Auto button in

the Color Booster palette. —63

Auto Red Eye

Correction

Perform automatic red-eye correction on image in

active window —75

* Windows keyboard shortcuts are listed ﬁ rst, Macintosh shortcuts second.

The Editor Window

Starting Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Nikon Capture 4 Editor can be started from the Start menu (Win dows) or double-click ing the

ap pli ca tion icon (Macintosh).

Windows

1 Turn the computer on

Turn the computer on and wait for the operating system to start up.

2 Start Nikon Capture 4 Editor

From the Start menu, select All Programs > Nikon Capture 4 > Nikon Capture 4

Editor (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional) or Pro grams > Nikon

Capture 4 > Nikon Capture 4 Ed i tor (other versions of Win dows).

Oth er Ways of Starting the Editor (Windows)

Nikon Capture 4 Editor can be started by double-clicking the Nikon Capture 4 icon ( ) in the folder to

which Nikon Capture 4 was installed. If a shortcut to Nikon Capture 4 was created on the desktop during

installation, the Editor can also be started by double-clicking the shortcut icon ( ) on the desktop.

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Macintosh

1 Turn the computer on

Turn the computer on and wait for the operating system to start up.

2 Start Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Double-click the Nikon Capture 4 Editor icon ( ) in the folder to which you installed

Nikon Capture 4.

Prod uct Key

If prompt ed to supply a product key when starting Nikon Capture 4 Editor or Nikon Capture 4 Camera

Control, en ter the product key supplied on the Nikon Capture 4 CD case.

Mac OS 9

Dutch, Italian, Korean, and Swedish versions of Nikon Capture 4 are not available for Mac OS 9.

Oth er Ways of Starting the Editor (Mac OS)

Mac OS 9: If an alias for Nikon Capture 4 was created on the desktop during installation, the Editor can

also be started by double-clicking the alias ( ).

Mac OS X: If Nikon Capture 4 was reg is tered in the Dock during installation, the Editor can also be started

by clicking the Nikon Capture 4 icon ( ) in the Dock.

No image displayed in image win dow

The Editor Window

Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Editor

To close the Nikon Capture 4 Editor window and exit Nikon Capture 4, open the File menu

and choose Exit (Windows) or Quit (Mac OS 9). In Mac OS X, select Quit Nikon Capture

Editor from the application menu.

Windows

Mac OS X

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

TIFF (CMYK) Images

Images saved in TIFF (CMYK) format can not be reopened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

NEF Files (Nikon Capture 3 or Earlier)

NEF ﬁ les created with Nikon Capture 4 can not be opened in earlier versions of Nikon Capture.

RAW Images Created with the D1X

The default size for RAW images created with the D1x when opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor can be

chosen using the By default, a D1X RAW ﬁ le will be option in the General tab of the Nikon Capture 4

Editor Preferences dialog ( 98). Choose from six megapixels (3,008 × 1,960 pixels) and ten megapixels

(4,016 × 2,616).

Opening Image Files

Nikon Capture 4 Editor can be used to open images created with Nikon digital cameras and

images previously saved using Nikon Capture.

Original image/saved image Format Ex ten sion

RAW NEF

(Nikon Electronic Format) .NEF 83

Image saved in NEF

RGB-TIFF

TIFF (RGB) .TIF 83

YCbCr TIFF

16-bit TIFF (RGB)

8-bit TIFF (RGB)

EXTRA

JPEG .JPG 83

FINE

NORMAL

BASIC

JPEG

Files in the above formats can be opened using the Open… command or by drag and drop.

Using the “Open...” Command

1 Click the button or se lect Open… from the File menu

The standard Open dialog for your op er at ing sys tem will be dis played.

Open but ton

Preview of selected image displayed

The Editor Window

2 Locate the image ﬁ le

Navigate to the drive (volume) and folder containing the ﬁ le you wish to open.

3 Click Open

Double-click the ﬁ le or select it from the ﬁ les listed and click Open. The selected ﬁ le will

be opened in an image window in Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

Using Drag and Drop

Images can also be opened by dragging them into the application window (Windows) or im-

age window (Macintosh).

Win dows

Macintosh

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Opening the Multi-Image Window

The Multi-Image window shows the images in the selected folder as small thumbnail pre-

views. Use the Multi-Image window to view other images while making adjustments to the

current image, or to select multiple images for editing, saving, or printing.

1 Click the button or select Open Multi-Image Window from the File menu

The Browse For Folder dialog will be displayed.

2 Select a folder

Select the folder containing images you want to view or edit.

3 Click OK

The Multi-Image window will open, with the images in the selected folder displayed as

thumbnails.

Thumbnail area

Displays the imag-

es in the selected

folder as thumb-

nail previews.

Multi-Image window

Lists the images

in the selected

folder.

Image area

Shows the image

currently being

edited. Images are

edited in the same

way as in image

windows ( 29).

The Multi-Image Window

The Multi Image window can be used to display multiple images without opening them in separate im-

age windows, reducing the amount of memory required. No more than one Multi-Image window can

be open at a time. Before opening a folder in the Multi-Image window, make sure that none of the

images in the selected folder are open in image windows. If the user attempts to open one of the im-

ages in the thumbnail list in an image window, it will be opened in the image area of the Multi-Image

window instead.

Open Multi-Image

Window button

Click to hide or

view the thumb-

nail area.

The Editor Window

4 Select a thumbnail

The corresponding image will be displayed in the image area.

Multi-Image Window Buttons

The names and functions of the buttons in the Multi-Image window are shown in the fol-

lowing table:

When the thumbnail area is closed:

But ton Name Func tion

Back to previous folder Return to the previous folder.

Forward to next folder Open the next folder.

Previous Image Display the previous image in the image area.

Next Image Display the next image in the image area.

Editing Images

The image displayed in the image area can be edited in the same way as an image displayed in an image

window ( 29). Modiﬁ ed images are indicated by an asterisk in the thumbnail list. An asterisk will also

appear next to images that have been automatically modiﬁ ed via the Enable Color Aberration Control

option in the “Performance” tab of the “Options” (“Preferences”) dialog ( 100).

The Icon

Images to which changes have not been applied are indicated by an icon. The icon disappears when

the image is displayed in the image area or is saved at the new settings.

Selecting Multiple Images

To select multiple images for printing or to save under another name, click the thumbnails while pressing

the Ctrl (Windows) or command (Macintosh) key, or use the Select All Images or Select All Unsaved

Images options in the Multi-Image menu. No image will be displayed in the image area.

“Save As”

Even if the image in the Multi-Image window is saved under another name using the Save As… option,

the original will still be displayed in the image area. If this image is saved using the Save option, any

changes will be applied to the original, and the unmodiﬁ ed image will be lost. See “Options for Saving

Image Files” ( 84) for more information.

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

When the thumbnail area is open:

But ton Name Func tion

Select Folder Open the Browse For Folder dialog to select a folder for display

in the Multi-Image window.

Back to previous folder Return to the previous folder.

Forward to next folder Open the next folder.

Remove selected

image(s) Delete the images selected in the thumbnail area.

Match Settings

Apply the settings for the selected image to other images. After

selecting a source image, select the target images with the shift

key or with the Ctrl (Windows) or command (Macintosh) key and

then click . The settings for the ﬁ rst image will be applied to

the remaining images. To edit multiple images simultaneously,

select the images and click . Changes to tool palette settings

after the is clicked will apply to all the selected images.

/Switch thumbnail list Toggle between single- and multi-line thumbnail displays.

Sort

A menu of sort options will be displayed. Choose Sort Key to

sort images by File Name, Date of Recording, Date Modiﬁ ed,

File Name and Type, File Type and Date of Recording, or

File Type and Date Modiﬁ ed (if File Type and Date of Re-

cording, or File Type and Date Modiﬁ ed is selected, images

will be sorted by ﬁ le type in the order NEF, JPEG, and TIFF, with

images of the same ﬁ le type sorted by date of recording or date

of modiﬁ cation). Choose Sort Order to sort images in ascend-

ing or descending order.

Change Thumbnail Size Adjust the size of the thumbnails displayed in the Multi-Image

window in ﬁ ve steps.

Favorite Folder

To add the current folder to your list of favorites, click this but-

ton and select Add Favorites from the menu that appears and

enter a name for the folder (this name will appear only in your

list of favorites; the actual folder name will not change and will

continue to be displayed in the “Organize Favorites” dialog). To

access your favorites, click the button in the toolbar. To or-

ganize, rename, or delete favorites, click and select Organize

Favorites....

The Multi-Image Menu

Although many operations can be performed using both the buttons in the Multi-Image window and

the options in the Multi-Image menu, the explanations in this manual give priority to operations per-

formed using the buttons in the Multi-Image window.

The Editor Window

Zoom

To zoom images in and out, click the but-

ton. The mouse point er will change to a

mag ni fy ing glass with a “+” sign in its center.

Position the zoom cursor over the current im-

age and click the mouse to zoom in one step.

To zoom out one step, hold down Alt (Win-

dows) or option (Macintosh). A “–” sign will

appear in the center of the zoom cursor; click

the mouse to zoom out one step. The image

will be centered on the point clicked. The

current zoom ratio is displayed in the title

bar.

Scrolling the Image

If the entire image is not visible at the current

zoom ratio, the hand cursor can be used to

view other areas of the image. To activate

the hand cursor, click the button in the

tool palette. The mouse point er will change

to ; to scroll the im age, drag the mouse in

the di rec tion you want to go. You can also

scroll the image using the scroll bars.

Zoom ratio

Double-Clicking the and Buttons

Double-clicking the button displays the image at a zoom ratio of 1 : 1. To ﬁ t the image to the window

(Windows) or display the entire image (Macintosh), double-click the button.

The Hand, Zoom and Crop Cursors

The hand, zoom, and crop cursors can not be used at the same time.

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

The Bird’s Eye Palette

The Bird’s Eye palette shows the position of the portion of the image visible in the active im-

age window. To display or hide the Bird’s Eye palette, click the triangle in the Bird’s Eye palette

title bar ( 29). By default, the Bird’s Eye palette is in Tool Palette 3.

The portion of the image visible in the active image window is indicated by a red outline.

Red outline dis played

When the mouse pointer is moved over the red outline, it changes to a cursor. Drag the

red outline over the area of the image you would like to view. The selected area will be dis-

played in the active image window.

The Editor Window

Rotating and Flipping Images

The image in the active image window can be rotated or ﬂ ipped as described below.

Rotating Images

Click the button or select 90 degrees CW from the Rotate sub-menu to rotate the image

in the active window 90 degrees to the right. Click the button or select 90 degrees CCW

from the Rotate sub-menu to rotate the image in the active window 90 degrees to the left.

To rotate the image 180 degrees, select 180 degrees from the Rotate sub-menu.

Flipping Images

Use the commands in the Flip sub-menu to ﬂ ip the image in the active window horizontally

or ver ti cal ly.

Rotating JPEG Images

Image ﬁ les must be opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor before being rotated. To save the changes, the

image must then be saved to disk. If the image is in JPEG format, it will be compressed when saved, with

a corresponding drop in image quality.

Rotate 90 CCW but ton Rotate 90 CW but ton

Image rotated ninety

de grees clockwise

Image before rotation

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Straightening Images

To straighten the image in the active image window:

1 Select Straighten… from the Rotate sub-menu

The Straighten dialog will be displayed.

2 Straighten the image

Straighten the image using the Draw Level button or by entering the desired rotation in

the Rotation text box.

The Draw Level Button

Click Draw Level. The cur-

sor changes to .

Choose a line in the image

that should be either hori-

zontal or vertical and drag

the cursor parallel to the

chosen reference line.

The image will be rotated

up to 10 ° to make the refer-

ence line horizontal or verti-

cal. The degree of rotation

is displayed in the Rotation

text box.

The Rotation Text Box

Choose CW (clockwise) or CCW (counter-clockwise) and enter the degree of rotation in

the text box. The image can be rotated up to 10 °.

3 Click OK

Draw Level

If a message is displayed stating that the reference line is too short, draw a longer reference line.

Straightening Images

Straightening does not change the dimensions of the image. Any portions of the image that do not ﬁ t in

its original dimensions are trimmed, while areas that have been added to the image are ﬁ lled in black.

Restoring the Unrotated Image

To restore the unrotated image, enter a value of 0 in the Rotation text box.

The Editor Window

Selecting a Crop

Using the crop tool, you can select a portion of an image to be saved in a separate ﬁ le. If no

selection is made, the entire image will be saved.

1 Click the button or select Crop Cursor from the View menu

When the mouse is moved over the image area in the active window, it will change to

( ).

2 Make a selection

Drag the mouse over the image in the active window to make a selection. The area out-

side the selection will be masked to show that it will be cropped.

Saving a Selection

Unless the image is saved in NEF format, only the selected portion of the image will be saved. Anything

not included in the current crop will be deleted. In NEF format, the entire image is saved together with

in for ma tion about the location of the current crop.

Cancelling the Current Crop

To cancel the current crop, double-click anywhere in the image window. The selection may

not be cancelled if Keep the output size is selected in the Size / Resolution palette

( 79)

Moving the Crop

To move the crop over a different part of the image, move the pointer over the crop. The

pointer will change to a (Windows) or cursor (Macintosh). Drag the crop to move it to

a new position.

Changing the Size of the Crop

To change the size of the current crop, move the pointer over the borders of the crop. The

pointer will change to a double arrow. Drag the borders of the crop to adjust its size. The size

of the cropped image can be adjusted in the Size/Resolution palette

( 79)

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

The Information Palette

The information palette shows the position and color of the pixel under the mouse pointer.

To display or hide the Information palette, click the triangle in the Information palette title bar

( 29). By default, the Information palette is in Tool Palette 3.

Information Description

Color space

The working color space for the image in the active image window is dis played at the

top of the in for ma tion palette. This information is embedded in the ﬁ le when the

image is saved.

R, G, B, Avg

The values for each of the red, green, and blue el e ments of the pixel under the cursor

and the average of the three, weighted according to the prop er ties of hu man color

perception (the weighted average is cal cu lat ed as (Red × 0.299) + (Green × 0.587) +

(Blue × 0.114)). Depending on the se lect ed color space, the average may not reﬂ ect

the actual luminance of the pixel under the cursor, but it can be used as a rough guide

to bright ness. Values for R, G, B, and the average of the three range from 0 to 255,

with values for sixteen- and twelve-bit images being scaled to ﬁ t in this range.

x-y coordinates The position of the cursor in the image win dow, mea sured in pixels from the top left

corner of the image.

Monitoring Watch Points

The Information palette can be used to continually monitor the red, green, blue, and average

values (R, G, B, Avg) for up to four selected pixels (“watch points”). The size of the watch

points can be set using the Dropper sample size option in the Advanced Color tab of the

Preferences dialog ( 102), which can be displayed by clicking the Settings button in the

Information palette and selecting Advanced Color Preferences….

Selecting Watch Points

To select a pix el to monitor, click the

but ton. The cur sor will change to . Move

the mouse over the de sired pixel and click.

The selected pixel will be add ed to the list of

watch points in the In for ma tion pal ette.

Point number

Delete but ton

x-y coordinates Red, Green, Blue,

Av er age

Color space

Watch Point button

Settings button

The Editor Window

The pixels currently being monitored in the Information palette are shown by a icon in the

image window. Each point is identiﬁ ed by a num ber cor re spond ing to the point num ber listed

in the In for ma tion palette. You can monitor up to four pix els at a time.

icon

Point number

Moving a Watch Point

To move the watch point to a new pixel, drag the icon in the image window.

Deleting a Watch Point

To remove a pixel from the list of watch points, click the button next to the cor re spond ing

listing in the In for ma tion palette, or drag the icon out of the image window. The re-

main ing points will be re num bered to reﬂ ect the change.

RGB and Average Values

A warning button will be displayed in the information palette at zoom ratios of less than 100%. Clicking

this button will display a dialog stating that accurate RGB and average values can not obtained at the

current zoom ratio; click Yes to view the image full size.

Preferences: Advanced Color

Clicking the icon at the right end of the Information palette tool bar displays a menu from which you can

access the Advanced Color tab of the Preferences dialog ( 102).

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Lost Highlights and Shadows

Areas of the image in which details in the high end or low ends of the tone range may have

been lost (“lost” highlights or shadows) can be identiﬁ ed by locating pixels with the maximum

or minimum value for one or more channel. This information can be used when using color

balance ( 66) or adjusting the white point or black point to capture the optimal amount of

detail without sacriﬁ cing contrast ( 51).

Show Lost Highlights

When Show Lost Highlights is selected in

the Image menu, “lost” highlights (pixels

with a value of 255 for one or more channel)

are shown in color (see table below). Other

pixels are shown in black.

RGBShown in

“Lost” “Lost” “Lost” White

“Lost” “Lost” Not “lost” Yellow

“Lost” Not “lost” “Lost” Magenta

Not “lost” “Lost” “Lost” Cyan

“Lost” Not “lost” Not “lost” Red

Not “lost” “Lost” Not “lost” Green

Not “lost” Not “lost” “Lost” Blue

“Lost” Highlights and Shadows

Before saving images in a format other than NEF, adjust settings to avoid “losing” highlights or shadows

in large areas of the image. Information lost through editing can not be recovered once an image is

saved in a format other than NEF.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Press L to view or hide lost highlights, S to view or hide lost shadows.

“Highlights” displayed in image

window title bar

Show Lost Shadows

When Show Lost Shadows is selected in

the Image menu, “lost” shadows (pixels

with a value of 0 for one or more channel)

are shown in color (see table below). Other

pixels are shown in white.

RGBShown in

“Lost” “Lost” “Lost” Black

“Lost” “Lost” Not “lost” Blue

“Lost” Not “lost” “Lost” Green

Not “lost” “Lost” “Lost” Red

“Lost” Not “lost” Not “lost” Cyan

Not “lost” “Lost” Not “lost” Magenta

Not “lost” Not “lost” “Lost” Yellow

“Shadows” displayed in image

window title bar

The Editor Window

The Histogram Palette

The histogram palette shows the level distribution for the image in the active window or, if a

crop is selected, for the current crop ( 22). To display or hide the Histogram palette, click

the triangle in the Histogram palette title bar ( 29). By default, the Histogram palette is in

Tool Palette 3.

Channel

View the histogram for the

entire image or selected chan-

nels.

St ar t / En d

The range of values selected in

the histogram display.

To select an area of the histogram, drag the mouse over the histogram display. The pixels

with values in the selected range will blink in the image window. Click Clear to cancel the

current selection.

Input

The level (brightness) of the

point under the cursor.

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor

The Markers Palette

Changes to pictures can be recorded using the Markers palette. To display or hide the Mark-

ers palette, click the triangle in the Markers palette title bar ( 29). By default, the Markers

palette is in Tool Palette 3. To add a marker:

1 Click Add

After editing a picture, open the markers

palette and click Add.

2 Enter a marker name

Enter a marker name and click OK. The new marker will be added to the markers pal-

ette.

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.

The Editor Window

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.

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.

Lateral Chromatic Aberration

The refractive index of the lens varies slightly with the wavelength (color) of light. This results in changes

in image magniﬁ cation towards the edges of the image, producing a phenomenon known as lateral (or

transverse) chromatic aberration.

The focus area is shown by red

focus brackets.

Color Aberration Control

To reduce lateral chromatic aberration (col-

ored fringes or halos) in RAW images taken

with Nikon digital SLR cameras, select Color

Aberration Control in the Image menu.

This option is not available with multiple

exposures or images created with image

overlay (D2X/D200).

Enhancing Images

Image Adjustment

Enhancing Images

Before they will be ready for display or output on a monitor or printer, images captured from

the camera will usually need to be adjusted to a size and resolution appropriate to the task at

hand. Other settings, such as white balance, contrast, sharpness, luminosity, color brightness,

chroma, and hue, Photo Effects, Image Dust Off, D-Lighting, Red eye correction, ﬁ sheye lens

settings, and automatic color settings for portraits or landscapes, may also require adjust-

ment. These ad just ments are performed using the image adjustment tool palettes.

Using the Tool Palettes

To display the default tool palettes, select Show Tool Palette 1, Show Tool Palette 2,

Show Tool Palette 3, or Color Balance Palette from the View menu.

Displaying the Contents of a Tool Palette

To display or hide the contents of a tool palette, click the triangle to the left of the palette

title.

The Size / Re solu tion Pal et te

The Size / Resolution palette does not have an Apply button. Changes to settings in the Size / Resolution

palette are always visible in the active window.

Third-Party Plug-Ins

Nikon Capture 4 supports third-party nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 plug-ins that add a ﬁ lter palette to Tool

Palette 2. More information is available on-line ( 2).

Changing Palette Order

To change the order of palettes in the tool

palette window, click a tool palette title bar

and drag it into a new position.

Settings Menu Button

Click this button to dis-

play the settings sub-

menu, where palette

settings can be saved,

loaded, or reset.

Apply Button

Changes to settings only take effect

when the palette Apply button is

checked (except in the D-Light-

ing, vignette control, and ﬁ sheye

lens palettes, the Apply button is

checked by default). If the Apply

button is crossed out , the effects

of the settings in the palette will

not be visible in the image win dow.

Edit Indicator

This indicator turns

green if palette settings

have been modiﬁ ed for

the image in the active

window.

Title bar

Image Adjustment

Opening Tool Palettes in Separate Windows

Tool palettes can be opened in a separate

window by clicking the palette title and drag-

ging it outside the current window to create

a new tool palette window con tain ing only

the selected palette.

Tools can be added to the new window by

drag ging in ad di tion al palettes. The new

window will be added to the View menu in

Nikon Capture 4 Editor. If you close the new

window by click ing the win dow close box,

you can open it again by se lect ing the desired

palette from the View menu.

The Edit Indicator

The edit indicator turns green if palette set-

tings have been adjusted since the image in

the active window was created (NEF) images

or last saved (other images), making it clear

at a glance which palettes have been used.

“Undo” and “Redo”

The Undo and Redo options in the Edit menu are used to undo and redo the effects of the last op-

eration. The number of consecutive operations that can be undone is limited only by the amount of

memory available. Operations can not be undone after you have closed the active window or exited

Nikon Capture.

Resetting the Tool Palettes

To restore the tool palettes to their default positions, select Reset Tool Positions in the View menu.

Indicator turns

green when settings

are adjusted

Indicator

Finding Tools

To display a complete list of the tools available

in Nikon Capture 4 Editor, select Find Tool

from the View menu. Tools can be opened

from the list by selecting the tool name and

clicking Go to tool. Click Name to sort tools

in ascending or descending order by name or

Location to sort tools according to the tool

palette window in which they can be found.

A bright green dot next to the tool name

indicates that it has been modiﬁ ed from its

original settings.

Enhancing Images

The settings that can be adjusted depend on the image quality setting in effect when the

photograph was recorded. Photographs taken at an image-quality setting of RAW can be

processed to adjust white balance, reduce the effects of dust, perform vignette control, or to

alter exposure com pen sa tion, im age sharp en ing, tone compensation, color mode, and hue

ad just ment from the set tings in effect at the time the photograph was taken. All images can

be processed using the tools in the Curves, Color Balance, LCH Editor, Color Booster, Photo

Effects, Unsharp Mask, Noise Reduction, D-Lighting, Red Eye Correction, and Size/Resolution

palettes. Images taken with an AF DX 10.5 mm f2.8G ﬁ sheye Nikkor lens can also be pro-

cessed to reduce distortion.

Image quality Process Palette

RAW

Adjust white balance. White Balance 33

Choose new settings for exposure com pen sa tion, im age sharp en ing,

tone com pen sa tion, color mode, hue adjustment, and saturation.

Advanced

RAW 39

Reduce effects of dust on the low-pass ﬁ lter protecting the camera

image sensor.

Image Dust

Off 42

Compensate for drop in marginal lumination caused by char ac -

ter is tics of camera lens.

Vignette

Control 46

RAW

RGB-TIFF

YCbCr-TIFF

JPEG (EXTRA,

FINE,

NORMAL,

BASIC)

Adjust tone, color balance, and contrast. There are two distinct

tools for this task: the Curves palette, which provides precise con trol

over tone, and the Color Balance pal ette, which features simpler

con trols.

Curves 48

Color Balance 66

Adjust luminosity (master lightness), color brightness, chroma (color

saturation, or vividness), and hue. LCH Editor 57

Adjust color automatically according to the subject. Color Booster 63

Convert images to black and white, sepia, or to other tints or ad-

just the brightness of the cyan / red, magenta / green, or yellow / blue

channels.

Photo Effects 64

If the image lacks deﬁ nition, you can sharpen out lines using the con-

trols in the Unsharp Mask pal ette. Unsharp mask only be ap plied at

the last step, after all other adjustments have been made.

Unsharp Mask 68

Reduce the noise common to pictures tak en with digital cameras.

Nikon Capture sup ports color noise reduction, edge noise reduction,

and moiré reduction (RAW images only).

Noise

Reduction 71

Increase detail in shadows or highlights. D-Lighting 73

Correct “red-eye” in portraits. Red Eye

Correction 75

Process pictures taken with an AF DX 10. 5 m m f2.8G ﬁ sheye Nikkor

lens to reduce distortion at the edges of the frame, making them

look like images taken with a wide-angle lens.

Fisheye Lens 77

Adjust the size and resolution of the image for out put on a particular

device.

Size/

Resolution 79

The Curves Tool and the LCH Editor

The Curves tool controls the distribution of tones in the red, green, and blue channels and in the RGB

master channel, and provides visual feedback on the amount of tone information lost through editing.

The LCH Editor is a better tool for making ﬁ ne adjustments to luminosity (brightness), color saturation,

and hue; note, however, that changes to these settings may produce results that exceed the dynamic

range of the RGB channels.

Image Adjustment

Suggested steps for processing images are shown below.

RAW Images

The LCH Editor can then be used to adjust luminosity, saturation, and hue, the Curves

tool to ﬁ ne-tune the distribution of tones in the red, green, blue, and master channels.

Use the Advanced RAW and White Balance tools to adjust the originals.

TIFF and JPEG Images

Use the LCH Editor and the Curves tool to

ﬁ ne-tune luminosity, saturation, hue, and

tone distribution.

Use the Color Balance, Color Booster, or

Photo Effects tool for quick visual adjust-

ments to color.

Enhancing Images

White Balance

The tools in the White Balance palette are used to adjust white balance for RAW images.

Using these tools, not only can you correct white balance when the setting chosen with the

camera failed to produce the desired effect, you can also deliberately alter white balance to

introduce a cold or warm cast into the image. Users of D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, and D50

cameras can copy white-balance settings to the camera or memory card ( 36). White bal-

ance can be adjusted by specifying the desired color temperature or by sampling the image

for the gray point.

Specifying a Color Temperature

1 Display the White Balance palette

Select the tool palette containing the White Balance palette from the View menu (the

default location for the White Balance palette is Tool Palette 2) and click the triangle at the

top left corner of the palette.

White Balance

White balance can be performed on RAW images only. If the image in the active window is JPEG or TIFF,

the Apply button in the White Balance palette will be grayed out and inactive.

“Mired”

Any given change in color temperature produces a greater dif fer ence in color at low color tem per a tures

than it would at higher color temperatures. For example, at a color tem per a ture of 6000 K, a change

of 1000 K pro duc es al most no change in color, while a change of the same amount at 3000 K would

produce a large dif fer ence in color. Mired, calculated by

multiplying the in verse of the color tem per a ture by 10 6, is a

measure of color tem per a ture that takes such variation into

account, and as such is the unit used in color-tem per a ture

com pen sa tion ﬁ lters.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it on ( )

If the Apply button is off, the image in the active image window will reﬂ ect the white

balance settings in effect at the time the photograph is taken.

3 Select Set Color Temperature

Select Set Color Temperature from the pop-up menu at the top of the palette.

4000 K – 3000 K = 1000 K

Change in Color Temp.

7000 K – 6000 K = 1000 K

83 mired

Mired

24 mired

Pop-up menu

Apply button

Color

temperature

Settings menu

Slider

Image Adjustment

4 Adjust white balance using the options in the White Balance palette

Camera WB: Shows the white balance setting in effect at the time the pho to graph was

taken and the amount of ﬁ ne-tuning performed.

New WB: The white balance setting to be applied to the cap tured image can be chosen

from the options listed in the table below. When Day light, Stan dard Flu o res cent, or

High Col or Rendering Flu o res cent is se lect ed, white balance can be ﬁ ne-tuned by

se lect ing an option from the sub-menu.

Option

Sub-menu

option

Color

temperature Description

Use Gray Point ——

White balance is set to the value cho sen in the gray-

point se lec tion di a log ( 35).

Recorded

Value ——

White balance is set to the value re cord ed when

the picture was tak en (note that choosing another

white-balance option with the same color tempera-

ture may not produce the same results).

Calculate

Automatically * ——

White balance is ad just ed au to mat i cal ly based on

the white bal ance of the orig i nal im age.

Incandescent —3,000 K Suited to photos taken under in can des cent light-

ing.

Daylight

Di rect sun light

5,200 K Suited to photos taken in di rect sun light.

Cloudy 6,000 K Suited to photos taken under over cast skies.

Shade 8,000 K Suited to photos taken in the shade on sun ny days.

Standard

Fluorescent

High Color

Rendering

Fluorescent

Warm White

(3000K) 3,000 K

Suited to ﬂ uorescent lighting, in clud ing light ing

with a noticeable color cast. The type of bulb can

be chosen from a sub-menu of ﬁ ve options.

3700K 3,700 K

Cool White

(4100K) 4,100 K

5000K 5,000 K

Daylight

(6500K) 6,500 K

Flash —5,400 KSuited to photos taken with Nikon Speed lights.

* Not available with RAW images taken with COOLPIX-series cameras. May not produce desired

results with all images; if necessary, use another white balance setting, adjust white balance using

ﬁ ne adjustment, or sample image for grey point ( 35).

Fine Adjustment: Color temperature can be ﬁ ne-tuned using this slider. This option

is not available when Use Gray Point or Recorded Value is se lect ed for New WB.

Color temperature can be ad just ed by ±50 mired. Note that color temperature can not

be raised above 9090 K, and that a setting of Flash can be ﬁ ne-tuned in the range of

4255K–7407 K.

COOLPIX Cameras

The dialog similar to that shown at right may be displayed after

adjustments to the white balance of RAW images taken with

COOLPIX-series cameras. Click Update Display to view the effects

of the new white balance settings.

COOLPIX 8800

Enhancing Images

Gain values

Reset button

Pop-up menu

Sliders

Sampling the Image for Gray Point

1 Select Set Gray Point

Select Set Gray Point from the pop-up menu at the top of the White Balance palette.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it on ( )

Sample Size

The size of the area sampled with the eyedropper cursor can be set using the Dropper sample size

option in the Advanced Color tab of the Pref er enc es dialog.

3 Sample the image to choose a reference point for white balance

White balance can be deﬁ ned using a single pixel or the average of the values for all pixels

in a selected area.

Using a Single Point to Deﬁ ne White Balance

After selecting Use a single point, click Start. The cursor will take the shape of an

eyedropper ( ) when moved over the image in the active window. Click a point that you

would like to appear a neutral gray color in the ﬁ nal image. The new value for white bal-

ance will be reﬂ ected in the image in the active window.

Using the Average of the Area Sampled to Deﬁ ne White Balance

After selecting Marquee Sample, click Start. The cursor will take the shape of an area-

selection eyedropper ( ) when moved over the image in the active window; drag the

mouse over the image to select an area. White balance will be set to the average for the

selected areas, and the image in the active window will be updated to reﬂ ect the new

value for white balance.

Apply button

Image Adjustment

Gain for the red and blue channels will be

adjusted based on the points sampled,

chang ing the slope of the red and blue

tone curves and the position of the red

and blue sliders.

White balance can also be adjusted by moving the red and blue sliders or by entering a

value from 0.1 to 10 in the text boxes to their right.

Reset: Click this button to reset the red and blue curves to the default value for gain

(1.0).

Red slider/Blue slider: Adjust gain by moving these sliders or entering a value from 0.1 to

10 in the text boxes to their right.

Copying White Balance to the Camera (D2-Series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 Only)

If the image in the active window is a RAW image taken with a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70,

or D50 camera, the new white-balance value can be copied directly to one of the camera’s

white-balance presets or recorded to the camera memory card. Before copying a value to

the camera, make sure the camera is connected and turned on. Before copying a value to

the memory card, remove the card from the camera and insert it in a memory card reader or

card slot.

1 Select Write settings to camera… from the white balance settings menu

The dialog shown at right will be dis-

played. Enter a descriptive comment of

up to thirty-six characters (D2 series and

D200 only) and click OK.

Choosing a Value for Gain

Very large and small values for gain can result in a drop in image quality.

Copying White Balance to the Camera (D2-Series/D200/D70s/D70 D50 Only)

Nikon Capture 4 Editor supports a wider range of values for gain than do D2-series, D200, D70s, D70,

and D50 cameras. When white-balance settings are copied to the camera, values that exceed the range

of these cameras will automatically be adjusted to values supported by the camera. Choose values be-

tween 0.1 and 2 when using the Write setting to camera option.

Gain

The values for red and blue gain chosen in the White Balance palette are multiples of the value set for

gain when the photograph was taken.

D70

D2-series/D200

Enhancing Images

“Write to Camera”

Before connecting the camera to the computer, set the USB option in the camera setup menu to PTP.

“Write to Card”

Nikon Capture 4 writes the new value for white balance to the folder with the highest folder number. If

this folder already contains 999 images, the camera may not recognize the ﬁ le containing the new value

for white balance.

Reading White Balance from the Memory Card

For information on reading white balance values from the memory card, see the camera Guide to Digital

Photography.

Comments (D2-Series /D200 Only)

In addition to letters and numbers, comments can contain quotes, apostrophes, spaces, and any of the

following characters: “,” “.” “!” “?” “#” “$” “%” “&” “(” “)” “[” “]” “{” “}” “*” “+” “-” “/” “:” “;”

“<” “=” “>” “_” and “@”.

2 Choose an option

The dialog shown at right will be dis-

played. Click Write to camera, Write

to card, or Cancel.

Existing comment for selected preset

White balance preset menu

Write to camera: Copy white balance

from the White Balance palette to the

camera. If a D2-series or D200 camera

is connected, the dialog shown at right

will be displayed. Choose a preset from

the pop-up menu and click OK. The new

value for the selected preset can be con-

ﬁ rmed from the camera or Nikon Capture

4 Camera Control.

Write to card: The dialog shown at right

will be displayed. Choose the drive con-

taining the camera memory card from

the pop-up menu and click OK to copy

the new white-balance value to the cam-

era memory card. A dialog showing the

name of the new ﬁ le will be displayed;

click OK to close the dialog.

Cancel: Exit without copying white bal-

ance to the camera or memory card.

D70s/D70/D50

D2-series/D200

Image Adjustment

The Set tings Menu

The White Bal ance Settings menu can also be displayed by se lect ing White Bal ance from the Set tings

menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current white balance settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to restore white balance to settings saved us ing the Save… op-

tion (see below). A di a log will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive

(volume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the de sired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the

extension “.nwb” will be dis played). The set tings in the White Balance palette will

in stant ly revert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save current white balance settings to a named ﬁ le. These set-

tings can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choosing Save… dis plays

a dialog where you can choose a des ti na tion and ﬁ le name for the current white

balance settings. White balance set tings are saved with the extension “.nwb”.

Reset to Recorded

Value

Selecting this item restores the value for white balance in ef fect at the time the

photograph was taken.

Write settings to

camera…

If the image in the active window was taken with a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70,

or D50 camera, select this option to copy white balance to a white-balance preset

or the camera memory card ( 36).

Recent ﬁ les

Recent white balance settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in White Balance palette to

the saved settings.

Ad vanced Color

Preferences…

Open the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences dialog to the Ad vanced Color tab

( 102), where you can adjust the gray point sample size ( 35).

The White Balance Settings Menu

Clicking the icon in the White Bal-

ance palette dis plays the White Balance

Settings menu.

Enhancing Images

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it on ( )

3 Adjust Advanced RAW settings

Exp Comp: Choose a value from –2 to +2 EV using the slider or enter a value in the text

box to its right. Choose 0 to perform no compensation.

Sharpening: Adjust the sharpness of outlines in the image according to the scene or your per-

sonal preference. Choose from Unchanged, None, Low, Medium Low, Normal, Medium

High or High. In the case of photographs taken with D1, Normal is equivalent to None.

Advanced RAW

The options in the Advanced RAW palette are used to alter exposure compensation, image

sharpening, tone compensation, color mode, and hue ad just ment from the settings in effect

at the time the pho to graph was taken.

1 Display the Advanced RAW palette

Select the tool palette containing the Advanced RAW palette from the View menu (the

default location for the Advanced RAW palette is Tool Palette 2) and click the triangle at

the top left corner of the palette.

The Warning Button

A warning button appears if the image in the active window is displayed at a zoom ratio too low to allow

the effects of Advanced Raw settings to be displayed. Click the button to view the warning.

Advanced RAW

Advanced RAW can be performed on RAW images only. If the image in the active window is JPEG or

TIFF, the Apply button in the Advanced Raw palette will be grayed out and inactive.

COOLPIX Cameras

Tone Comp > User-Deﬁ ned Custom Curve and the Medium

Low and Medium High options for Sharpening and Tone Comp

are not available in the case of RAW images taken with COOLPIX-

series cameras. A dialog like that shown at right may be displayed

after adjustments to exposure compensation, sharpening, and tone

compensation. Click Update Display to view the effects of the

new settings. COOLPIX 8800

Image Adjustment

Sharpening, Tone Comp., Color Mode, and Saturation

In the case of images taken with D2-series, D1-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, or D50 cameras, the

sharpening, tone compensation, color mode, and saturation settings in effect at the time the photo-

graph was taken are marked with an asterisk (no asterisk will be displayed if “Auto” was selected for

sharpening, tone compensation or saturation). Choose Unchanged for results identical to those ob-

tained with the camera; other settings may not produce the same results.

Color Mode

If Use this instead of an embedded proﬁ le when opening ﬁ les is selected for Default RGB color

space in the “Color Management” tab of the “Options” (“Preferences”) dialog ( 104, 105), the default

RGB color proﬁ le will be used as the working color space for all images, regardless of the mode selected.

If Use this instead of an embedded proﬁ le when opening ﬁ les is not selected, Adobe RGB will auto-

matically be chosen as the working color space for Mode II images. The working color space for Mode I,

Ia, III, and IIIa images will either be the color space selected with the camera (D2X and D200 only) or sRGB

(all other cameras). The working color space for NTSC images (D1 only) will be NTSC. 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 mod i ﬁ ca tion. 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 pre ferred 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 land scape shots that will be printed or used “as is” with little or no modiﬁ cation.

When B&W is selected for Color Mode, photos taken with the D200 are processed in the same way

as photographs taken with Black-and-white selected in the camera Optimize Image menu. Photos

taken with other cameras are processed in the same way as images converted to black-and-white using

the Effect > Black and White option in the “Photo Effects” palette ( 64).

Tone Comp: Adjust image contrast. Choose from Unchanged, Low Contrast, Medium

Low, Normal, Medium High, High Contrast, or User-Deﬁ ned Custom Curve. Be-

cause the D1 does not store cus tom curves in the image ﬁ le, set tings of User-Deﬁ ned

Custom Curve are equiv a lent to Normal when se lect ed with pho to graphs taken with

the D1. With D2-series, D1X, D1H, D200, D100, D70s, D70, and D50 cameras, selecting

User-Deﬁ ned Custom Curve re stores the tone curve in effect at the time the pho to -

graph was taken.

Color Mode: Choose a color mode for ﬁ ne control over chroma, brightness, and color

gamut, much as you would choose different kinds of color ﬁ lm for different scenes.

Choose from Unchanged, Mode I, Mode II, Mode III, Mode Ia, Mode IIIa, or B&W.

In the case of images taken with the D1, Un changed is equiv a lent to D1 Mode (NTSC).

Color mode selection is available only in the case of RAW images taken with D2-series,

D1-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70 or D50 cameras.

Saturation: Adjust the vividness of colors without affecting hue. Choose from Un-

changed, Moderate, Normal, or Enhanced.

Hue Adjustment

: Adjusts hue without affecting brightness or saturation. Hue can be ad-

justed in the range –9 ° to 9 ° in seven steps of 3 °. If red is taken as the start ing color, raising

hue above 0 ° (the de fault setting, at which hue is un changed) would in tro duce a yel low cast,

mak ing col ors that would be red at a setting of 0 ° ap pear in creas ing ly or ange. Low er ing hue

be low 0 ° would in tro duce a blue cast, mak ing col ors that would be red at a setting of 0 ° ap-

pear in creas ing ly purple (in the case of the D1X and D1H, –9 ° is equiv a lent to a camera hue set-

ting of 0, 0 ° to a setting of 3, and 9 ° to a setting of 6). To use the value for hue ad just ment

in effect at the time the photograph was taken, turn the Hue Ad just ment check box off.

Enhancing Images

Exposure Compensation

Highlights in images saved in Nikon Capture 4.3 or earlier with a negative value selected for exposure

compensation may display differently when opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor Ver. 4.4 or later.

The Settings Menu

The Advanced RAW Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Ad vanced RAW from the Set-

tings menu.

The Advanced RAW Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Advanced

RAW palette displays the Advanced RAW

settings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Advanced RAW settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to restore Advanced RAW settings to settings saved using the

Save… option (see below). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate

to the drive (volume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les

with the ex ten sion “.nar” will be displayed). The settings in the Advanced RAW

palette will instantly revert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save current Advanced RAW set tings to a named ﬁ le. These

settings can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays

a di a log where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current white

balance settings. Advanced RAW set tings are saved with the extension “.nar”.

Reset to Neutral Selecting this item restores the settings in effect at the time the pho to graph was

taken.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Advanced RAW settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the set-

tings menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Advanced RAW

palette to the saved settings.

Image Adjustment

2 Turn the Apply button on ( )

Turn the Apply button on ( ) to enable Image Dust Off.

3 Click Change...

Click Change... to select a reference image for Image Dust Off. Image Dust Off will be

performed when the image is selected. The date of creation of the selected ﬁ le will be

displayed under “Dust Off ref photo was taken at” in the Image Dust Off tool palette.

Image Dust Off

Image Dust Off compares RAW photographs with a reference image created with the same

camera to reduce the effects of any dust that may be present on the low-pass ﬁ lter protecting

the camera’s imaging sensor.

Image Dust Off

Image Dust Off can be performed on RAW images only. If the image in the active window is JPEG or TIFF,

the Apply button in the Image Dust Off palette will be grayed out and inactive.

Cameras That Support Image Dust-Off

The following cameras support Image Dust Off: D2-series cameras, D1X / D1H (ﬁ rmware version 1.10 or

later), D200, D100, D70s, D70, and D50. Image Dust Off is not supported with COOLPIX cameras, D1

cameras, or with earlier versions of the camera ﬁ rmware for the D1X and D1H.

Reference Images

The position and amount of dust on the low-pass ﬁ lter may change. If possible, take reference images

regularly and use a reference image taken within one day of the selected photograph.

Settings menuApply button

Image Dust Off

Image Dust Off only affects relatively featureless areas of the image.

1 Display the Image Dust Off palette

Select the tool palette containing the Image Dust Off palette from the View menu (the

default location for the Image Dust Off palette is Tool Palette 2) and click the triangle at

the top left corner of the palette.

Before Image Dust Off After Image Dust Off

Enhancing Images

Images Taken with D2-Series, D200, D70s, D70, or D50 Cameras

If the current image was created with a D2-

series, D200, D70s, D70 or D50 camera, Nikon

Capture 4 Editor will search for reference ﬁ les

created with the camera Image Dust Off option

(extension “.ndf”). If it ﬁ nds a reference ﬁ le in

the same folder as the current image, a message

will be displayed. Click Yes to use this ﬁ le as a

reference.

If the folder contains more than one reference

ﬁ le, clicking Yes will display the dialog shown at

right. Select a ﬁ le for use with Image Dust Off.

If the user clicks No or the current folder does

not contain an image created with the camera

Image Dust Off option, a folder selection dialog

will be displayed. Select a folder containing Im-

age Dust Off reference data.

Images Taken with Other Cameras

If the image in the active window was not created with a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, or

D50 camera, a folder selection dialog will be displayed. Select the folder containing the

desired Image Dust Off reference photo and click OK.

The message shown at right will be displayed.

Click Yes to search for a suitable reference ﬁ le.

If more than one ﬁ le is found, a ﬁ le-selection

dialog will be displayed (see above). Select a

reference ﬁ le for Image Dust Off.

Clicking No will display a list of all Dust Off ref

photos. Select the ﬁ le that will be used as a ref-

erence for processing the current image.

Excessive Dust

If a large amount of dust is detected in the current image, Nikon Capture 4 Editor will display a warning

stating that the results of Image Dust Off can not be guaranteed. Click Yes to proceed.

No Suitable Images Found

If none of the Image Dust Off reference ﬁ les found is suitable for use with the image in the active

window, Nikon Capture 4 Editor will display a message to this effect and offer to use the most suitable

reference image. Clicking Yes displays a list of the most suitable reference images; select a reference ﬁ le

to process the image in the active window to reduce the effects of dust.

Image Adjustment

Creating Dust Off Ref Photos

To create a Dust Off ref photo for cameras other than the D2 series, D200, D70s, D70, or

D50:

1 Select a CPU lens

Mount a CPU lens on the camera. We recommend using a lens with a focal length of at

least 50 mm. If using a zoom lens, zoom in to the maximum telephoto position.

2 Adjust camera settings

Choose the following settings in the order shown below:

1 Sensitivity (ISO equivalency): choose the minimum setting

2 Image quality: choose NEF (RAW)

3 Exposure mode: choose aperture-priority auto (A)

4 Aperture: choose the minimum aperture (largest f/-number)

5 Focus: choose manual focus and set focus to inﬁ nity

3 Take a photograph

With the lens about 10 cm from a featureless white object, such as a wall, frame the object

so that it ﬁ lls the viewﬁ nder and take a photograph. The resulting Dust Off ref photo will

be recorded as an NEF (RAW) image.

4 Transfer the photograph to the computer

Creating Dust Off Ref Photos (D1-Series and D100 Cameras)

In addition to D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, and D50 cameras, Dust Off ref photos can be taken with the

D1X / D1H (ﬁ rmware version 1.10 or later), and D100. Dust Off ref photos can not be created with the D1

or with earlier versions of the camera ﬁ rmware for the D1X and D1H. Dust Off ref photos taken with the

D100, D1X, or D1H have the extension “.nef”; do not change this extension.

Camera Shake

A slight amount of blurring caused by camera shake will not affect Dust Off ref photos.

Enhancing Images

Reusing Image Dust Off Settings

Before pasting or loading Image Dust Off settings into the Image Dust Off palette for another image, be

sure that the image was created with the same camera used to record the Image Dust Off reference ﬁ le.

If the reference ﬁ le was created with a different camera, a warning will be displayed.

The Set tings Menu

The Image Dust Off Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Image Dust Off from the Set-

tings menu.

The Image Dust Off Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Image Dust

Off palette displays the Image Dust Off Set-

tings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Image Dust Off settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load Image Dust Off settings pre vi ous ly saved using the Save…

op tion (see be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive

(vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the ex-

tension “.ndr” will be dis played). The set tings in the Image Dust Off palette will

instantly re vert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save Image Dust Off settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings

can later be re called using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current Image Dust Off

settings. Image Dust Off set tings are saved with the ex ten sion “.ndr”.

Reset to Neutral Clears the name of the current Image Dust Off reference ﬁ le from the Image Dust

Off palette.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Image Dust Off settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the set-

tings menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Image Dust Off

palette to the saved settings.

Image Adjustment

2 Turn the Apply button on ( )

Turn the Apply button on ( ) to enable Vignette control.

3 Adjust intensity

Vignette control can be performed manually by dragging the Intensity slider or entering

a value in the text box to its right. Choose a value between –100 and +200 ac cord ing to

the drop in marginal lumination exhibited by the lens in use. The default value is 80; if 0

is selected, no vignette control will be performed.

Vignette Control

The Vignette Control palette is used to correct for loss of marginal lumination, a phe nom e non

as so ci at ed with camera lenses that causes a drop in brightness at the edges of a photograph.

Vignette Control is most effective when performed on images taken at maximum aperture. If

the picture in the active image window is a RAW image taken with a lens equipped to trans-

mit dis tance in for ma tion (i.e., a type G or D lens) mounted on a camera that can record this

in for ma tion, Nikon Capture 4 will use the lens information recorded with the im age to au to -

mat i cal ly select an optimal value for Vignette Control. Where lens information is not available,

Vignette Control will be based on default lens characteristics. To determine whether a given

com bi na tion of lens and cam era will record distance information, see the table below.

Camera Type G or D lens Other lens

D2 series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, D50 Recorded Not recorded

D1X/D1H (ﬁ rmware version 1.10 or later) Recorded Not recorded

D1X/D1H (ﬁ rmware version 1.01 or earlier)

Not recorded Not recorded

D1 Not recorded Not recorded

To use Vignette Control:

1 Display the Vignette Control palette

Select the tool palette containing the Vignette Control palette from the View menu (the

default location for the Vignette Control palette is Tool Palette 2) and click the triangle at

the top left corner of the palette.

Vignette Control

The controls in the Vignette Control palette are only available if the image in the active window is a RAW

(NEF) pho to graph taken with a D2-series, D1-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, or D50 camera. If the image

is JPEG or TIFF, the Apply button in the Vignette Control palette will be grayed out and inactive. Vignette

control can not be used to correct vignetting caused by PC Nikkor lenses or Speedlight photography.

Where Distance Information Is Not Available

Vi gnette Con trol for photographs taken with lenses or cameras that do not support distance in for ma tion

is based on default lens characteristics. Care may be required to prevent over-cor rec tion.

Neutral.set

At factory defaults (the default settings stored in the ﬁ le “Neutral.set”), the Apply button is off ( ) and

Intensity is set to 80.

Settings

Apply

button

Enhancing Images

The Vignette Control Settings Menu

Clicking the icon in the Vignette Con-

trol palette dis plays the Vignette Control

Settings menu.

The Set tings Menu

The Vignette Control menu can also be displayed by se lect ing Vignette Con trol from the Set tings

menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Vignette Control settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to restore settings saved us ing the Save… op tion (see below).

A di a log will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive (volume) and di-

rec to ry con tain ing the de sired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the extension “.nvc”

will be dis played). The set tings in the Vignette Control palette will in stant ly re vert

to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save current settings for the Vignette Con trol pal ette to a

named ﬁ le. These settings can later be re called using the Load… op tion. Choos-

ing Save… dis plays a di a log where you can choose a des ti na tion and ﬁ le name

for the current Vignette Control settings. Vignette Control settings are saved

with the extension “.nvc”.

Reset to Default Restores default settings. Intensity will be set to 80.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Vignette Control settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the

settings menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Vignette Control

palette to the saved settings.

Image Adjustment

Curves

Although your Nikon digital camera will reproduce colors accurately if settings have been

ad just ed appropriately, it will usually be necessary to adjust contrast, tone (brightness) levels,

and color balance to make maximum use of the tone range and color gamut offered by a

particular output device, such as a printer or monitor. Nikon Capture offers two tools for

performing these tasks: the Color Balance palette (see “Color Balance” later in this chapter)

and the Curves palette. Of the two, the Curves palette offers the more precise control. The

Color Balance palette is useful when, for example, you want to adjust brightness or color

balance for all pixels in the image. The Curves palette, in contrast, allows adjustments to be

made to speciﬁ c por tions of the tone range, making it possible to enhance the image while

preserving detail.

Curves—an Overview

To view the Curves palette, select the tool palette containing the Curves palette from the

View menu (the default location for the Curves palette is Tool Palette 1) and click the triangle

at the top left corner of the palette. To enable the tools in the Curves palette, turn the Apply

button on ( ).

Opening NEF Files Saved in Nikon Capture 3.5x or Earlier

In Nikon Capture 4, changes to color balance apply before changes to curves In earlier versions of Nikon

Capture, changes to curves applied before changes to color balance, with the result that settings may

change when the images saved in Nikon Capture 3.5x or earlier are opened in Nikon Capture 4.

Preferences > Advanced Color

Auto contrast, shadow, and highlight settings can be adjusted in the Advanced Color tab of the Prefer-

ences dialog.

The main editing tool in the Curves palette is the curve edit display, which contains a curve

showing the relationship between input (the tones in the original image) and output (how

the tones in the input will be represented in the ﬁ nal image). Separate curves control the

re la tion ship between input and output for the image as a whole (the “master curve”) and for

each of the red, green, and blue color com po nents, or “channels.” The default curve in each

case is linear, meaning that tones will be output exactly as they are input.

Apply button Current channel

Curve edit display

Histogram button

Auto Contrast button

White Point button

Midpoint button

Black Point button

Reset Active Curve

Reset All Curves

Tone Curve Point button

Enhancing Images

When the cursor is moved over an image or over the curve edit display, the input and output

values for the point under the cursor are shown in the input/output display. The input value

represents the level of the pixel in the original image, the output value the level of the pixel

after any changes to the curve have been applied.

The Curve Edit Display

Although values for input and output in the Curves palette range from zero to 255 (eight-bit pre ci sion,

familiar to users of other image editing software), the results of any changes to curves are calculated at

a precision of sixteen bits. This allows twelve-bit RAW data to be modiﬁ ed without lowering the quality

of the output.

Input is plotted along the horizontal axis, with shadows (the dark areas of the image) to the

left, high lights (the bright areas of the image) to the right, and mid-tones in between. The

left end of the axis marks the minimum possible value for colors in the selected channel (zero,

or no color), the right end the maximum value. In the case of the master curve, the minimum

value represents areas of the input image that are a true black; the maximum value represents

areas that are a true white. Output is plotted along the vertical axis, with the minimum pos-

sible output value (again, zero, or no color) at the bottom and the maximum output value at

the top.

Input/output display

High lights

Shadows

Brightness of point

under cursor

Image Adjustment

The Histogram (RAW / 16-Bit TIFF Images Only)

To reduce display times when dealing with large amounts of image data, Nikon Capture 4 may display a

histogram containing vertical lines.

Channel Selection Shortcuts

The current channel can also be selected using the following shortcuts:

•Ctrl

~ (Windows)/ ~ (Macintosh) • Ctrl 1 (Windows)/ 1 (Macintosh)

Master channel (RGB) Red channel

•Ctrl 2 (Windows)/ 2 (Macintosh) • Ctrl 3 (Windows)/ 3 (Macintosh)

Green channel Blue channel

Viewing the Histogram

The ﬁ rst step in adjusting tone levels and color balance in the Curves palette is to view the

histogram displayed in the background of the curve edit display. The histogram tells you what

tones are present in the original image and in what amounts, information that you will use

when setting the black point and white point and editing curves. The histogram takes the

form of a bar graph. The horizontal axis gives the tone level, with shadows to the left and

highlights to the right. The vertical axis gives the number of pixels of each tone level found in

the image, scaled to ﬁ t in the curve edit display.

Histogram button

By assigning the darkest tones in the image an output value of zero and the brightest tones

in the image an output value of 255, blacks will be output as blacks and whites as whites,

making the most effective use of the dynamic range of the output device.

To view the distribution of tones in the ﬁ nal, output image after changes to curves, click and

hold the Histogram button .

Channel Selection

You can modify tones for all colors in the

image using the master curve, or select any

of the red, green, and blue curves for edit-

ing using the channel menu. The histogram

shows tone levels for the selected chan nel

only. When the master curve is selected, the

auto-contrast but ton and white-point and black-point eye drop per tools apply simultaneously

to all of the red, green, and blue curves (the master curve is un af fect ed). When one of the

red, green, and blue curves is selected, these controls can be used to edit the se lect ed curve

only.

Enhancing Images

Setting the White Point and Black Point

The endpoints of the curve are referred to as the “white point” and the “black point.” The

black point for a given channel represents the darkest shade (minimum value) for that color,

the white point, the brightest shade (maximum value). By default, the input and output

values for the black point are zero. The darkest shade in the input image may however be

greater than zero, with the result that a portion of the curve is dedicated to reproducing

tones not actually present in the image. Increasing the input value for the black point until

it matches the darkest shade in the image will steepen the curve, en hanc ing overall contrast

without causing a corresponding loss of detail in shadows. Similarly, if the original image

does not actually contain shades corresponding to the maximum value, the white point can

be lowered to match the brightest shade in the image.

There are two steps to selecting a white point and black point for the ﬁ nal image: choosing

the white-point and black-point input levels, and selecting out put levels.

White-Point and Black-Point Input Levels

Input levels for the white point and black point can be set using any of the following three

methods:

• automatic contrast adjustment

• white-point and black-point sliders

• direct sampling using the white-point and black-point eyedropper tools

Automatic Contrast Adjustment

In automatic contrast adjustment, Nikon Capture automatically selects white and black points

that exclude a certain percentage of the brightest and darkest pixels in the image, steepening

curves for enhanced contrast (the exact percentage of pixels excluded can be speciﬁ ed in the

Preferences dialog; 102). By default, 0.5% of the brightest and darkest pixels are excluded,

producing a curve that makes optimal use of the output tone range while preserving details

in shadows and highlights.

To perform an auto contrast operation, click the Auto Contrast button . The white and

black points for each of the red, green, and blue channels will be modiﬁ ed simultaneously and

the master curve will be displayed in the Curves palette (the master curve itself is unaffected

by this operation). Clicking the button with the Ctrl (Win dows) or option (Macintosh) key

held down adjusts contrast only for the channel cur rent ly se lect ed in the channel menu.

Image Adjustment

White-Point and Black-Point Sliders

The white-point and black-point sliders can

be used to match the white and black points

to the his to gram displayed in the curve edit

display. While these sliders can be used to

edit curves for any channel, the best results

are usually obtained when they are used to

modify the master curve.

To edit the white point or black point, click

the corresponding slider once to activate it,

then drag it to the right or left (a value can

also be entered directly in the text box under-

neath the slider). Matching the black-point

slider with the lowest input value displayed

in the histogram will set the minimum output

value for the selected channel to the darkest pixel actually present in the image, steepening

the curve and enhancing contrast without sacriﬁ cing detail in shad ows. Similarly, matching

the white-point slider with the highest input value displayed in the histogram will set the

maximum output value for the selected channel to the brightest pixel present in the image,

enhancing contrast without loss of detail in highlights. Any changes are applied instantly to

the active image.

Sampling the Image for White Point or Black Point

The white point or black point can be set by directly sampling the image, allowing you to

choose the pixels that will be used to set the maximum (white point) or minimum (black point)

output value. This makes it possible to set the black point by matching it to a pixel in the

darkest part of the image containing detail you want to preserve, eliminating details in darker

areas that are not important to the ﬁ nal image. Similarly, you can match the white point to a

pixel in the brightest area of the image containing details important to the ﬁ nal image. While

direct sampling can be used with any channel, it is most effective when used with the master

curve. When the master curve is selected, sampling will set the white or black point for red,

green, and blue curves simultaneously; the master curve itself is unaffected.

To sample the white point, click the White Point button . When the cursor is moved over

the active image, it will take the shape of an eyedropper. Move the cursor over the image to

ﬁ nd the pixel that you want to use to set the white point, keeping an eye on pixel level display

in the Information palette to identify pixels with high input values. With the cursor over the

target pixel, click the mouse button. The input value for the selected pixel will be used as the

input value for the white point. The cursor will return to its original shape, and the image will

automatically be altered to reﬂ ect the new value for white point.

To sample the image for the black point, click the Black Point button and move the

eye drop per cursor over the image until you ﬁ nd the point that you want to use to set the

min i mum input value, then click the mouse button to select the black point.

White-point slider

Black-point slider

Enhancing Images

White-point output

slider

Black-point output

slider

White Point and Black Point Output Levels

Once you have set the input level for the black point and white point, output levels can be

altered to reﬂ ect the actual shade of the darkest and brightest pixels in the image. If the

darkest shade in the image represents a true black, for example, the output level for the black

point can be left at zero. If, however, darkest shade present in the image is a lighter color, the

output level for the black point can be raised to achieve more natural coloration.

The output levels for the white point and black point are set using the white-point and black-

point output sliders on the left side of the curve edit display.

To set the output level, click the slider once to activate it, then drag it up or down until you

have found the desired output level (the output level can also be set by entering a value di-

rectly in the text box to the left of the slider). The effects of the change will be reﬂ ected in

the active image.

Sampling White Point or Black Point for the Current Channel

By default, sampling sets the white point or black point for all channels and displays the master chan-

nel. To set the white or black point for the current channel only, sample the image while pressing Ctrl

(Win dows) or option (Macintosh). Midpoint can not be sampled for a single channel; regardless of the

channel currently selected, sampling the image for midpoint always sets the mid point for all chan nels

and dis plays the master chan nel.

Image Adjustment

Gamma

Gamma (also written “γ”) is a fundamental property of video systems which determines the in ten si ty of

the output signal relative to the input. When calculating gamma, the maximum possible input intensity is

assigned a value of one, and the minimum possible intensity (no input) is assigned a value of zero. Out-

put is calculated by raising input to a power that is the inverse of the gamma value (output = input

(1/γ)

In practical terms, raising the gamma value has the same effect as moving the midpoint slider to the left,

raising mid-tone output values and brightening the image while leaving the maximum and minimum

values untouched. Lowering the gamma value has the same effect as moving the midpoint slider to the

right, lowering mid-tone output values and darkening the image. The de fault value for gamma is one,

which produces a linear curve in which input and output values are the same. Gamma can be set to any

value between 0.05 and 6.00.

Setting the Midpoint

The point midway between the maximum and minimum input values is known as the “mid-

point,” which represents a neutral shade corresponding to an output level of 128. The

mid point is controlled by a midpoint slider at the bottom of the curve edit display. Moving

the midpoint slider to the left increases the brightness of mid-tones without “washing out”

high lights. Moving the slider to the right darkens mid-tones without obliterating detail in

shad ows.

The midpoint can be set using the midpoint slider or by directly sampling the image using the

midpoint eyedropper tool.

The Midpoint Slider

The midpoint slider is located at the bottom

of the curve edit display.

After clicking the slider once to activate it,

move it to the left to increase the bright-

ness of mid-tones in the selected channel, or

move it to the right to decrease brightness.

Al ter na tive ly, you can enter a value for gam-

ma directly in the text box under the slider.

The effects of changes to the midpoint can

be seen in the active image.

Midpoint slider

Sampling the Image for Midpoint

The midpoint can also be set by direct sampling. Regardless of the channel currently selected

in the channel menu, sampling simultaneously deﬁ nes the midpoint for each of the red,

green, and blue chan nels while leaving the midpoint for the master curve unchanged.

To sample the midpoint, click the Midpoint button . When the cursor is moved over the

active image, it will take the shape of an eyedropper. Move the cursor over the image to ﬁ nd

the pixel that you want to use to set the midpoint, keeping an eye on the pixel level display

in the Information palette to identify pixels with a neutral input value (look for pixels that you

think should be a neutral gray color in the ﬁ nal image). With the cursor over the target pixel,

click the mouse button. The input value for the selected pixel will be used as the reference

value for the midpoint. The cursor will return to its original shape, and the image will au to -

mat i cal ly be altered to reﬂ ect the new value for midpoint.

Enhancing Images

Editing Curves Directly

Fine adjustments can be made to brightness and contrast in speciﬁ c portions of the tone range

by adding additional points to the curves for each channel. These points can be freely ad-

just ed by drag ging them into new positions, changing the shape of the curve. Steepening the

slope in a given portion of the curve will enhance contrast in that portion of the tone range.

Changing the curve so that input levels in a given portion of the tone range are mapped to

higher output levels will brighten tones in the affected tone range; similarly, chang ing the

curve to map input levels to lower output levels will darken tones in the affected range.

Adding New Points to the Curve

Move the cursor over the curve edit display and click once to enter curve edit mode. Move

the cursor to the position where you would like to add a new point, then click. A new point

will be added at this position and the curve will automatically be adjusted to pass through this

point. A point corresponding to a selected location in the active image can be added by click-

ing the button and then clicking in the desired area in the image window. The position of

the point can be adjusted by dragging it to a new location within the curve edit display. The

image in the active window will automatically be adjusted to reﬂ ect changes to the curve.

Removing Points from the Curve

Points can be removed from the curve by dragging them out of the curve window.

Resetting the Active Curve to Linear

The default linear curve for the current channel can be restored by clicking the button in

the Curves palette.

Resetting All Curves to Linear

To reset all curves to linear, click the button. All curves will be reset and the RGB master

channel will be displayed in the Curve palette.

Image Adjustment

The Set tings Menu

The Curves Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Curves from the Set tings menu.

The Curves Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Curves pal-

ette displays the Curves Settings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Curves settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load curves previously saved using the Save… option (see

be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive (volume)

and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the extension

“.ncv” will be dis played). The settings in the Curves palette will in stant ly revert

to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save curves for all channels to a named ﬁ le. These settings can

later be recalled using the Load… option. Choosing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current curves. Curves

are saved with the ex ten sion “.ncv”.

Reset to Neutral Reset all curves to linear.

Advanced Color

Preferences…

Open the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences dialog to the Ad vanced Color tab,

where you can adjust auto contrast, shadows, and highlights ( 102).

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Curves settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings menu.

Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Curves palette to the saved set-

tings.

Enhancing Images

The LCH Editor

The LCH Editor models color using Luminosity (master lightness), Chroma (color saturation, or

vividness), and Hue. A separate Color Lightness channel is available for adjusting the bright-

ness of selected colors. To use the LCH Editor:

1 Display the LCH Editor

Select the tool palette containing the LCH

Editor from the View menu (the default

location for the LCH Editor is Tool Palette

2) and click the triangle at its top left

corner.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it

on ( )

Channel Selection Shortcuts

The channel can also be selected using the following shortcuts:

•Ctrl Shift ~ (Windows)/ option ~ (Macintosh): master lightness channel

•Ctrl Shift 1 (Windows)/ option 1 (Macintosh): color lightness channel

•Ctrl Shift 2 (Windows)/ option 2 (Macintosh): chroma channel

•Ctrl Shift 3 (Windows)/ option 3 (Macintosh): hue channel

Input and Output (Intensity) Displays and the Curve Point Button

When the cursor is moved over an image or over the edit window in the LCH Editor, input and output

levels for the pixel under the cursor are shown on the curve and in the input and output displays for the

current channel. Clicking the Curve Point button when the cursor is over the image in the active window

adds a point corresponding to the area under the cursor to the active curve.

“Show Original Image Data,” “Reset Active Channel,” and “Reset All Channels”

To hide the effects of changes to the active curve, click and hold the Show Original Image Data button.

Click the Reset Active Channel button to reset the active curve to linear. Click the Reset All Channels

button to reset all curves in the LCH Editor to linear.

Preferences > Advanced Color

Auto contrast, shadow, and highlight settings can be adjusted in the Advanced Color tab of the Prefer-

ences dialog.

3 Select a channel

Select the desired channel from the chan-

nel menu.

4 Adjust settings

Adjust settings for the selected channel as described on the following pages.

Apply button

Show

Original

Image

Data

Curve

Point

Reset All Channels

Settings button

Channel

Reset

Active

Channel

Image Adjustment

The Master Lightness Channel

Although it affects brightness rather than color, editing luminosity has a similar effect to edit-

ing the master curve in the Curves palette.

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” (

48); 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 hori-

zontal axis corresponds to luminosity (in the range 0–255), 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 bright-

ness of mid-tones while preserving detail in highlights and shadows.

Show Histogram button: Click to view the luminosity distribution for the ﬁ nal 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 ad-

justed in the Advanced Color tab in the Preferences dialog.

Show Histogram button

Auto Contrast button

Histogram

White-point

input slider

Mid-point

slider

Black-point

input slider

Black-point output

level slider

White-point output

level slider

Luminosity curve

Enhancing Images

The Color Lightness Channel

The Color Lightness channel controls the brightness of colors without affecting chroma or

hue. It can be used, for example, to brighten the blue of a dark sky.

Color lightness curve: Maps the brightness of colors in the original image (input) to the

brightness of colors after editing (output). Moving a point on the curve upward makes colors

in the affected portion of the color range more brighter, while moving it downward makes

the affected colors darker.

Width slider: Adjust the width of the curve that passes through the selected point, increasing

or decreasing the range of colors affected by the change.

Intensity: The amount by which the brightness of colors under the selected point will be

increased or decreased in the output image.

Width slider

Color lightness curve

(vertical axis corresponds to

brightness, horizontal axis

to chroma)

IntensityInput display

Image Adjustment

The Chroma Channel

The Chroma editor is useful tool for adjusting color saturation.

Chroma curve: Maps chroma in the original image (input) to the chroma of the image after

editing (output). Moving a point on the curve upward makes colors in the affected portion

of the color range more vivid, while moving it downward makes the affected colors less vivid,

or grayer.

Width slider: Adjust the width of the curve that passes through the selected point, increasing

or decreasing the range of colors affected by the change.

Exclude Gray: Neutral colors (grays) may seem over saturated when chroma is raised. Check

this option to increase chroma without affecting grays. This option has no effect when

chroma is reduced below the value in the original image.

Output slider: Moving the slider affects the saturation of all colors in the image.

Intensity: The amount by which the saturation of the selected point will be increased or de-

creased in the output image.

Output slider

Width slider

IntensityInput display

Chroma curve

Exclude Gray checkbox

Enhancing Images

The Hue Channel

The hue editor is used to map selected colors in the original (input) image to a speciﬁ c range

of colors in the ﬁ nal (output) image. This can be used, for example, to make all reds in the

image slightly more orange, or even green or blue.

Hue curve: Maps hue in the original image (input) to the hue of the image after editing (out-

put). 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.

Width slider: Adjust the width of the curve that passes through the selected point, increasing

or decreasing the range of hues affected by the change.

Output slider: Moving the slider affects the hue of all colors in the image.

Scale button: Click to change the vertical scale from 60 ° through 120 ° to 180 ° and back

again (the degrees in this scale refer to 360 ° color wheel). Increasing the scale increases the

range of hues visible in the display, while decreasing the scale increases precision.

Output slider

Scale button

Width slider

Input / ou tp ut dis play

Hue curve

Image Adjustment

The LCH Editor Settings Menu

Clicking the triangle in the top right

corner of the LCH Editor displays the LCH Edi-

tor settings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current LCH Editor settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load settings previously saved using the Save… option (see

be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive (volume)

and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the extension

“.nlv” will be dis played). The settings in the LCH Editor will in stant ly revert to the

saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save settings for all channels to a named ﬁ le. These settings

can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choosing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current LCH Editor set-

tings. LCH Editor settings are saved with the ex ten sion “.nlv”.

Reset to Neutral Reset all curves to linear.

Advanced Color

Preferences...

Open the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences dialog to the Ad vanced Color tab,

where you can adjust auto contrast, shadows, and highlights ( 102).

Recent ﬁ les

Recent LCH Editor settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in LCH Editor to the saved

settings.

The Set tings Menu

The LCH Editor Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting LCH Editor from the Set tings menu.

Enhancing Images

Color Booster

The Color Booster is used to enhance overall color saturation (vividness) according to the type

of subject (portrait or landscape).

1 Display the Color Booster palette

Select the tool palette containing the

Color Booster from the View menu (the

default location for the Color Booster pal-

ette is Tool Palette 1) and click the triangle

at the top left corner of the palette.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it

on ( )

3 Adjust settings

Target Type: Select People to adjust saturation without affecting skin tones, Nature to

adjust saturation for all colors in the image.

Level: Use the slider to adjust saturation, or a enter a value between 0 and 100 in the text

box to its right.

Auto: Optimize saturation to suit the selected subject type.

The Color Booster Settings Menu

Clicking the triangle in the top right

corner of the Color Booster palette displays

the Color Booster settings menu.

Apply button Settings button

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Color Booster settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load settings previously saved using the Save… option (see

be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive (volume)

and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the extension

“.ncb” will be dis played). The settings in the Color Booster palette will in stant ly

revert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save Color Booster settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings can

later be recalled using the Load… option. Choosing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for current Color Booster set-

tings. Color Booster settings are saved with the ex ten sion “.ncb”.

Reset to Neutral Reset Color Booster settings to default values.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Color Booster settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Color Booster palette to

the saved settings.

The Set tings Menu

The Color Booster Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Color Booster from the Set tings menu.

Image Adjustment

Photo Effects

The Photo Effects palette is used to convert pictures to black-and-white, sepia, or another

monochrome tint, or to adjust the brightness of the c yan / red, mag enta / green, and yellow /

blue channels.

1 Display the Photo Effects palette

Select the tool palette containing the Pho-

to Effects palette from the View menu

(the default location is Tool Palette 1) and

click the triangle at the top left corner of

the palette.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it

on ( )

Apply button

Effect menu

Enhance Dark Tones

Balance sliders

Settings button

Brightness / contrast

Auto button

Magenta / green

Cyan / re d

Ye ll ow / b lu e

3 Adjust settings

Effect: Choose Black and White to convert the image in the active window to black and

white, Sepia to convert the image to sepia, or Tinted to convert the image to another

monochrome tint by dragging the balance sliders. Select None to use the balance sliders

to adjust the brightness and contrast of the cyan / red, magenta / green, and yellow / blue

channels in the original image.

Brightness / contrast slider : Drag the slider to the right to increase overall brightness and

contrast, to the left to reduce brightness and contrast, or enter a value between –100 and

+100 directly in the text box to the right of the slider.

Enhance Dark Tones: Select this option to bring out details in shadows.

Auto: Click this button to optimize brightness and contrast without affecting color bal-

ance. Enhance Dark Tones is automatically selected.

Balance sliders: Use these sliders to adjust the brightness and contrast of the cyan / red,

magenta / green, and yellow / blue channels, or enter a value between –100 and +100 di-

rectly in the text boxes to their right. If the image has been converted to black-and-white

or sepia, only the brightness of shades originally in the selected channels will be affected.

If Tinted is selected, the balance sliders control the choice of monochrome tint.

Enhancing Images

The Photo Effects Settings Menu

Clicking the triangle in the top right corner

of the Photo Effects palette displays the Photo

Effects settings menu.

The Set tings Menu

The Photo Effects Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Photo Effects from the Set tings

menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Photo Effects settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load settings previously saved using the Save… option (see

be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive (volume)

and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the extension

“.npe” will be dis played). The settings in the Photo Effects palette will in stant ly

revert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save Photo Effects settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings can

later be recalled using the Load… option. Choosing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for current Photo Effects set-

tings. Photo Effects settings are saved with the ex ten sion “.npe”.

Reset to Neutral Reset Photo Effects settings to default values.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Photo Effects settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Photo Effects palette to

the saved settings.

Image Adjustment

Color Balance

The Color Balance palette offers simple controls for adjusting overall brightness, contrast, and

color balance for the entire image. Unlike the controls in the Curves palette, however, the

Color Balance palette does not allow you to make changes that affect only a portion of the

tone range. After making broad adjustments to color balance in the Color Balance palette,

examine the histogram in the Curves palette and make ﬁ ne adjustments as needed.

Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color Balance

1 Display the Color Balance palette

Select the tool palette containing the

Color Balance palette from the View

menu (the default location is the Color

Balance Palette) and click the triangle at

the top left corner of the palette.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it

on ( ) Green

Red

Contrast

Brightness

Blue

Apply button

3 Adjust brightness, contrast, and color balance

Adjust brightness, contrast, and color balance using the options in the Color Bal ance

palette.

Adjusting Overall Brightness

The brightness slider adjusts brightness for the entire image. Dragging the brightness

slider in the + direction brightens all the colors in the image, making the image as a whole

more white. Dragging the slider in the – direction darkens all the colors in the image,

making the image as a whole darker and less distinct. Unlike adjustments to the midpoint

in the Curves palette, this setting applies equally to shad ows and highlights, producing a

ﬂ at, low-contrast image. A value for brightness between –100 and +100 can be entered

directly in the text box to the right of the slider.

Adjusting Image Contrast

Dragging the contrast slider in the + direction heightens the difference between high lights

and shadows in the image, increasing contrast. Dragging the slider in the – di rec tion de-

creases the difference be tween light and dark portions of the image, lowering contrast.

A value for contrast between –100 and +100 can be entered in the text box to the right

of the slider.

Adjusting Color Balance

While the brightness slider adjusts brightness for the image as a whole, the three color-

balance controls allow the user to adjust brightness for each color individually. For ex-

am ple, dragging the red slider in the + direction brightens the red portions of the image,

making the image as a whole more red. Dragging it in the – direction dims the red ele-

ments in the image, bringing out the remaining colors. A value between –100 and +100

can be entered for each color in the text box to the right of the slider.

Enhancing Images

The Color Balance Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Color Bal-

ance palette displays the Color Balance Set-

tings menu.

Displaying the Color Balance Palette

The default tool palette window for the Color Balance palette is not displayed the ﬁ rst time Nikon

Capture 4 Editor starts. To display Color Balance Palette, select Show Color Balance Palette from the

View menu.

Opening NEF Files Saved in Nikon Capture 3.5x or Earlier

In Nikon Capture 4, changes to color balance apply before changes to curves. In earlier versions of Nikon

Capture, changes to curves applied before changes to color balance, with the result that settings may

change when the images saved in Nikon Capture 3.5x or earlier are opened in Nikon Capture 4.

Nikon Capture 3.5 or Earlier

A value of +50 in Nikon Capture 3.5 or earlier corresponds to a value of +100 in Nikon Capture 4.

The Set tings Menu

The Color Bal ance Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Color Balance from the Set tings

menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Color Balance settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load brightness, contrast, and color bal ance settings previously

saved using the Save… op tion (see be low). A dialog will be displayed where you

can nav i gate to the drive (vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the de sired settings ﬁ le

(only ﬁ les with the extension “.nca” will be dis played). The set tings in the Color

Balance palette will in stant ly re vert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save brightness, contrast, and color bal ance settings to a

named ﬁ le. These settings can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choos-

ing Save… dis plays a dialog where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name

for the current Color Balance settings. Color Balance set tings are saved with the

ex ten sion “.nca”.

Reset to Neutral Resets all brightness, contrast, and color balance set tings to zero.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Color Balance settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Color Balance palette to

the saved settings.

Image Adjustment

The Warning Button

A warning button appears if the image in the active window is displayed at a zoom ratio too low to allow

the effects of Unsharp Mask to be displayed. Click the button to view the warning.

Unsharp Mask

Using Unsharp Mask, the user can increase the sharpness of photographs by making edges

more dis tinct. Unsharp Mask works by increasing the contrast of the edges in the image while

leaving other areas untouched. The amount of sharpness is determined by three factors: in-

ten si ty, halo width, and threshold.

Creating Unsharp Masks

1 Display the Unsharp Mask palette

Select the tool palette containing the Unsharp Mask palette from the View menu (the

default location for the Unsharp Mask palette is Tool Palette 1) and click the triangle at the

top left corner of the palette.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it on ( )

Apply button

Unsharp mask list

Color

Delete button

Up/down arrows

Warning button

Enhancing Images

3 Create an Unsharp Mask

Unsharp Mask can be applied to all the colors in the image or selectively to any com bi -

na tion of red, green, and blue channels. Select a combination of colors from the Color

pop-up menu. The Unsharp Mask you create will be applied only to edges in the selected

colors.

4 Select values for intensity, halo width, and threshold

Intensity: The amount the contrast of edges will be increased. Too great an intensity will

degrade your image rather than sharpening it.

Halo Width: The size of the areas that will be affected. The greater the halo width, the

wider the edges in the sharpened image will appear. Too large a value for halo width will

produce a “halo” along edges in the image.

Threshold: The limit at which sharpening will be applied. If the threshold is zero, sharpen-

ing will apply to all pixels in the image. Increasing the threshold in creas es the amount of

contrast that must be present between pixels before Unsharp Mask will be applied, with

the result that only more distinctly contrasting edges will be affected.

5 Create additional masks

The con trols in the Unsharp Mask palette allow you to select multiple combinations of

colors that can be sharpened to different degrees. Repeat steps 1–4 to create additional

masks for different color combinations. As new masks are created, they will be added to

the end of the Unsharp Mask list. Masks apply in the order listed. To change the order in

which masks apply, select a mask in the Unsharp Mask list and click the up arrow to move

it up in the list, or the down arrow to move it down. To delete an Unsharp Mask from the

list, select it and click the Delete button.

Unsharp Mask

Unsharp Mask sharpens edges without affecting color balance by making adjustments only to lu mi nos i ty

(brightness). The effect is the same as performing Unsharp Mask with the Luminosity channel selected

in the Adobe Photoshop Lab color model. If Unsharp Mask is applied to a single channel, such as red,

the values for ab (chrominance) are used to determine what points in the image are red, and Unsharp

Mask ing applied to the Luminosity channel for those points only. An intensity of around 20% in Nikon

Capture 4 is roughly equivalent to 100% in Adobe Photoshop.

No sharpening will be applied if Intensity is set to zero. Intensity must be set to at least 1% if sharpening

is to apply.

Image Adjustment

The Set tings Menu

The Unsharp Mask Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Unsharp Mask from the Set tings

menu.

The Unsharp Mask Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Unsharp

Mask palette displays the Unsharp Mask Set-

tings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Unsharp Mask settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load Unsharp Masks previously saved us ing the Save… op-

tion (see be low). A dialog will be dis played where you can navigate to the drive

(vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the

extension “.num” will be dis played). The set tings in the Unsharp Mask palette

will instantly re vert to the saved set tings.

Save…

Select this item to save Unsharp Mask settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings

can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current Unsharp Mask

settings. Unsharp Mask settings are saved with the ex ten sion “.num”.

Reset to Neutral Deletes all Unsharp Masks currently displayed in the Unsharp Mask palette.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Unsharp Mask settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Unsharp Mask palette to

the saved settings.

Enhancing Images

Noise Reduction

This palette can be use to mitigate the effects of noise that sometimes appears in images

taken with digital cameras.

Reducing Noise

1 Display the Noise Reduction palette

Select the tool palette containing the Noise Reduction

palette from the View menu (the default location for

the Noise Reduction palette is Tool Palette 2) and click

the triangle at the top left corner of the palette.

2 If the Apply button is off ( ) , turn it on ( )

3 Adjust noise reduction options

Intensity: To reduce noise (a mottling phenomenon that occurs principally in photographs

taken at high sensitivities), drag the slider to select a value from 0 (no noise reduction

performed) to 100 (max i mum noise reduction).

Sharpness: High levels of noise reduction may result in loss of deﬁ nition. To increase

sharpness, drag the slider to select a value from 0 (no sharpening performed) to 10 (max-

i mum sharpness).

Method: Choose Faster for faster processing, Better quality for increased precision.

Edge Noise Reduction

: Check this box to re duce noise along edg es in the photo, making

outlines more dis tinct.

Color Moire Reduction (RAW images only): Color moiré (color interference caused by

regular overlapping patterns) can be reduced using this option. Choose the amount of

compensation performed from Off, Low, Medium, or High.

4 View the results

Conﬁ rm the effects of noise reduction on the entire image and adjust settings as neces-

sary.

Apply button Settings menu

Image Adjustment

The Noise Reduction Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Noise Re-

duc tion palette displays the Noise Reduction

Set tings menu.

The Set tings Menu

The Noise Reduction Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Noise Reduction from the Set-

tings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Noise Reduction settings to the clip board.

Load…

elect this item to load Noise Reduction settings pre vi ous ly saved using the Save…

op tion (see be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive

(vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the ex-

tension “.nnr” will be dis played). The set tings in the Noise Reduction pal ette will

instantly re vert to the saved set tings.

Save…

Select this item to save Noise Reduction settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings

can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current Noise Reduc-

tion settings. Noise Reduction settings are saved with the ex ten sion “.nnr”.

Reset to Neutral Resets Noise Reduction settings to their default val ues.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Noise Reduction settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the

settings menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Noise Reduction

palette to the saved settings.

Enhancing Images

D-Lighting

D-Lighting reveals details in shadows and highlights, correcting for underexposure in back-lit

subjects or shaded areas of images and for overexposure in brightly lit areas.

1 Display the D-Lighting palette

Select the tool palette containing the

D-Lighting palette from the View menu

(the default location for the D-Lighting

palette is Tool Palette 1) and click the

triangle at the top left corner of the

palette.

2 Turn the Apply button on ( )

Turn the Apply button on ( ) to enable

D-Lighting.

3 Adjust settings

Method

Choose Faster (HS) for high-speed processing, Better Quality (HQ) for separate control

of shadow and highlight adjustment.

Faster (HS)

The following options are available when Faster (HS) is selected:

• Adjustment: Drag the slider to the right to enhance details in shadows and to reveal

highlights where the subject is much brighter than the background or the background

much brighter than the subject. An adjustment value between 0 and 100 can also be

entered directly in the text box (the default setting is 25).

• 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.

Better Quality (HQ)

Selecting Better Quality (HQ) displays

the options shown at right.

• Shadow Adjustment: Drag the slider

to the right to enhance details in shad-

ows, or enter a value between 1 and

100 directly in the text box to its right

(the default setting is 50).

• Highlight Adjustment: Drag the slider

to reveal highlights where the subject is much brighter than the background or the

background much brighter than the subject. An adjustment value between 1 and 100

can also be entered directly in the text box (the default setting is 1).

• 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.

Apply button Settings menu

Image Adjustment

Digital DEE

D-Lighting replaces the Digital DEE tool available in earlier versions of Nikon Capture 4. Note that Digital

DEE settings are ignored when joint settings ﬁ les created with earlier versions of Nikon Capture 4 are

loaded into Nikon Capture 4 Ver. 4.2 or later, while Digital DEE settings saved with NEF images in earlier

versions of Nikon Capture 4 are lost when these images are opened in Nikon Capture 4 Ver. 4.2 or later.

Digital DEE settings ﬁ les (extension “.ndd”) can not be loaded into Nikon Capture 4 Ver. 4.2 or later.

The Set tings Menu

The D-Lighting Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting D-Lighting from the Set tings menu.

The D-Lighting Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the D-Light-

ing palette displays the D-Lighting Settings

menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current D-Lighting settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load D-Lighting settings pre vi ous ly saved using the Save…

op tion (see be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the

drive (vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with

the extension “.ndl” will be dis played). The set tings in the D-Lighting palette will

instantly re vert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save D-Lighting settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings can

later be re called using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current D-Lighting set-

tings. D-Lighting set tings are saved with the ex ten sion “.ndl”.

Reset to Default Reset D-Lighting settings to default values.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent D-Lighting settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in D-Lighting palette to the

saved settings.

Enhancing Images

Red eye Correction

To correct red-eye in portrait subjects:

1 Display the Red Eye Correction palette

Select the tool palette containing the Red Eye Cor-

rection palette from the View menu (the default

location is Tool Palette 1) and click the triangle at

the palette’s top left corner.

2 Turn the Apply button on ( )

Turn the Apply button on ( ) to enable red-eye

correction.

3 Choose a red-eye correction method

Off

No red-eye correction performed.

Automatic

Nikon Capture will automatically detect and correct red-eye. This option is automatically

selected if red-eye has already been corrected using the Red Eye Correction button in the

Quick Tools palette.

Click on eyes

If auto red-eye correction fails to produce the desired results, red-eye can be corrected

manually by selecting this option and clicking Start. The cursor will change to ; move

the cursor over the image in the active window until it blinks red. If the area under the

cursor is affected red-eye, click to correct red-eye in the affected area. Click Stop when

all affected areas have been corrected (additional corrections can be performed by click-

ing Resume or Start and repeating the process described above).

Reset

Undo all changes made using automatic and manual red-eye correction.

Apply button Settings menu

Conﬁ rmation Dialogs

If Click on eyes is selected after automatic

red-eye correction has been performed, the

dialog shown at right will be displayed. Click

Yes to keep the changes made with auto-

matic red-eye correction, No to discard the

changes before making manual corrections.

If the image in the active window is dis-

played at less than 100%, the dialog shown

at right appear when Click on eyes is se-

lected. Click Yes to display the image at full

size (recommended).

Image Adjustment

The Set tings Menu

The red-eye correction Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Red Eye Correction from the

Set tings menu.

The Red Eye Correction Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Red Eye Cor-

rection palette displays the red-eye correction

Settings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board If Auto is selected, this option can be used to copy this setting to the clipboard

and apply auto red-eye correction to other images.

Reset to Default Reset red-eye correction settings to default values.

Enhancing Images

Fisheye Lens (Fisheye-to-Rectilinear Transform for DX 10.5 mm Fisheye Lenses)

The tools in the Fisheye Lens palette modify images taken with an AF DX 10.5 mm f2.8G

Nikkor ﬁ sheye lens to resemble images taken with a normal wide-angle lens. This option is

not available with other lenses.

1 Display the Fisheye Lens palette

Select the tool palette containing the Fisheye Lens palette from the View menu (the de-

fault location for the Fisheye Lens palette is Tool Palette 2) and click the triangle at the top

left corner of the palette.

2 Turn the Apply button on ( )

Turn the Apply button on ( ) to enable the Fisheye Lens. The image in the active window

will be trimmed around a vertical area in the center of the image that has been processed

to compensate for ﬁ sheye distortion, and the Include areas where there is no image

data check box will be enabled.

Apply button on

(vertical compensation)

Include areas where there

is no image data selected

(horizontal compensation)

Image created with

supported ﬁ sheye lens

Areas without image data

ﬁ lled in white, light gray, dark

gray, black, red, green, blue,

cyan, magenta, or yellow

Settings menuApply button

Include areas where

there is no image data

check box

Fill color menu

3 Adjust settings

Check Include areas where there is no image data to trim the image in the active

area around a horizontal area in the center of the image that has been processed to com-

pensate for ﬁ sheye distortion and ﬁ ll areas where there are no image data with the color

selected in the Fill color menu.

Image Adjustment

The Fisheye Lens Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Fisheye Lens

palette displays the Fisheye Lens Settings

menu.

The Set tings Menu

The Fisheye Lens Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Fisheye Lens from the Set tings

menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Fisheye Lens settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load Fisheye Lens settings pre vi ous ly saved using the Save…

op tion (see be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive

(vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the

extension “.nfe” will be dis played). The set tings in the Fisheye Lens palette will

instantly re vert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save Fisheye Lens settings to a named ﬁ le. These settings can

later be re called using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current Fisheye Lens

settings. Fisheye Lens set tings are saved with the ex ten sion “.nfe”.

Reset to Default Reset Fisheye Lens settings to default values.

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Fisheye Lens settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings

menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Fisheye Lens palette to the

saved settings.

Enhancing Images

Output Size and Resolution

The Size/Resolution palette is where you specify the ﬁ nal (“output”) size of the portion of the

image that will be saved when Save or Save as… is selected from the File menu. The choice

of settings in the Size/Resolution palette depends on how you intend to use the image and

the amount of storage space you have available. Some examples are given below.

If the image will be used in printing or desktop publishing…

…size and resolution will be dictated by the resolution of the output device and the physical

size of the image when printed, measured in centimeters or points rather than pixels.

If you intend to use the image on a web page…

…specify output size in pixels, keeping ﬁ le size to a minimum for rapid downloads. Res o lu tion

in this case is not an issue.

Adjusting Size and Resolution

1 Display the Size/Resolution palette

Select the tool palette containing the

Size/Resolution palette from the View

menu (the default location for the Size/

Resolution palette is Tool Palette 1) and

click the triangle at the top left corner of

the palette.

RAW Image Size (D1X Only)

The D1x is designed to record images at 3,008 × 1,960 pixels (six megapixels). Image quality will not

necessarily increase when RAW images are output at a size of 4,016 × 2,616 pixels (ten megapixels,

equivalent to the dimensions of the CCD).

NEF Images

When an image is saved in NEF format, the entire image will be saved together with information on

resolution and the size and dimensions of the current crop.

2 Make changes to options as described below

Keep the crop: When Keep the crop is selected, you can use the mouse to adjust the size

and position of the current crop as desired. If you enter a new value for height or width in

the Size/Resolution palette, the remaining dimension changes au to mat i cal ly to maintain

a con stant height-width aspect ratio, and scale is adjusted to reﬂ ect the new di men sions

(scale can not be increased beyond 200%). If the image can not be output at the cur-

rent resolution using the new dimensions, resolution will au to mat i cal ly be adjusted to an

ap pro pri ate value. This option is useful when you want to specify height and width after

selecting a crop.

Image Adjustment

at: The at text box is where you enter the

output res o lu tion. This text box is not active

if the unit chosen for output size is “pix-

els,” when res o lu tion is ﬁ xed at 300 ppi.

The value cho sen at other set tings should

re ﬂ ect the res o lu tion of the out put de vice

on which the ﬁ nal image is to be printed.

The units for resolution can be selected

from the res o lu tion menu, which offers a

choice of pixels per inch (ppi) or pixels per

cen ti me ter (ppcm). The default res o lu tion

is 300 ppi.

3 Conﬁ rm the ﬁ nal size

To view the ﬁ nal size of the image in pixels,

select Show Image Size from the Image

menu. The Image Size dialog shows the size

of the original (input) image in pixels; if the

output size has been changed, the dialog

will also list the ﬁ nal (output) size of the

image in pixels.

Keep the output size: Locks output dimensions and ﬁ le size at their current val ues, set-

ting the aspect ratio of the current crop according to the dimensions input in the Size/

Res o lu tion palette. This height-width aspect ratio will be main tained when you adjust

the size of the crop in the active window, and scale will be ad just ed to reﬂ ect changes to

the size of the crop (scale can not be increased beyond 200%). If the image can not be

output at the current resolution using the new dimensions, resolution will automatically

be adjusted to an appropriate value. This option is useful when you want to set the output

di men sions and ﬁ le size of the ﬁ nal image before selecting a crop.

Width/Height: The out put dimensions for

the current crop can be entered in these

text box es. The units used to describe

output di men sions can be cho sen from the

menu to the right of the text boxes.

Scale/File Size

Scale (output size as a percentage of input size, maximum 200%) is displayed at the bottom of the

Size/Res o lu tion pal ette, to geth er with the uncompressed ﬁ le size of the image that would be cre at ed at

current set tings. File size depends on the color model (RGB or CMYK) and, in the case of RGB images,

on the pixel bit-depth that will be used when the image is saved. Separate uncompressed ﬁ le sizes are

shown for CMYK and for eight-bit and sixteen-bit RGB.

Enhancing Images

The Set tings Menu

The Size/Res o lu tion Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Size/Resolution from the Set-

tings menu.

The Size/Resolution Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Size/

Resolution palette displays the Size/

Resolution Settings menu.

Option Description

Copy to Clip board Copy current Size/Resolution settings to the clipboard.

Load…

Select this item to load size and resolution settings pre vi ous ly saved using the

Save… op tion (see be low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate

to the drive (vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les

with the extension “.nsr” will be dis played). The set tings in the Size/Resolution

palette will instantly re vert to the saved settings.

Save…

Select this item to save size and resolution settings to a named ﬁ le. These set-

tings can later be re called using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… displays

a dialog where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the current size

and res o lu tion settings. Size and resolution set tings are saved with the ex ten sion

“.nsr”.

Reset to D1X 6MP

Reduces RAW images created with the D1X by 74.9% to 3,008 × 1,960 pix els (six

mega pixels). Se lect Re set to 100% to re store the image to 4,016 × 2,616 pixels.

This op tion is only available with RAW images taken using the D1X.

Reset to 100% Enlarges the crop to include the entire image. Res o lu tion will be reset to the

default value of 300 ppi (118.11 ppcm).

Recent ﬁ les

Recent Size / Reso lution settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the

settings menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list sets the controls in Size / Resolution

palette to the saved settings.

Image Adjustment

Saving and Loading Image Adjustment Settings

Image adjustment settings for all tool pal-

ettes (including the status of the Apply but-

ton for each pal ette) can be copied to the

clip board and saved in com bined settings

ﬁ le. When the com bined settings are pasted

or read into the Nikon Capture 4 Editor, they

will apply to all palettes simultaneously. These operations are performed using the commands

in the Settings > Image Adjustments menu, which also con tains an option for restoring all

tool palettes to default settings.

Option Description

Copy to

Clip board

All image adjustment settings for the image in the ac tive window are copied to the

clip board. You can paste them into the tool palettes for another window by se lect ing

Paste from the Edit menu when the window is active.

Load…

Select this item to load settings previously saved using the Save… op tion (see be-

low). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive (vol ume) and

di rec to ry con tain ing the desired settings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the ex ten sion “.set” will

be dis played). The set tings in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor tool palettes will instantly

re vert to the saved settings.

Save Selected

Adjustments…

Choosing Save Selected Adjustments… displays the Copy Image Adjustment

dialog. Check the adjustments you want to save and click Copy to display a dialog

where you can choose a destination and ﬁ le name for the selected settings. The set-

tings are saved with the extension “.set” and can later be recalled with the Load…

option. If this ﬁ le is later se lect ed for batch pro cess ing, im ag es will be pro cessed ac-

cord ing to the set tings in the ﬁ le ( 92, 116).

Save All

Adjustments…

Select this item to save settings to a named ﬁ le. These set tings can lat er be re called

using the Load… option. Choos ing Save… dis plays a dialog where you can choose a

des ti na tion and ﬁ le name for the cur rent settings. If this ﬁ le is later se lect ed for batch

pro cess ing, im ag es will be pro cessed ac cord ing to the set tings in the ﬁ le ( 92, 116).

Com bi na tion settings ﬁ les are saved with the extension “.set”.

Reset to User

Default

Select this option to restore the default settings selected for “User default” image

adjustments in the General tab of the Nikon Capture 4 Ed i tor Pref er enc es dialog (

)

. In the case of the default settings ﬁ le (“Neutral.set”), RAW im ag es tak en with

the D1X will be scaled to 100% (4,016 × 2,616 pixels).

Reset All

Adjustments to

Neutral

Resets all tool palettes to the settings in the default settings ﬁ le (“Neutral.set”). Im-

age adjustment settings in PictureProject will also be reset to defaults.

Recent ﬁ les Recent image adjustment settings ﬁ les (up to four) are listed at the end of the set-

tings menu. Selecting a ﬁ le from the list restores the saved settings.

Enhancing Images

Saving Images

Images displayed in Nikon Capture can be saved in a variety of ﬁ le formats. Hints for choosing

a suitable ﬁ le format may be found on the pages that follow.

Choosing a File Type

Nikon Capture 4 supports the following ﬁ le types when saving images:

File type Compression Extension

NEF

(Nikon Electronic Format) Available .NEF

16-bit TIFF (RGB) Available (LZW) .TIF

8-bit TIFF (RGB)

TIFF (CMYK) Uncompressed

JPEG All images compressed; amount can be selected .JPG

Nikon Electronic Format (NEF)

Images saved in NEF format maintain the high quality of the original photograph; ad just ments

to set tings are not applied to the original image data, but are in stead saved separately in the

same ﬁ le. NEF images can later be opened in Nikon Cap ture and saved again in a format that

can be opened in other applications. As changes to settings are only applied to the original

image data when the image is saved in another for mat, this min i miz es any loss of image qual-

ity that may be produced when the image is edited. Save images in NEF when ev er you are

unsure of how they will be used or when you want to process the original image in a number

of different ways.

NEF images created in Nikon Capture 4 can only be opened in Nikon Capture 4, or in Adobe

Photoshop 6.0 or later using the Nikon NEF ﬁ lter supplied with this product. Photographs

recorded at an image quality setting of uncompressed NEF (RAW) can be compressed when

saved in NEF format (compressed RAW images are automatically saved in compressed NEF

format, and can not be saved in uncompressed NEF format).

TIFF

Use TIFF when saving images for high-quality output or publishing. Images can be com-

pressed using LZW, a “lossless” algorithm that preserves image quality while reducing ﬁ le

size for most images (results vary with the type of subject; note that LZW compression may

occasionally result in increased ﬁ le size). TIFF also preserves the ICC proﬁ le and caption infor-

mation. This format is supported by a wide variety of applications on a variety of platforms.

JPEG

This ﬁ le type is adequate for images that will be output at low resolution or distributed in

elec tron ic form. Compression allows more images to be saved in the same amount of disk

space while preserving the ICC proﬁ le and caption information. Note, however, that JPEG

compression results in loss of image information that can not afterwards be restored. Save

ﬁ les at the lowest com pres sion ratio possible; if necessary, they can always be saved again at

a lower compression ratio.

Image Adjustment

Options for Saving Image Files

Nikon Capture offers two options for saving ﬁ les: Save and Save as…. The Save option saves

the image in the same location as the original without changing the ﬁ le name or format. The

Save as… option lets you choose a location, ﬁ le name, and format. When the Multi-Image

window is active, only the images selected in the thumbnail area are saved.

Using the “Save” Command

1 Click the button or se lect Save from the File menu

The ex ist ing ﬁ le will be over writ ten. If the

image is in JPEG format, a dialog will be

displayed where the compression ratio can

be selected from “Highest Compression

Ratio,” “Good Compression Ratio,” “Good

Balance,” “Good Quality,” and “Excellent

Quality.”

2 Conﬁ rm progress in the Save Progress window ( 87)

If the Use Save Progress Window option is not selected in the Performance tab of the

Preferences dialog ( 100), ﬁ les will be saved immediately, and the Save Progress win-

dow will not be displayed. The Save Progress window is not available in Windows 98 SE,

Windows Me, or Mac OS 9.

Using the “Save as…” Command

1 Select Save As… from the File menu

The standard Save dialog for your op er -

at ing sys tem will be dis played.

Images Saved in Nikon Capture 4

Images saved in Nikon Capture 4 can not be viewed on a camera.

The Button

Clicking the button saves any changes to the current ﬁ le, overwriting the original image. The Save

dialog is not displayed.

Save button

Enhancing Images

File Naming Conventions

Windows: In environments that do not support long ﬁ le names, the maximum length is eight char-

ac ters; ﬁ le names may not contain spaces, quotes, or any of the following characters: “\\” “/” “:” “.”

“;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Where long ﬁ le names are supported, ﬁ le names may not contain quotes or any of the following charac-

ters: “\\” “/” “:” “.” “;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Macintosh: The maximum length for Macintosh ﬁ le names is thirty-one characters. Colons (“:”) are

not allowed.

NEF

NEF ﬁ les created with Nikon Capture 4 can not be opened in earlier versions of Nikon Capture. Nikon

Capture 4 can however be used to open NEF images created with earlier versions of Nikon Capture.

JPEG

Image quality may drop when images are saved in JPEG format. No drop in image quality occurs when

images are saved in NEF.

Error Messages

If an invalid ﬁ le name or other error is identiﬁ ed in the Save dialog, a message will be dis played. Adjust

settings as directed.

2 Choose a location

Navigate to the desired drive (volume) and folder.

3 Choose a ﬁ le type

Choose a ﬁ le type (ﬁ le format) from the pop-up menu. See “Choosing a File Type” (

83) for more information.

4 Adjust compression settings

The type of compression available depends on the ﬁ le type selected in Step 3:

• NEF: Images that are not already compressed can be saved using a nearly lossless com-

pression algorithm by selecting Use Compression (D2-series, D200, D100, and D1-

series cameras only). This check box is automatically enabled when a compressed RAW

image is saved; compressed RAW images can not be saved in uncompressed format.

• TIFF: Select Use Compression to compress images using the LZW algorithm.

• JPEG: Use Compression is automatically selected when images are saved in JPEG for-

mat. The compression ratio can be selected from “Highest Compression Ratio,” “Good

Compression Ratio,” “Good Balance,” “Good Quality,” and “Excellent Quality.”

5 Enter a name for the ﬁ le

The default ﬁ le name appears in the File name text box. A new ﬁ le name can be entered

if desired.

6 Click Save

If the Use Save Progress Window option is selected in the Performance tab of the Pref-

erences dialog ( 100), a window will be displayed where the progress of the save opera-

tion can be viewed while other operations are performed. If this option is not selected,

ﬁ les will be saved immediately, and no progress dialog will be displayed. The Save Progress

window is not available in Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, or Mac OS 9.

Image Adjustment

Save Options

In addition to the settings listed above, the following

options are available in the Save dialog:

Bit depth: The bit depth (the number of bits of color information per channel for each pixel in

the image) at which the image will be saved. Bit depth can only be selected if the selected ﬁ le

type is TIFF (RGB) and the original image has a bit depth of over eight bits.

Embed ICC Proﬁ le: Select this option to embed a speciﬁ ed ICC proﬁ le when the image is

saved. This option is the default selection for images that already have an embedded ICC

proﬁ le, and also for photographs that were not edited previously. It is not available with NEF

ﬁ les.

Open with: If Open saved images with is selected in the General tab of the Pref er enc es dia-

log, the name of the se lect ed application (e.g., Adobe Photoshop 7.0) will be dis played. This

option can not be selected if the chosen ﬁ le format is NEF. If this check box is on, the image

will au to mat i cal ly be opened in the selected application after being saved to disk.

File Names…: If multiple images are selected in the Multi-Image window, a File Names...

button will be displayed. Click this button to view or modify ﬁ le-naming rules ( 113 ) .

The Multi-Image Window

If the image in the Multi-Image window is saved under another name using the Save As… option, the

original image will still be displayed in the image area.

Image selected in

thumbnail list is dis-

played in image area.

If image is edited,

asterisk (“*”) appears

in title bar.

If image is saved to

current folder under

new name, modiﬁ ed

image appears in

thumbnail list, but

original is still dis-

played in image area.

If changes to the originals have not been saved us-

ing the Save option, the dialog shown at right will

be displayed when you exit Nikon Capture 4 Editor

or close the Multi Image Window. Click Yes or Yes

to All to save the changes under the original ﬁ le

names.

Bit depth

Open with

Embed ICC Proﬁ le

Enhancing Images

The Save Progress Window (Windows 98 SE/Windows Me/Mac OS 9 Excluded)

If the Use Save Progress Window option

is selected in the Performance tab of the

Preferences dialog ( 100), the Save Prog-

ress window will be displayed while images

are saved (the Save Progress window is not

available in Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, or

Mac OS 9). The Save Progress window shows

all save operations currently in progress, and

can be used to pause, restart, or cancel the

current task. If the Save Progress window

is displayed, other operations can be per-

formed while images are saved.

Close when done

If this option is selected, the Save Progress window will close automatically when all images

have been saved.

Show ﬁ le paths

Check this option to display ﬁ le paths (volume and folder names) in the Save Progress dialog.

If this option is not selected, only ﬁ le names will be displayed.

Saves

This tab lists the names and status of ﬁ les that have yet to be saved.

Progress Log

Lists warnings, errors, and completed or cancelled tasks.

Pause, restart, or cancel the selected operation.

Reopen (Progress Log tab)

Reopen the selected ﬁ le in an image window.

Show only errors and warnings (Progress Log tab)

Check this option to display only warnings and errors in the Progress Log tab. If this option is

not selected, the Progress Log tab will also list completed operations.

Clear (Progress Log tab)

Clear the list of warnings, errors and completed or cancelled tasks from the Progress Log

tab.

The Save Progress Window

The following operations can not be performed while a save is in progress:

•Opening the “Preferences” dialog

•Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

Memory Requirements

Using the Save Progress window on computers with less than 512 MB of RAM may increase the time

required to save images.

Image Adjustment

Printing Images

Images can be printed directly from Nikon Capture 4 Editor to test the effects of image ad-

just ments.

1 Open the image

Be sure the image you wish to print is open in Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

2 Select Print… from the File menu

The Print Layout dialog will be displayed.

3 Print the image

Adjust settings as described below and click Print to print the image. Click Cancel to exit

without printing.

Printer / Paper / Printable area

These text boxes display current printer settings. To change printer settings, click Print

Setup… (see below).

Printer Displays the currently selected printer.

Paper Displays the current paper size.

Printable area Displays the maximum dimensions of the area that can be print ed per sheet at cur-

rent printer and paper size settings.

Print preview

Check this option to display a preview of how the images will print on the currently se-

lected printer. Click the next page button to page through the selected images.

Copies (Windows only)

Choose the number of copies that will be printed. Up to 100 copies can be printed.

In the Macintosh version, the number of copies is not displayed in the Print Layout dialog.

To specify the number of copies, click Print. A conﬁ rmation dialog will be displayed; click

Yes to proceed with printing and specify the number of copies.

Enhancing Images

Meta Data…

To choose the information to be included

with each print, click Meta Data…. The

“Meta data print setup” dialog will be

displayed; adjust the following settings

and click OK to return to the “Print layout”

dialog.

Depth level: Put a check in the box next to

the level of information you want included

with your prints. Choose from:

• Basic: ﬁ le name and date and time of

recording

• Additional information: camera mod-

el, shutter speed, aperture (f/-number),

image size, exposure mode, and white

balance

• Detail information: metering mode,

exposure compensation, focal length,

autofocus mode, and sensitivity (ISO

equivalency)

To change the font used to print shooting information, click Change.

Imprint capture date over image: Select Date only to print the date of recording on

the image, or Date and Time to print the date and time of recording. To choose the font

used to print the date or date and time, click Change.

Use output resolution

Check this option to print the image at its native resolution and dimensions. In Nikon

Capture 4, this is the size and res o lu tion se lect ed in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Size/

Res o lu tion palette ( 79). If the image will not ﬁ t in the print able area (see above) at the

current printer and paper size settings when you click the Print button to begin printing,

a mes sage will be dis played warning that the image will be cropped to ﬁ t the print able

area. Choose a larger paper size or reduce the size of the image using the Size/Resolution

palette.

Use output resolution is not available when multiple images are selected.

Print Setup…

Click to display a Printer Settings dialog in

which you can mod i fy the printer and pa-

per set tings. If you are using a Macintosh,

the appearance of this dialog depends on

the printer in use. The chang es made are

re ﬂ ect ed in the “Printer,” “Paper,” and

“Printable area” ﬁ elds.

Image Adjustment

Page Layout

Choose from Select layout and Select picture size and adjust options as described

below.

Select layout: When this option is selected, you can choose the number of images that

will be printed from a drop-down menu.

Option

Page orientation

Portrait Landscape

1 Up One image printed in center of page One image printed in center of page

2 Up Two pictures printed

one above the other Two pictures printed side-by-side

2 × 2 Up

Four pictures printed in two rows of two

columns each

Four pictures printed in two rows of two

columns each

2 × 4 Up

Eight pictures printed in four rows of

two columns each

Eight pictures printed in two rows of

four columns each

4 × 4 Up

Sixteen pictures printed in four rows of

four columns each

Sixteen pictures printed in four rows of

four columns each

5 × 5 Up

Twenty-ﬁ ve pictures printed in ﬁ ve rows

of ﬁ ve columns each

Twenty-ﬁ ve pictures printed in ﬁ ve rows

of ﬁ ve columns each

5 × 8 Up

Forty pictures printed in eight rows of

ﬁ ve columns each

Forty pictures printed in ﬁ ve rows of

eight columns each

Image

information

list

Print page consisting solely of the following information for the selected images:

ﬁ le name, camera make and model, exposure program, date and time of creation,

shutter speed, aperture, and white balance.

The size of the images is automatically adjusted according to the layout. Select Rotate

images to ﬁ t to rotate images to print at the largest size that will ﬁ t on the selected

paper size.

Select picture size: When this option is

selected, you can choose print size from a

drop-down list.

Rotate image(s) to ﬁ t: Check this option to automatically rotate each image so as to

minimize the unused space inside each image frame.

Print a picture multiple times: To print multiple copies of each image, check this option

and select a num ber from be tween two and ten from the pull down menu. Select The

whole page to print enough copies of the image to ﬁ ll the whole page at the selected

size.

Borderless print (Windows) / Eliminate white border (Macintosh): Check this option

to adjust the image size so that it ﬁ ts exactly inside the red border, without leaving any

white space. If the as pect ratio of the box and the image differ, part of the image may

not be printed.

Enhancing Images

Inkjet printer: We recommend this option when printing on inkjet or color laser printers.

The selected images will be printed at high quality and speed at the highest resolution

supported by the printer (if the printer supports resolutions higher than 360 dpi, the im-

ages will print at 360 dpi).

All other types: Select this option when printing in color on devices that use dye-sub-

limation or pho to graph ic processes. The selected images will be printed at the highest

resolution sup port ed by the printer. Print speed may drop if you choose this option when

using an inkjet print er.

Normal Print / Save [Print Image] as ﬁ le

Select whether to print images on a printer,

or to save the page as an image ﬁ le.

Normal Print: Outputs the selected im-

ages to a printer.

Save [Print Image] as ﬁ le (Windows) / Save image ﬁ les (Macintosh): Saves the page

as a JPEG ﬁ le using the layout spec i ﬁ ed in the “Page Layout” dialog. When this option is

selected, the Print button in the “Page Layout” dialog will change to Save. Click ing the

Save button dis plays the “Save Image(s)” dialog, where you can choose a des ti na tion

folder and ﬁ le name and select Quality (JPEG compression) from Max i mum, High, Me-

di um, or Low. Each page is saved as a separate ﬁ le.

Use thumbnail data

Check this option to print the pictures at draft resolution using thumbnail data. Recom-

mended for draft prints only.

Printer type

Choose from Inkjet printer or All other

types.

Setting up Your Printer

Note that the printer must be properly connected and the printer drivers correctly installed.

Printing with Color Management

The printer proﬁ le can be selected in the Color Management tab of the Preferences dialog in Nikon

Capture 4 Editor ( 104, 105) or Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control. Note that changes to color manage-

ment settings in PictureProject and Nikon View also apply to Nikon Capture 4.

“Use Output Resolution”

To print images at the size and resolution selected in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Size/Resolution palette,

select Use output resolution.

Image Adjustment

Before Using Batch Processing

Batch processing is used to perform the operations speciﬁ ed in the Image Adjustments section of the

Batch dialog on all ﬁ les in a selected folder. To ensure that desired results are achieved, we rec om mend

pro cess ing a test image before beginning batch processing. Batch processing can not be used to adjust

settings separately for each image; instead, the images must be opened one at a time in the order taken

and separate ad just ments made manually for each image.

Click Batch Complete when processing is

com plete.

Click Start to begin processing.

Choose a ﬁ le naming method and ﬁ le for mat

for processed images.

Choose how images will be pro cessed.

Choose folder containing images for batch

processing.

Click the button or select Batch from the

Tools menu. 93

Open the Batch dialog

Open the Batch progress dialog

96 Close the Batch progress dialog

Batch Processing

Nikon Capture 4 supports automated processing of multiple images (batch processing). Batch

pro cess ing is used to automate image processing, capturing images, applying pre-deﬁ ned

image adjustment settings, and saving images to disk automatically. It is most effective when

applied to a series of pho to graphs taken under identical conditions. Images are processed in

the order taken.

When using batch processing, we recommend that you open one of the images to be pro-

cessed in Nikon Capture 4 and edit image adjustment settings to produce the de sired result.

You can then save these settings in a joint settings ﬁ le using the Save Selected Adjustments

or Save All Adjustments option in the Settings > Image Adjustment menu ( 82). By

se lect ing the re sult ing settings ﬁ le in the Batch dialog, you can per form the same ad just ments

on all the images processed. In studio settings where a variety of shooting con di tions can be

rep li cat ed with ease, you can create separate settings ﬁ les for commonly en coun tered con di -

tions and use these settings to automate repetitive image enhancement op er a tions.

Enhancing Images

This section describes how to use batch processing with ﬁ les that have already been saved

to the computer’s hard disk. For in for ma tion on batch processing of images captured directly

from the cam era, see “Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control” ( 116).

1 Display the Batch dialog

Click the button or select Batch from the Tools menu to display the Batch dialog.

2 Choose a source folder

In the Source section, choose the folder containing the images to be processed. The cur-

rent folder is listed in the text box. To choose a new folder, click the Browse... button and

navigate to the desired location.

Include subfolders: Check this option to process all images in any sub-folders under the

speciﬁ ed fold er. Folders with the same names will be created in the destination folder.

Periodically check for new ﬁ les in this folder: When this option is checked, Nikon

Capture 4 will check for new images in the speciﬁ ed folder once every ten seconds. This

option is not available when Include subfolders is checked or when Use save progress

window is selected in the Performance tab of the Preferences dialog.

Delete ﬁ les from this folder after they are processed: Check this option to delete image

ﬁ les from the selected folder after processing. A warning dialog will be displayed before

batch processing begins. This option is not available when Use source ﬁ le name is se-

lected in the Destination section or when Use Save Progress Window is selected in the

Performance tab of the Preferences dialog.

Selecting Folders for Batch Processing

For improved efﬁ ciency, create two folders that are used only for batch processing, one for the originals

and the other for processed images.

Source section

Choose a source folder ( 93).

Image Adjustments section

Choose the operations that will be per-

formed on each image ( 94).

Destination section

Choose a destination folder ( 95).

Save Progress section

Choose a name for the batch process dis-

played in the Save Progress window.

Image Adjustment

A pause dialog will be displayed; adjust

settings as desired and then click Resume

Batch to return to the batch processing

dialog.

Apply settings in: Select this option to process the images in the selected folder using

joint settings cre at ed using the Save Selected Adjustments or Save All Adjustments

option in the Settings > Image Adjustment menu ( 82; note that if Calculate Au-

tomatically is selected for white balance in the settings ﬁ le, the recorded value will be

used when images are processed). When this option is se lect ed, a joint settings ﬁ le can be

selected by clicking the Browse button to its right.

Apply settings already in ﬁ les: Check this option to apply settings previously saved with

NEF ﬁ les. If this item is not checked, the saved settings will be re plac ing with the set tings

chosen in the Image Adjustments sec tion.

Auto Brightness: Select Always to apply auto brightness and contrast, or Only when re-

lated settings are neutral to adjust contrast and brightness only if they have not already

been adjusted manually using Photo Effects, Tone Curves, or Color Balance.

Auto Color Boost: Select For People - Always or For Nature - Always to apply the ef-

fects of the Auto button in the Color Booster palette, or For people - only when re-

lated settings are neutral or For nature - only when related settings are neutral to

apply this effect only if Color Booster settings have not already been adjusted manually.

3 Specify how images will be processed

In the Image Adjustments section, specify the operations to be performed on each im-

age.

Apply current settings: Select this option to process the images in the selected folder us-

ing the settings cur rent ly in effect in Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

To change settings before beginning batch

processing, click Change Settings…. A

dialog will be displayed where an image

can be opened to assist with the process of

adjusting settings. Click No to adjust set-

tings without opening an image.

To open the ﬁ rst image in the source folder,

click Load First Image. To select another

image from the source folder, click Choose

Image…. The dialog shown at right will be

displayed; select an image and click OK.

Orientation

Images processed using the batch option are saved in their original orientation. When Apply cur rent

settings is selected, images will not be rotated or ﬂ ipped, regardless of whether ﬂ ips or rotations have

been applied to the image in the active image window.

Enhancing Images

4 Choose a destination for the processed images

In the Destination section, choose options for saving the processed images.

Use source folder: When this option is selected, processed images will be saved to the

same folder as the original.

Use source ﬁ le name: When this option is selected, processed images will be saved under

the same name and in the same location as the original images, although the ﬁ le exten-

sion will change if the chosen ﬁ le format differs from the original. A warning will be dis-

played if the ﬁ le name already exists. This option can not be selected at the same time as

Delete ﬁ les from this folder after they are processed.

Save to: This text box shows the folder to which the images will be saved after process-

ing. To choose a new folder, click the Browse... button to the right of the text box and

navigate to the desired location. This option is not available when Use source folder is

se lect ed. A folder with the same name will be created in the destination folder.

Next ﬁ le name: This text box shows a sample of the ﬁ le names that will be used when sav-

ing the images after processing. Click Edit... to modify ﬁ le naming rules ( 113 ) .

Save as type: Choose the ﬁ le format that will be used to save the processed images. The

following formats are available: Use source ﬁ le type, NEF (Nikon Electronic Format),

TIFF Format (RGB), TIFF Format (CMYK), and JPEG Format. When NEF or TIFF (RGB) is

selected, compression can be chosen from a pull-down menu. When JPEG is selected, the

compression ratio can be chosen from “Highest Compression Ratio,” “Good Compression

Ratio,” “Good Balance,” “Good Quality,” and “Excellent Quality.” For more in for ma tion

on the options available, see “Saving Images” ( 83).

Bit Depth: The bit depth (the number of bits of color information per channel for each

pixel in the image) at which the image will be saved. Bit depth can only be selected if the

selected ﬁ le type is TIFF (RGB) and the original image has a bit depth of over eight bits.

Embed ICC Proﬁ le: Select this option to embed an ICC proﬁ le in each image.

File Naming Conventions

Windows: In environments that do not support long ﬁ le names, the maximum length is eight char-

ac ters; ﬁ le names may not contain spaces, quotes, or any of the following characters: “\\” “/” “:” “.”

“;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Where long ﬁ le names are supported, ﬁ le names may not contain quotes or any of the following charac-

ters: “\\” “/” “:” “.” “;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Macintosh: The maximum length for Macintosh ﬁ le names is thirty-one characters. Colons (“:”) are

not allowed.

Size/Resolution

If Keep the crop is selected, all images will be rescaled before they are saved. Otherwise images will be

saved at the selected size. If the height : width ratio of the original is larger than that of the selected out-

put dimensions, the right edge of the image will be trimmed; if smaller, the bottom will be trimmed.

Existing Image Adjustment Settings

If the Apply settings already in ﬁ les option is not checked, any changes to set tings stored with ﬁ les

saved in NEF format will be ignored, and the settings in the selected settings ﬁ le applied. If you have

pro cessed a series of NEF images separately and want to save them all as sixteen-bit TIFF, you can check

this option and use batch processing to save all the images to a single folder in sixteen-bit TIFF format.

Image Adjustment

5 Begin processing

Click Start to put the selected settings into effect and begin processing. A batch progress

dialog will be displayed (except in Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, or Mac OS 9, the Save

Progress window will be displayed if Use Save Progress Window is selected in the Per-

formance tab of the Preferences dialog; 100).

Stop Batch

Click this button to stop batch processing before all images have been processed.

Only show warnings and errors

Check this option to display only warnings and errors in the log area. If this option is not

checked, the log will also show the names and locations of the original images, captured

photographs, and processed images.

Show ﬁ le paths

Select this option to show the source and destination ﬁ le paths. File paths are not dis-

played if Only show warnings and errors is checked.

6 Exit the batch processing dialog

When batch processing is complete, the Stop Batch button will change to Batch Com-

plete. Click Batch Complete to exit the batch processing dialog.

The Log Area

If an error occurs during processing, a description will be displayed in the log area of the batch dialog.

Error Messages

If an invalid ﬁ le name or other error is identiﬁ ed in the batch processing dialog, a message will be dis-

played. Return to the batch processing dialog and adjust settings as directed in the message.

The Minimize Button (Windows )

Clicking the minimize button in the batch processing dialog minimizes Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

Log area

Minimize button

Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Editor

Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences

Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Editor

To view the Preferences (Options) dialog, select Options… from the Tools menu (Windows)

or select Preferences… from the application menu (Mac OS X) or Edit menu (Mac OS 9).

Viewing Preferences

To view settings in any of the six panels, click the appropriate tab.

The Pref er enc es dialog contains the following 6 tabs:

Tab Description

General Adjust application settings. 98

Performance Fine-tune application performance 100

Temporary Files Specify the location of the folders used for tem po rary stor age. 101

Advanced Color Set the defaults for the white and black points in the Curves window. 102

Grid Lines Specify the spacing and color of the grid dis played in im age windows. 103

Color Management Select the color proﬁ les used by the Nikon Color Man age ment System

(CMS).

104–

106

After making changes to preferences, click OK to save changes and return to the Nikon

Capture 4 Editor window. Click Cancel to cancel any changes to settings and return to the

Nikon Capture 4 Editor window.

Mac OS X

Windows

Tab

Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences

The General Tab

The General tab con tains the following items:

Windows Macintosh

“User Default” image adjustments

Choose the combined settings (“.set”) ﬁ le that will ap ply when Reset to User Default is se-

lect ed from the Settings > Image Ad just ments menu

( 82)

. The factory default settings

ﬁ le (“Neutral.set”) produces a neu tral, unedited image.

Open saved images with

To specify the ap pli ca tion used to open saved im ag es, click the Browse… button and nav-

i gate to the de sired application. This setting has no effect on the (“Open in Photo shop”)

but ton in the Quick Tools palette

( 9)

Hide Tool Palettes when the application is not active (Windows only)

Select this option to hide the tool palettes and Quick Tool palette when another application

is activated and brought to the front.

Show full path in the image window title bar (Windows only)

Select this option to display the full paths and ﬁ le names of the images opened in image

windows.

Use this monitor for new images (Macintosh only)

In a multiple display environment, select the monitor that will be used to display images

opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor. This option is not available when only one monitor is con-

nected.

Initial image window size (Macintosh only)

Choose the size at which images will be opened from one-third screen width, one-half screen

width, and two-thirds screen width.

“Open with Photoshop” Quick Tools button

Choose whether images are transferred to Photoshop eight bits at a time (Always transfers

8-bit data) or sixteen bits at a time (Transfers 16 - bit data when possible) when the

button in the Quick Tools palette is clicked to open an image in Photoshop

( 9)

. If sixteen-

bit transfer is not possible when Transfers 16 - bit data when possible is selected, images

will be transferred eight bits at a time.

Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Editor

File format for Save As

Choose the default ﬁ le format for images saved using the Save As… option

( 84)

. Choose

from Same as original ﬁ le (each image will be saved in its current format), Previous ﬁ le

format (images will be saved in the last format selected), NEF, JPEG, TIFF (RGB), and TIFF

(CMYK).

By default, a D1X RAW ﬁ le will be

This option controls the default size for RAW im ag es tak en with the D1X. Choose 10MP

(4016 × 2616) or 6MP (3008 × 1960).

Maintain zoom when scale changes

Select this option to keep the same zoom ratio when changing output size in the Size/

Resolution palette. The window is resized to display the image at the new output size.

Opening Files with Photoshop (Mac OS 9)

In Mac OS 9, temporary ﬁ les created when images are opened in Photoshop can be deleted from the

Trash by selecting Empty Trash from the Special menu in the Finder while pressing the option key.

300-ppi image displayed at

16% zoom. If resolution is

reduced to 150 ppi…

…zoom increases to 33% to

ﬁ t image to window.

“Maintain zoom when scale

changes” offOriginal image

…zoom remains 16%; win-

dow is resized to ﬁ t image.

“Maintain zoom when scale

changes” on

100

Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences

The Performance Tab

The Performance tab contains the fol low ing:

Save large previews for NEF ﬁ les

Image ﬁ les normally include an embedded

preview 640 pixels on its longest size. If this

option is checked, images saved in NEF will

include a pre view 1,600 pixels on its lon-

gest side, allowing NEF images over 1,600

pixels long to display more quickly in Nikon

Viewer.

Use Save Progress Window

Select this option to display the Save Progress

Window while images are saved (Windows XP,

Windows 2000, and Mac OS X only; 87).

Note that this may increase the time needed

to save images on computers with less than

512 MB of RAM.

Enable Color Aberration Control

Select this option to automatically perform color aberration control when opening RAW im-

ages taken with Nikon digital SLR cameras. When this option is selected, color aberration

control is automatically applied when opening images that have not previously been edited in

Nikon Capture 4.3 or later. Color aberration control can subsequently be turned on and off

using the Color Aberration Control option in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Image menu (

28)

; if the Color Aberration Control option is off when the image is saved, color aberration

control will not be performed when the image is next opened, even if Enable Color Aberra-

tion Control is selected in the Preferences dialog.

Image

Enable color aberration control

On Off

Image saved using Nikon Capture 4.3 or

later

Automatic color aberration control is only performed if

Image > Color Aberration Control option ( 28) was

selected when image was saved.

Image transferred from camera or image

saved using Nikon Capture 4.2.1 or earlier,

Nikon View Editor, or PictureProject

Color aberration control is

performed automatically

when image is opened.

Automatic color aberration

control is not performed.

Large Previews for NEF Files

Selecting the Save large previews for NEF ﬁ les op tion increases ﬁ le size by about 1 MB, slightly in-

creas ing the time needed to save images.

Use Save Progress Window

The Periodically check for new ﬁ les in this folder and Delete ﬁ les from this folder after they are

processed options are not available in the batch progress dialog when Use Save Progress Window

is selected ( 93).

101

Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Editor

The Temporary Files Tab

The Tem po rary Files tab offers the fol low ing

option:

Folder for temporary data

Specify the fold er or vol ume in which tem-

po rary data, such as im age cache data, will

be stored. The de fault fold er for Windows

is the “TEMP” fold er in the Windows di-

rec to ry, while the default vol ume for the

Macintosh is the start-up disk. To choose

a dif fer ent fold er in the Win dows ver sion

of the pro gram, click the Browse… but ton

and nav i gate to the de sired location. In the

Macintosh ver sion, a new volume can be

cho sen from the pop-up menu.

The Temporary Files Tab

Changes to settings in the Temporary Files tab also apply to Nikon Capture 4 Cam era Control. Nikon

Capture 4 must be restarted before changes to settings will take effect.

102

Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences

The Advanced Color Tab

The Advanced Color tab contains the fol-

low ing items:

Black Auto-Contrast clip

By default, the black point is set to a value

that excludes 0.5% of the darkest pixels in

the crop. This produces an optimal dynamic

range, with minimal loss of detail in shad-

ows. To preserve detail at the expense of dy-

namic range, choose a lower value (choose 0

to set the black point to the darkest pixel in

the crop). To increase dynamic range at the

expense of detail, choose a higher value.

White Auto-Contrast clip

By default, the white point is set to a value

that excludes 0.5% of the brightest pixels in

the crop. This produces an optimal dynamic range, with minimal loss of detail in highlights.

To preserve detail at the expense of dynamic range, choose a lower value (choose 255 to set

the white point to the brightest pixel in the crop). To increase dynamic range at the expense

of detail, choose a higher value.

Black Dropper value/White Dropper value

Controls the default output values for white point and black point. Output for each channel

can be set to a value between zero and 255; these settings can also be adjusted in the Curves

window. By default, output levels for the white point are 255 for each channel, which displays

as white on most computer monitors. The defaults for the black point are 0 for each channel,

which displays as black.

Dropper sample size

This setting determines the size of the area sampled with the eyedropper, set curve point, and

add watch point cursors in the White Balance, Curves, LCH Editor, and Information palettes.

You can select a sample sizes of Point Sample (the default setting), 3 × 3 Average, and 5 × 5

Average. When the sample size is set to 3 × 3 or 5 × 5, the average for the pixels sampled is

used. Choosing a large sample size reduces precision, but also min i miz es the effects of noise;

choosing a small sample size has the op po site effect.

Reset to Default

Click this button to restore settings in the Advanced Color tab to their default values.

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The Grid Lines Tab

The Grid Lines tab controls the color and

spac ing of the non-printing grid lines over-

laid on an image when Show Grid Lines is

se lect ed from the Image menu.

Color

The color of the grid lines can be selected

from white, light gray, dark gray, black, red,

green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Display grid line every

Enter a value for grid spacing in the text box.

The units for the grid can be selected from

the pop-up menu to the right of the text

box. The options available are pixels, inches,

mil li me ters, centimeters, picas, and points; at

set tings other than pixels grid spacing can be

entered up to two decimal points.

Display n subdivisions per line

The number of subdivisions into which each grid cell will be divided. The main grid is dis-

played as solid lines of the color speciﬁ ed using the Color option, the subgrid as broken lines

of the same color.

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The Color Management Tab (Windows)

The Color Management tab is where you

spec i fy the color management proﬁ les used

for displaying im ag es on your monitor, ed-

it ing and saving RGB images, and saving and

printing CMYK images.

Change Display Proﬁ le

To choose a display proﬁ le, click Change

Display Proﬁ le…. The Windows “Display

Properties” dialog will be displayed; open

the Settings tab and click Advanced… to

open the display adapter properties dialog.

To select a display proﬁ le, open the Color

Management tab and click Add.

Default Display Proﬁ le

The default Windows display proﬁ le is “NKMonitor_win.icm.“ This proﬁ le is equivalent to sRGB.

Default RGB color space

The output color-space proﬁ le used when work ing with RGB images is displayed here. Click

Browse… to choose a new default RGB proﬁ le. If Use this instead of an em bed ded proﬁ le

when opening ﬁ les is checked, this RGB color space proﬁ le will be used for all images. If it is

not checked, the proﬁ le embedded in each image will be used.

Printer proﬁ le

Speciﬁ es the printer proﬁ le to be used when printing images.

Use proﬁ le for printing

If this option is checked,

you can choose a proﬁ le for printing by clicking the Browse…

but ton. The selected proﬁ le will appear in the adjacent text box. If this option is not

checked, the default RGB color space will be used.

Intent

If you have cho sen to use a printer proﬁ le, the type of match ing to be per formed can be

selected from Rel a tive and Per cep tu al. (De pend ing on the pro ﬁ le, chang ing the match-

ing meth od may produce no change in output. This option is not sup port ed with some

proﬁ les; con sult the man u fac tur er for de tails.)

Relative

Colors not in the gamut of the selected printer proﬁ le will be printed using the closest

colors available. Other colors are not affected.

Perceptual

If the image contains colors not in the gamut of the selected printer proﬁ le, all colors in

the image will be compressed to ﬁ t the gamut.

CMYK separation proﬁ le

Lists the proﬁ le used to convert RGB images to CMYK when saving images in CMYK-TIFF

for mat. To choose a dif fer ent proﬁ le, click the Browse… button.

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Supported Color Proﬁ les

Nikon Capture 4 supports only ICC (International Color Consortium) monitor and CMYK pro ﬁ les. Par-

tic u lar care should be exercised when choosing a CMYK proﬁ le, as the proﬁ le supplied by the man u -

fac tur er of your output device may not be an ICC proﬁ le.

Multiple Displays (Windows)

In a multiple display environment, choose a single proﬁ le suited to all displays.

The Color Management Tab

Changes to settings in the Color Management tab also apply to Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control,

PictureProject, and Nikon View.

Default Color-Space Proﬁ les

See Appendix A

( 140)

for more information on the default RGB color-space proﬁ les. The “NKCMYK.icm”

(Windows) and “Nikon CMYK 4.0.0.3000” (Macintosh) CMYK proﬁ les provided with Nikon Capture are

general-purpose, almost neutral proﬁ les that are not based on a speciﬁ c ink set, making them suited for use

where output conditions are not known.

The Information Palette

The color-space proﬁ le for the image in the active window is displayed in the Information palette

( 23).

ColorSync Default Proﬁ les for Documents

The default color-space proﬁ les for editing and saving images are displayed in this area.

Default RGB color space

Choose the output color-space proﬁ le used when working with RGB images. If Use this

instead of an embedded proﬁ le when opening ﬁ les is checked, this RGB color space

proﬁ le will be used for all images. If it is not checked, the proﬁ le embedded in each image

will be used.

CMYK separation proﬁ le

Lists the proﬁ le used to convert RGB images to CMYK when saving images in CMYK-TIFF

format.

The Color Management Tab (Macintosh)

The Macintosh version displays the

following options.

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Device Proﬁ les

Lists the default color-space proﬁ les for monitors and printers.

Change Display Proﬁ le

If the Change Display Proﬁ le… button appears next to this item, you can click the but-

ton to open the Monitor control panel (Mac OS 9) or the Displays section of the System

Pref er enc es dialog (Mac OS X). Click the Color button (Mac OS 9) or open the Color

panel (Mac OS X) to choose a display proﬁ le.

Use proﬁ le for printing

If this option is checked, the proﬁ le listed in the Printer text box will be used when print-

ing images. Note that CMYK proﬁ les can not be used in Nikon Capture 4; if a CMYK pro-

ﬁ le is se lect ed, the status of the Use proﬁ le for printing check-box can not be changed.

If Use proﬁ le for printing is not selected, images will be printed using the default RGB

proﬁ le.

Intent

If you have chosen to use a printer proﬁ le, the type of matching to be performed can be

selected from Rel a tive and Perceptual. (Depending on the proﬁ le, changing the match-

ing method may produce no change in output. This option is not supported with some

proﬁ les; consult the manufacturer for details.)

Relative

Colors not in the gamut of the selected printer proﬁ le will be printed using the closest

colors available. Other colors are not affected.

Perceptual

If the image contains colors not in the gamut of the selected printer proﬁ le, all colors in

the image will be compressed to ﬁ t the gamut.

Multiple Displays (Macintosh)

Nikon Capture 4 will identify and list the proﬁ les for all monitors in an extended desktop display, allowing

you to choose a separate proﬁ le for each monitor.

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Using the Camera Control component of Nikon Capture

4, you can control almost all aspects of camera operation

re mote ly from your computer. If Camera Control is running

when a D2-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, or D50 camera is

con nect ed, or a D1-series cam era is con nect ed and set to PC

mode, pictures taken with the cam era will be stored on your

computer hard disk, not the camera memory card. The cam-

era can be operated either directly or using the controls in

the Cam era Control window. Camera settings are displayed

in Camera Control.

This chap ter describes the Camera Control and Custom Set-

tings win dows. For more in for ma tion on camera settings,

see the doc u men ta tion provided with your camera.

The Camera Control Window

Read this section for a description of the controls in the

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window, as well as for

information on launching and closing the Camera Control

window, cap tur ing pho to graphs to disk, processing photo-

graphs as they are captured, time lapse photography, and

custom settings.

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Preferences

This section details the options available in the Camera

Con trol Preferences dialog.

Capturing Photographs

Nikon Capture 4

Camera Control

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The Camera Control Window

Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

The main parts of the Camera Control window are identiﬁ ed below. For more information,

see the “Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Window” ( 123).

Camera Control

Changes made to settings in the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window only apply to pho to graphs

taken after the changes are made, not to photographs that have already been taken.

The controls in the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window vary with the type of camera connected.

More information on camera settings may be found in the documentation provided with your camera.

Camera Control for D100 Cameras (Macintosh)

Before using Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control with a D100 digital camera under Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X,

conﬁ rm that the camera ﬁ rmware is version 2.00 or later. Users of earlier versions will need to upgrade

the camera ﬁ rmware before using Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control. Contact a Nikon-authorized service

representative for information on ﬁ rmware upgrades.

Illustrations

Save where otherwise noted, the illustrations in this section show the dialogs displayed when the D70

is connected.

Camera control page selection tabs

The menus, sliders, and buttons on each

tab are used to control camera set tings.

Download Options button

Click this button to choose a des ti na tion

for photographs captured from the cam-

era.

Menu bar

Simulated LCD panel

Performs the same function as the in for -

ma tion display in the camera viewﬁ nder.

Shoot buttons

Click these buttons to take pictures.

Hide Camera Controls button

Click this button to hide “Enable controls on the

camera body” and the camera control panels in

the Nikon Capture Camera Con trol window.

Connection status ( 123)

Shows the status and name of any

cameras connected.

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Click OK to close the warning and display the fol low ing window. Pref er enc es can be ad just ed

using the options in the menu bar. For information on connecting the camera, see the Nikon

Capture 4 Install Guide.

Download Options button

Click this button to choose a

des ti na tion for photographs

captured from the camera.

If no camera is connected when Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control is launched, a warning will

be displayed.

Before Starting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control (D2-Series / D200/D100 / D70s/D70/D50 Cameras)

Users of the above cameras will need to ensure that the appropriate setting is chosen for USB option in

the camera setup menu before connecting the camera to a computer running Nikon Capture 4 Camera

Control. Choose a USB setting ac cord ing to your com put er’s operating system:

Operating system D100 D2-series/D200/D70s/D70/D50

Windows XP

Choose Mass Storage or PTP.

Choose PTP.Windows 2000/Me/98 SE Choose Mass Storage.

Mac OS Choose PTP.

Windows XP Home Edition/Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Mac OS X

When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon Capture 4 under the above operating systems, log on to an

account with administrator privileges.

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The Camera Control Window

Starting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control can be started by se lect ing Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

from the Start menu (Win dows) or double-click ing the ap pli ca tion icon (Macintosh).

1 Connect the camera

Connect the camera to your computer and turn the camera on. If you are using a D1-se-

ries camera, choose “PC” as the operating mode. If you are using a D100, choose P, S, A,

or M mode. Users of D2-series and D200 cameras can select any mode other than M-UP

(mirror up). The D70s, D70, and D50 can be connected in any shooting mode.

2 Close the transfer dialog

If PictureProject Transfer or Nikon Transfer starts, click the Close button.

3 Start Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

Windows

From the Start menu, select All Programs > Nikon Capture 4 > Nikon Capture 4

Cam era Control (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional) or Pro grams >

Nikon Capture 4 > Nikon Capture 4 Cam era Control (other Win dows ver sions).

Prod uct Key

If prompt ed to supply a product key when starting Nikon Capture 4 Editor or Nikon Capture 4 Camera

Control, en ter the product key supplied on the Nikon Capture 4 CD case.

Mac OS 9

Dutch, Italian, Korean, and Swedish versions of Nikon Capture 4 are not available for Mac OS 9.

Oth er Ways of Starting Camera Con trol

Windows: If a shortcut to Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control was created on the desktop during installa-

tion, Camera Control can also be started by double-clicking the shortcut icon ( ) on the desktop.

Mac OS 9: If an alias for Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control was created on the desktop during installation,

Camera Control can also be started by double-clicking the alias ( ).

Mac OS X: If Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control was reg is tered in the Dock during installation, Camera

Control can also be started by clicking the Nikon Capture 4 icon ( ) in the Dock.

Nikon Capture 4 Editor: Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control can also be started by selecting Show Nikon

Capture Camera Control from the Tools menu in Nikon Capture 4 Editor.

PictureProject: Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control can also be started by selecting Camera Control > Start

Camera Control from the PictureProject File menu.

Macintosh

Double-click the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control icon in the folder to which you

installed Nikon Capture 4.

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The Camera Control window will be displayed.

Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

Be sure to exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control before disconnecting the camera.

1 Exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

To close the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window, open the File menu and choose Exit

(Win dows) or Quit (Mac OS 9). In Mac OS X, select Quit Nikon Capture Control from

the ap pli ca tion menu.

2 Disconnect the camera

For information on disconnecting your camera from the computer, see the doc u men ta tion

pro vid ed with your camera.

Mac OS XWin dows

MacintoshWin dows

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The Camera Control Window

Capturing Photographs to Disk

If Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control is running when a D2-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, or

D50 camera is con nect ed, or a D1-series cam era is con nect ed with the mode dial set to PC,

pictures taken with the camera will be stored on your computer hard disk, not the camera

memory card.

Open the Camera Control window

Open the Download Options dialog

Close the Camera Control window

Exit Camera Control.

Take pictures.

Adjust capture options.

Start Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con trol.

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113

114

115

Connect the camera to your computer.

Finish shooting.

Rotate images to match camera orientation.

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1 Start Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con trol ( 110 )

2 Display the Download Options dialog

Click Download Options in the Camera

Control window. The dialog shown at right

will be displayed.

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3 Adjust capture options

Folder for images downloaded from the camera: Select the folder to which photographs

will be down load ed as they are taken.

Next ﬁ le name to be used: Shows how

images download to the computer will be

named. To change how ﬁ les are named,

click Edit.... The di a log shown at right will

be dis played. Using the sam ple ﬁ le name

as a guide, enter a preﬁ x and suf ﬁ x and

choose the starting number and num ber of

dig its for automatic ﬁ le numbering.

File Naming Conventions

Windows: In environments that do not support long ﬁ le names, the maximum length is eight char-

ac ters; ﬁ le names may not contain spaces, quotes, or any of the following characters: “\\” “/” “:” “.”

“;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Where long ﬁ le names are supported, ﬁ le names may not contain quotes or any of the following charac-

ters: “\\” “/” “:” “.” “;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Macintosh: The maximum length for Macintosh ﬁ le names is thirty-one characters. Colons (“:”) are

not allowed.

Nikon View

See the websites listed on page 2 of this manual for more information on the cameras supported under

Nikon View.

When a new image is received from camera: Choose the application that will be used to

display captured photographs after they are saved to disk.

• Do nothing: Photographs are not displayed after being saved to the computer hard

disk.

• Show it with the Multi Image Window (except in Windows 98 SE, Windows Me): Nikon

Capture 4 Editor starts automatically. The destination folder will be opened in the

Multi-Image window with the captured image selected in the thumbnail list and dis-

played in the image area.

• Show it in PictureProject (available only if PictureProject is installed): PictureProject

starts automatically and displays the most recently captured image.

• View with Nikon View (available only if Nikon View is installed):

Nikon Browser and

Nikon Viewer start automatically. The destination folder is opened in Nikon Browser with

the captured image selected, and the captured image is displayed in Nikon Viewer.

•

Show it with the Nikon View Browser (available only if Nikon View is installed): Nikon

Browser starts automatically. The destination folder is opened in Nikon Browser with

the captured image selected.

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The Camera Control Window

Attach IPTC Information: Check this option to add IPTC information to captured images

and enable the Copy Shooting Data to IPTC Caption option.

IPTC Information…: Click ing this button displays a dialog where you can se lect the IPTC

information, including key words and captions, that will be added to im ag es as they are

cap tured.

Copy Shooting Data to IPTC Caption

: Check this option to copy shooting data to the caption

ﬁ eld of images as they are captured.

Embed ICC Proﬁ le: Select this option to embed an ICC proﬁ le in captured images.

After adjusting the above options, click OK to exit the dialog and apply settings to sub se -

quent photographs.

4 Choose whether to rotate captured images

The options in the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Image menu can be used to rotate

captured images according to camera orientation. Use these options when taking photo-

graphs in tall (“portrait”) orientation (note that these options are not available when On

or Automatic is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu).

Select an option once to enable it, again to disable it.

Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CCW

If this option is checked, images will be rotated 90 ° counterclockwise as they are saved.

Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CW

If this option is checked, images will be rotated 90 ° clockwise as they are saved.

5 Take pictures

Take pictures using the camera shutter-release button or the AF and Shoot or Shoot but-

tons in the Camera Control window. The Status dialog shown below will be displayed.

Auto Image Rotation (D2-Series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 Only)

If On or Automatic (the default setting) is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera

setup menu, D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, and D50 cameras will detect camera orientation and automati-

cally rotate photographs as they are taken (note that in continuous mode, the rotation applied to the

ﬁ rst image in each burst applies to all images in the series, even if camera orientation is changed during

shooting). If Off is selected, all images will be recorded in landscape orientation regardless of how the

camera is held. Images can be rotated using the options in the Image menu.

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To display a histogram of the current image, click the triangle at the bottom of the Status

dialog.

If the Show highlights over option is checked, any areas of the preview image with a

bright ness over the value entered in the neighboring text box will be indicated by a ﬂ ash-

ing border. To display histograms for the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) chan nels, put a

check in the corresponding box.

6 Exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

To exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control, click the close button in the title bar of the Nikon

Capture Camera Control window.

Triangle

The Minimize Button

Clicking the minimize button in the Status dialog minimizes Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control.

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The Camera Control Window

Processing Photographs as They Are Captured

As photographs are captured, Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control can automatically process

the images to reﬂ ect image adjustment settings in Nikon Capture 4 Editor. For in for ma tion

on performing batch processing on images that have already been saved to disk, see “Batch

Processing” ( 92).

Click Stop Batch to exit the Live Batch di a log.

Take photographs.

Click Start.

Choose whether to save unmodiﬁ ed pho to -

graphs separately.

Choose a naming method and ﬁ le for mat for

cap tured photographs.

Choose the folder that will be used to store the

photographs.

Choose how photographs will be processed.

Select Live Batch from the Camera menu.

Finish shooting.

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118

Open the Live Batch dialog

119 Open the batch progress dialog

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119 Close the batch progress dialog

Auto Image Rotation (D2-Series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 Only)

If On or Automatic (the default setting) is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera

setup menu, D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, and D50 cameras will detect camera orientation and automati-

cally rotate photographs as they are taken (note that in continuous mode, the rotation applied to the

ﬁ rst image in each burst applies to all images in the series, even if camera orientation is changed during

shooting). If Off is selected, all images will be recorded in landscape orientation regardless of how the

camera is held. Images can be rotated using the options in the Image menu.

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1 Display the Live Batch dialog

Select Live Batch from the Camera menu in Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control. The Live

Batch dialog will be dis played.

2 Specify how captured images will be processed

In the Image Adjustments section, specify the operations to be performed on each im age.

Apply settings written by the camera: Select this option to save images exactly as cap-

tured from the camera, without applying any of the modiﬁ cations in the Nikon Capture 4

Editor tool palettes. The image will be saved in the working (output) color space selected

in the Color Management tab of the Preferences dialog ( 104, 105).

Apply current settings from Nikon Capture Editor: Select this option to process images

using the settings cur rent ly in effect in Nikon Capture 4 Editor. This option is only available

when Nikon Capture 4 Editor is running.

To open Nikon Capture 4 Editor and adjust settings, click the Edit Settings in Nikon

Capture Ed i tor but ton.

Apply settings in: Select this option to process the images using combination settings

cre at ed using the Save Selected Adjustments or Save All Adjustments option in

the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Settings > Image Ad just ment menu ( 82; note that if

Calculate Automatically is selected for white balance in the settings ﬁ le, the recorded

value will be used when images are processed). Click Browse… to select a combination

settings ﬁ le.

Live Batch Processing

Live batch processing is used to perform the operations speciﬁ ed in the Image Adjustments sec tion

of the Live Batch dialog as images are captured from the camera. To ensure that desired results are

achieved, we rec om mend pro cess ing a test image before beginning batch processing. Batch pro cess ing

can not be used to adjust settings separately for each image; instead, the images must be opened one

at a time and separate ad just ments made manually for each image.

Image Adjustments section

Choose the operations that will be

performed on each image ( 117).

Destination section

Choose a destination folder for cap-

tured images ( 118 ).

Archive section

Choose whether to save the original

photographs ( 118 ) .

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The Camera Control Window

3 Choose a destination for captured images

In the Destination section, choose options for saving the processed images.

Save to: This text box shows the folder to which the images will be saved after process-

ing. To choose a new folder, click the Browse… button to the right of the text box and

navigate to the desired location.

Next ﬁ le name: This text box shows a sample of the ﬁ le names that will be used when sav-

ing the images after processing. Click Edit... to modify ﬁ le naming rules ( 113 ) .

Save as type: Choose the ﬁ le format that will be used to save the processed images. The

following formats are available: Use source ﬁ le type, NEF, TIFF (RGB), TIFF (CMYK), and

JPEG. Choose Use source ﬁ le type to save captured images in the format used by the

camera. When NEF or TIFF (RGB) is selected, compression can be chosen from a pull-

down menu. When JPEG is selected, the compression ratio can be chosen from “Highest

Compression Ratio,” “Good Compression Ratio,” “Good Balance,” “Good Quality,” and

“Excellent Quality.” See “Saving Images” ( 83) for more details.

Bit depth: The bit depth (the number of bits of color information per channel for each

pixel in the image) at which the image will be saved. The 16-bit option is only available if

the selected ﬁ le type is TIFF format (RGB) and the original image has a bit depth of over

eight bits.

4 Choose whether to save original photographs

In the Archive section, choose whether to save unprocessed copies of the photographs

captured from the camera.

Save Unmodiﬁ ed Files: Check this option to save both the original image and copies pro-

cessed ac cord ing the options selected in the Image Adjustments section.

Save to: This text box shows the folder to which unprocessed images will be saved. To

choose a new folder, click the Browse… button to the right of the text box and navigate

to the desired location.

File Naming Conventions

Windows: In environments that do not support long ﬁ le names, the maximum length is eight char-

ac ters; ﬁ le names may not contain spaces, quotes, or any of the following characters: “\\” “/” “:” “.”

“;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Where long ﬁ le names are supported, ﬁ le names may not contain quotes or any of the following charac-

ters: “\\” “/” “:” “.” “;” “*” “?” “<“ “>” and “|”.

Macintosh: The maximum length for Macintosh ﬁ le names is thirty-one characters. Colons (“:”) are

not allowed.

Error Messages

If an invalid ﬁ le name or other error is identiﬁ ed in the Live Batch dialog, a message will be displayed.

Return to the Live Batch dialog and adjust settings as directed in the message.

“Apply Settings Written by Camera” Versus “Save Unmodiﬁ ed Files”

The Apply settings written by camera option saves images in the working (output) color space se-

lected in the Color Management tab of the Preferences dialog ( 104, 105). The working color space is

not applied to images saved using the Save unmodiﬁ ed ﬁ les option.

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The Warning Button

If an error occurs during shooting, a warning button will appear at the bottom of the Live Batch dialog.

Clicking this button will display a message. End shooting and close the Live Batch dialog as directed. An

error log will be displayed; click OK to close the log and return to the Camera Control window.

The Minimize Button

Clicking the minimize button in the progress dialog minimizes Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control.

5 Click Start

Click Start to put the selected settings into effect. A progress dialog will be displayed.

6 Take photographs

Take photographs using the camera shutter-release button.

7 End batch processing

Once you have ﬁ nished taking pho to graphs, click Stop Batch to end batch pro cess ing. If

the Batch Task text box shows that im ag es remain to be pro cessed, a warn ing will be dis-

played. Click Yes to exit with out saving unprocessed images, or No to process and save

the images before re turn ing to the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control dialog.

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The Camera Control Window

Time Lapse Photography

Using Nikon Capture, you can take a series of photographs automatically at a time interval

you select.

Click Shooting Complete to exit the Time

Lapse Photography.

Follow the progress of time lapse pho tog ra phy

in the progress dialog.

Click Start to begin time lapse pho tog ra phy.

Choose whether to process pho to graphs au-

to mat i cal ly.

Choose an interval setting.

Choose the number of photographs to be

taken.

Choose whether to focus before each shot.

Select Time Lapse Photography… from the

Camera menu. 120

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122

Open the Time Lapse Photography dialog

122

Open the time-lapse photography

progress dialog

122

Close the time-lapse photography

progress dialog

1 Display the Time Lapse Photography dialog

Select Time Lapse Photography… from

the Camera menu. The Time Lapse Pho-

tog ra phy dialog will be displayed.

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2 Adjust settings

Before shooting starts, adjust the following settings:

Autofocus before each shot:

If this option is checked, the camera will perform an autofocus

operation before each shot.

Keep shooting until cancelled: If this option is checked, the camera will continue to take

photographs until you click Stop Shooting in the Time Lapse Photography dialog (

122).

Auto bracketing (D2 series/D200/D70s/

D70/D50 only): Select this option to per-

form exposure, ﬂ ash, or white balance

bracketing during shooting. To change

bracketing options, click Set BKT.... The

dialog shown at right will be displayed.

• AE/WB/Flash Bracketing: Choose the

type of bracketing performed.

• Change Factor when Exposure Mode is

set to Manual (D2 series/D200 only):

Choose how bracketing is performed in

manual exposure mode.

• Bracketing Type / Bracketing Step / Brack-

eting Order / Exposure Mode: Choose the

bracketing program, exposure or white

balance increment, bracketing order, and

exposure mode. Bracketing type and

bracketing order are not available with

the D50.

Time Interval Settings

If the delay is shorter than the time required to record each photograph, the actual interval be tween

photographs will be longer than that speciﬁ ed in the Time Lapse Photography dialog.

The Time Lapse Photography Dialog

If you make a mistake in entering settings in the Time Lapse Photography dialog, a warning will be dis-

played. Return to the Time Lapse Photography dialog and adjust settings as directed.

D2 series/D200

D70s/D70/D50

3 Specify the number of photographs to

be taken

Use the Shots box to choose a number of photographs from 2 to 9,999. This option is

not available when Keep shooting until cancelled is selected.

4 Choose an interval setting

The delay between shots can be set to any value between 00:00:01 (one second) and 99:

59:59 (ninety-nine hours, ﬁ fty-nine minutes, and ﬁ fty-nine seconds).

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During Time-Lapse Photography

The camera can not be operated during time-lapse photography. No other operations can be performed

until the Time Lapse Photography dialog is closed.

Auto Off (D1-Series Cameras)

When the camera is operated on battery power and for 15 minutes has been selected for “While Nikon

Capture Camera Control is running, keep camera awake” in the General tab of the Preferences dialog

( 137), choose a delay of ﬁ fteen minutes or less. When taking photographs at longer intervals, use an

AC adapter (available separately) to power the camera.

Hard Disk Full

A warning will appear when space is no longer available on the destination disk for photographs taken

using time lapse photography. Use the information in the warning to reduce the number of photographs

or change the destination drive.

Error Logs

If an error occurs during shooting, an error log will be displayed; click OK to close the log and return to

the Camera Control window.

The Minimize Button

Clicking the minimize button in the progress dialog minimizes Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control.

7 Close the Time Lapse Pho tog ra phy dialog

Once the spec i ﬁ ed number of shots has been taken, the Stop Shooting button will

change to Shooting Complete. Click Shoot ing Com plete to exit the Time Lapse Pho-

tog ra phy di a log.

5 Click Start

Click Start. To process images as they are taken, check the Process images before

sav ing (Live Batch) option in the Time Lapse Pho tog ra phy dialog and click Next.... The

Live Batch dialog will be dis played; adjust settings and click Start to begin time lapse

photography.

6 Follow the progress of time lapse photography in the progress dialog

Click Stop Shooting to end time lapse photography at any time. If a number of shots

was speciﬁ ed in the Time Lapse Photography dialog, shooting will end when the speciﬁ ed

number of shots has been taken.

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The Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Window

The Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window shows current camera settings, which may

be viewed by clicking the ﬁ ve page selection tabs. Camera settings can be altered using the

controls in each tab as described below. The simulated LCD panel and the Hide Camera

Controls, Down load Options…, and shoot but tons can be ac cess ed from all ﬁ ve tabs.

The Function Dial (D100 Digital Cameras Only)

The D100 can only be used to take photographs when the function dial is set to P, S, A, or M. At other

settings, the shoot buttons in the Camera Control dialog will be disabled and the simulated LCD panel

will not be displayed.

Connection Status

This area shows the following information about the camera currently connected:

• Camera name

• Camera orientation (D2 series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 only)

If On or Automatic (the default setting) is selected for the auto image rotation option in

the camera setup menu, camera orientation will be indicated by an icon as shown below.

No icon will be displayed if Off is selected.

Horizontal Rotated 90 ° clockwise Rotated 90 ° counterclockwise

Hide Camera Control

Click this button to hide the Camera Control panels during shooting.

Download Options

Click this button to choose a destination and ﬁ le name for pictures captured from the cam era (

112).

Enable controls on the camera body (D2 series/D200/D70s/D70 D50 only)

Check this option to enable camera controls, allowing settings to be adjusted and photo-

graphs taken directly from the camera. The camera power switch and AF-area mode selector

can not be used when this option is checked; all other controls function normally.

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Camera Control page selection tabs

Simulated LCD panel

Shoot buttons

Connection status

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Camera Settings That Can Not Be Adjusted from Nikon Capture

The following operations can not be performed from Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control:

Operation Camera

Status not displayed

Burst photography (continuous shooting mode) D1-series / D100

Continuous servo autofocus All supported models

Pressing the shutter-release button halfway to check focus All supported models

Autofocus-only operation (use AF and Shoot to perform autofocus) All supported models

Manual aperture adjustment using the lens aperture ring D2-series / D1-series/D200

Reactivating the camera after it has entered sleep mode D1-series

Depth-of-ﬁ eld previewAll supported models

Auto bracketing D1-serie s / D100

Compression options for NEF (RAW) images D100

Operation assigned to FUNC. button with Custom Setting f4 D2-series/D200

Remote (D70s, D70, and D50 only) and self-timer mode selection D2 -s e r i e s/D2 0 0/ D7 0 s/D7 0/

D50

Status displayed

Focus mode selection using camera focus-mode selector All supported models

Metering D1-series / D10 0

Exposure mode (can be adjusted if Enable controls on camera

body is selected when D70s, D70, or D50 is connected) D100 / D 70s/D70/ D50

Shooting mode D100

Shutter-speed lock D2-series / D1-serie s

Aperture lock D2-series / D1- s erie s

Autoexposure lock All supported models

Speedlight ﬂ ash-level compensation D2-series/ D1-series

M-UP (mirror up) mode selection D2-series/D200

Selection of second center focus area group in group dynamic-AF mode

D2-series/D200

Simulated LCD Panel

This panel shows the information displayed in the camera’s viewﬁ nder, with the ex cep tion

of camera errors. Clicking on an indicator in the panel opens the Nikon Capture 4 Camera

Control window to the tab that controls the selected option, where ad just ments can be

made.

When a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, or D50 camera is connected, the amount of memory

remaining in the camera memory buffer is displayed at the right edge of the simulated LCD

panel. This information is updated at regular intervals, but temporary discrepancies may exist

between the display and the actual amount of memory remaining in the buffer.

Shoot Buttons

Click either of these buttons to take a photograph at current settings. If a D2-series, D200,

D70s, D70, or D50 camera is connected, photos can be taken in continuous shooting mode

( 128); in this case, the AF and Shoot and Shoot buttons will instead be labeled AF and

Start and Start.

• AF and Shoot / AF and Start: When this button is clicked, the camera will perform an auto-

focus and then re lease the shut ter to take a pho to graph.

• Shoot / Sta r t: Click this button to take a photograph. If the selected focus mode is single-

servo AF, an autofocus operation will be performed before the shut ter is released.

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The Exposure 1 Tab

The fol low ing settings can be adjusted from

the Exposure 1 tab:

Exposure Mode: This menu can be used to

set the exposure mode for D2- and D1-series

and D200 cameras. If a D100 is connected,

or if Enable controls on the camera body

is checked when a D70s, D70, or D50 is con-

nected, it will show the current exposure

mode but the mode itself must be selected

using the camera function dial. See the cam-

era manual for details.

Shutter Speed: Shutter speed can only be

adjusted in Man u al and Speed Priority

modes, when it can be set to values between

the max i mum and min i mum val ues support-

ed by the camera. Use high shut ter speeds to

freeze mo tion, low shut ter speeds to suggest

mo tion by blur ring moving objects.

Aperture: Aperture can only be adjusted in Manual and Aperture Pri or i ty modes, when

it can be set to values between maximum and min i mum ap er ture (small apertures have high

f-num bers, wide ap er tures low f-numbers; the ac tu al ap er tures available depend on the lens

used). Ap er ture can not be controlled from Nikon Cap ture when Custom Setting 22 has been

set to allow aperture to be ad just ed manually using the lens aperture ring (D1-series only).

Exposure Comp.: Exposure compensation is useful when shooting subjects containing sharp

lighting con trasts, or on other occasions when you want to modify the exposure value deter-

mined by the cam era. Exposure compensation is available in all exposure modes.

Flash Comp. (D200/D100/D70s/D70/D50 only): This option is used to adjust the level of the

camera’s built-in Speedlight.

Flexible Program: Flexible program can only be used in Program Mode, when it allows you

to choose from pre de ter mined combinations of shutter speed and aperture appropriate to

current lighting conditions.

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The Function Dial (D100 Digital Cameras Only)

The D100 can only be used to take photographs when the function dial is set to P, S, A, or M. At other

settings, the controls in the Exposure 1 tab will be disabled.

Non-CPU Lenses

See page 130 for information on the settings available with non-CPU lenses.

Bulb

At a shutter speed of Bulb, the shutter remains open while the shutter release button is held down. Use

the camera shut ter-release button to take photos at this setting. Clicking either of the shoot buttons

will display an error message.

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The Exposure 2 Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from

the Exposure 2 tab.

Focus Area: The focus area can be selected us-

ing the arrow buttons; see the camera manual

for details. For information on AF-area mode

and focus mode, see “The Mechanical Tab”

( 128).

Metering Mode: The metering mode can be

selected from this menu (D2 series, D200,

D70s, D70, and D50 only). Metering mode

defaults to the option selected with the

camera. If a D1-series or D100 camera is

connected, or if Enable controls on the

camera body is checked when a D2-series

or D200 camera is connected, the current

metering mode will be shown, but changes

can only be made using camera controls. See

the camera manual for details.

Flash Sync Mode: This option controls the camera ﬂ ash sync mode.

Sensitivity: Sensitivity (ISO equivalency) can be raised when taking photographs in low light

conditions. See the user’s manual provided with your camera for details.

Auto (D2 series/D200/D100/D70s/D70/D50 only): When this option is checked, the camera

will adjust sensitivity (ISO equivalency) au to mat i cal ly (ISO auto).

White Balance: White balance is used to ensure that colors which appear white when viewed

directly are white in the ﬁ nal photograph. It can also be used to produce an intentionally

unbalanced rendering of a scene. See the camera manual for details.

Fine Tune… /Set Temp…(D2 series/D1 series/D200/D100/D70s/D70 only): Click Fine Tune…

to make ﬁ ne adjustments to white balance ( 133). If Choose color temp. is selected (D2

series and D200 only), this button will be labeled Set temp…. Click this button to choose a

color temperature ( 133). Fine tuning is not available with preset white balance.

Comment (D2 series/D200 only): This ﬁ eld

lists the comments for all white balance pre-

sets. Clicking Edit… when Preset is selected

for white balance displays the dialog shown

at right, where the comments for each of the

white balance presets can be edited. Click OK to copy the comments to the camera. Com-

ments can be up to thirty-six characters long and contain letters, numbers, quotes, apostro-

phes, spaces, and any of the following characters: “,” “.” “!” “?” “#” “$” “%” “&” “(” “)”

“[” “]” “{” “}” “*” “+” “-” “/” “:” “;” “<” “=” “>” “_” and “@”.

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The Storage Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from

the Stor age tab:

Data Format: The following data for mats

are available: RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit)

(D2 series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 only), RAW

(12-bit), TIFF-RGB (8-bit) (D2 series/D1

series/D100 only), TIFF-YCbCr (8-bit) (D1

series only), and JPEG (8-bit). This set ting

determines pix el bit depth and ﬁ le size.

JPEG Quality: When data format is set to

JPEG (8-bit), you can choose image quality

from Fine, Normal, and Ba sic. When RAW

(12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit) is selected with the

D2 series and D200, image quality can be se-

lected from Fine, Normal, and Ba sic. When

RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit) is selected

with the D70s, D70, or D50, image quality is

ﬁ xed at Basic.

JPEG Compression (D2X/D2Hs/D200 only): Choose from Fixed size and Optimal quality.

See the camera manual for details.

Color (D1 series only): Choose from Color and Black & White. Black & White is not avail-

able when RAW is selected for Data Format.

Image Size: Choose image size. See the camera manual for details.

RAW Compression ( D2 serie s / D1x / D1H/D200 only): Check this option to compress NEF (RAW)

images taken at a data for mat setting of RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit) (D2 series and D200

only) or RAW (12-bit).

High-speed crop (D2X only): Select this option to enable high-speed crop. See the camera

manual for details.

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The Mechanical Tab

The fol low ing settings can be ad just ed from

the Me chan i cal tab:

Shoot ing Mode: Sets the shooting mode for

D1-series cameras connected in PC mode to

Single or Continuous. Changes to this set-

ting also apply to Custom Setting 30. The

shooting mode for the D70s, D70, and D50

can be selected from Single and Continu-

ous. Unless Enable controls on the cam-

era body is checked in the connection status

area, the shooting mode for D2-series and

D200 cameras can be selected from Single,

Continuous low speed, and Continuous

high speed. If Continuous is selected for

the D70s, D70, or D50 or if Continuous low

speed or Continuous high speed is select-

ed for a D2-series or D200 camera, the AF

and Shoot and Shoot buttons will instead

be labeled AF and Start and Start. If Enable controls on the camera body is checked or

a D100 camera is connected, the current shooting mode will be shown, but changes can only

be made using camera controls. See the camera manual for details.

Maximum Shots (D2 series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 only): Use the arrows to choose the maxi-

mum number of shots that can be taken in a single burst in continuous mode, or enter a value

directly in the text box. The maximum permitted value varies with the current image-quality

setting; the value chosen should not, however, exceed the capacity of the camera memory

buffer as shown at the right edge of the LCD display. Values larger than the capacity of the

camera memory buffer will be shown in red. This setting only applies when the camera is

connected, and differs from the maximum selected in the Custom Settings menu.

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Self-Timer and Remote Modes

When a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, D50, or D100 camera is set to self-timer mode, or when the D70s,

D70 or D50 is set to delayed remote or quick-response remote mode, the Mechanical tab will show a

shooting mode of Single, and any photographs taken with the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control shoot

but tons will be taken in single-frame mode with no shutter-release delay. To take pictures in self-timer

or remote mode, use the shutter-release button on the camera.

Continuous Mode (D2-Series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 Cameras Only)

When a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, or D50 camera is connected, the amount of memory remaining in

the camera memory buffer is displayed at the right edge of the simulated LCD panel. This information is

updated at regular intervals, but temporary discrepancies may exist between the display and the actual

amount of memory remaining in the buffer.

Taking Photographs in Continuous Mode (D100 / D1 - S eri es On ly)

When a D100 is connected or a D1-series camera is in PC mode, continuous shooting can only be per-

formed using the camera shut ter-release button. The shoot buttons in the camera control window can

only be used to take one photograph at a time.

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Auto Bracketing (D2 series/D200/D70s/D70/

D50 only): Select this option to perform expo-

sure, ﬂ ash, or white balance bracketing during

shooting. To change bracketing options, click

Set BKT. The dialog shown at right will be

displayed.

• AE/WB/Flash Bracketing: Choose the type

of bracketing performed.

• Change Factor when Exposure Mode is set

to Manual (D2 series/D200 only): Choose

how bracketing is performed in manual

exposure mode.

• Bracketing Type / B rac ketin g Ste p / B racket ing

Order / E xp osu re Mo de: Choose the brack-

eting program, exposure or white balance

increment, bracketing order, and exposure

mode. Bracketing type and bracketing order

are not available with the D50.

AF-Area Mode: Choose the AF-area mode. If Enable controls on the camera body is

checked (D2 series/D200 only), the current AF-area mode will be shown, but changes can

only be made using camera controls. See the camera manual for details.

Fo cus Mode: The cur rent focus mode setting is displayed. See the cam era man u al for details.

This set ting can not be changed from Nikon Cap ture.

D2 series/D200

D70s/D70/D50

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Non-CPU Lenses

The following restrictions apply to Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control when a non-CPU lens is mounted

on the camera (the operations listed can still be performed using the controls on the camera body; see

the camera manual for details):

D2 series/D200 D1

series D100 D70s/D70/D50With lens data No lens data

Exposure

Mode

Can be selected from Aperture-pri-

ority auto and Manual.

Can not be adjusted.

Mode selected with

camera displayed.

Photos can only be

taken in mode M.

Can only be adjusted

if Enable controls on

the camera body is

not checked. Other-

wise same as D100.

Shutter Speed Can only be adjusted in manual exposure mode.

Aperture Shown with

asterisk. Aperture shown as “f/--”. Can not be adjusted.

AF and Shoot Can not be used.

Shoot Can be used.*

* If D100, D70s, D70, or D50 is connected and set to an exposure mode other than manual, a warning

will be displayed.

Lens: Displays the focal length and maximum ap er ture of the lens currently attached to the

cam era. De pend ing on the lens type, some in for ma tion may not be displayed. If the lens

focal length or maximum aperture have been speciﬁ ed manually (see below), an asterisk will

appear next to these values.

Edit… (D2 series/D200 only): This button

is only available when a non-CPU lens is

mounted on the camera. Clicking Edit…

displays the dialog shown at right, where the

lens focal length and maximum aperture can

be entered. Click OK to copy the values to

the camera.

Main Battery Level: Displays the level of the main camera battery. Green indicates that the

battery has enough charge for continued operation. Yellow indicates that battery level is low;

ready a fully charged spare battery pack. Red indicates that the battery is exhausted, and that

no further pho to graphs can be taken until the battery pack has been replaced. You may not

be able to control the camera from Nikon Capture when the battery is exhausted. Replace

with a fully charged spare battery pack or use an AC adapter (available separately).

Clock Battery Level (D1-series only): Displays the level of the camera clock battery. Should

this display turn yellow or red, have the clock battery replaced by an authorized Nikon service

representative (a fee is charged for this service).

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The Image Processing Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from

the Image Pro cess ing tab:

Image Optimize (D200/D70s/D70/D50 only):

Choose the type of image optimization per-

formed. See the cam era man u al for details.

Sharpening: Choose how much the camera

sharp ens outlines. See the camera manual

for details.

Tone Comp: Adjust contrast. See the cam era

man u al for details.

Color Mode (D2 series/D1X/D1H/D200/D100/

D70s/D70/D50 only): Choose a col or mode.

See the camera manual for de tails. With the

D1, colors are op ti mized for the NTSC col or

space, regardless of the op tion chosen.

Saturation (D200/D70s /D70 /D50 only): Ad-

just color saturation. See the camera manual for details.

Hue Adjustment (D2 series/D1x/D1

/D200/D100/D70s/D70/D50 only): Modify hue while

leaving brightness and chro ma un af fect ed. Adjustments can be made in the range –9 ° to 9 °,

with 0 ° rep re sent ing the original hues as recorded by the camera (in D1-series cam er as, –9 °

is equiv a lent to a camera hue setting of 0, 0 ° to a setting of 3, and 9 ° to a setting of 6).

Color space (D2X/D200 only): Choose a color space. See the cam era man u al for details.

Long Exposure Noise Reduction (D2 series/D200/D100/D70s/D70/D50 only): Select this op-

tion to reduce noise at slow shutter speeds. See the camera manual for details.

High ISO Noise Reduction (D2X/D2Hs/D200 only): Select On (Normal), On (Low)(D200

only) or On (High) to reduce noise at high sensitivities. See the camera manual for details.

Saving and Loading Camera Control Settings

The Camera Control option in the Set-

tings menu is used to save Nikon Capture

4 Camera Con trol set tings and to load and

apply previously saved settings.

Option De scrip tion

Load Camera

Settings…

Select this item to load camera settings previously saved us ing Save Camera Set-

tings… (see be low). A dialog will be dis played where you can navigate to the drive

(vol ume) and di rec to ry con tain ing the desired set tings ﬁ le (only ﬁ les with the extension

“.ncc” will be dis played). The settings in the Cam era Con trol window will in stant ly

re vert to the saved settings.

Save Camera

Settings…

Select this item to save the settings in the Camera Control window to a named ﬁ le.

These settings can later be recalled using Load Camera Settings…. Choos ing Save

Camera Settings… displays a di a log where you can choose a des ti na tion and ﬁ le name

for current camera settings. Camera set tings are saved with the ex ten sion “.ncc”.

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The Camera Menu

The commands in the Camera menu are used to adjust the following camera settings:

Custom Settings…

Selecting this option opens the Custom Settings dialog ( 135), where camera Custom Set-

tings can be ad just ed.

Set Date and Time…

Selecting this op tion opens the dialog shown

at right, where you can set the cam era’s

clock calendar to the current date and time.

To view the cur rent time and date set tings,

click Use Current Date/Time. Click Set to

set the clock cal en dar to the time and date

shown.

Edit Cam era Curves…

This op tion is used to create a custom tone com pen sa tion curve and down load it to the cam-

era, where it applies when “Cus tom” is se lect ed for the camera tone compensation option.

The controls in the Edit Camera Curves win dow are identical to those in the Curves win dow,

except in the following respects: (1) only the master channel, not individual RGB channels,

may be edited; (2) there is a limit of 20 spline points; (3) the midpoint may not be edited; (4) a

user-deﬁ ned sample image can be se lect ed by clicking Sample Image… (the sample image

must be a RAW image created with a D2-series, D1-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, or D50

camera). Any chang es to curves are reﬂ ected in the sample image. To copy the edited curve

to the camera, click OK.

The upper left section of the Edit Camera Curves window contains Load… and Save…

but tons. By clicking the Load… button, previously stored curves, with less than 20 spline

points, can be selected via the “Open” dialog (if the selected ﬁ le has more than 20 spline

points, a warning will be displayed, and no ﬁ le will be loaded). Look for ﬁ les with the “.ntc”

ex ten sion.

The Save… button opens the “Save As” dialog, where you can save the current curve.

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Fine-Tune White Balance… (D2 series/D1 series/D200/D70s/D70 only)

Selecting this op tion displays the dialog

shown at right, where white bal ance can be

ﬁ ne-tuned be tween –3 and +3. The value se-

lected for Add to Auto will be added to the

white balance setting the camera chooses for

auto white balance. Click ing Re set re turns

all values to defaults. Click OK to ap ply the

cur rent set tings to the cam era, or click Can-

cel to dis card any chang es and return to the

Nikon Capture 4 Cam era Con trol win dow.

Set Color Temperature… (D2 series/D200 only)

Selecting this op tion displays the dialog

shown at right, where color temperature can

be chosen from a menu. The value chosen

takes effect whenever Choose color temp.

is selected for white balance. Click OK to ap-

ply the cur rent set tings to the cam era, or click

Cancel to exit without saving changes.

Measure White Balance…

Use this op tion to measure preset white

balance. If the cam era cur rent ly con nect ed

sup ports multiple values for preset white bal-

ance, the set ting that will be used to store

the mea sured val ue can be cho sen from

the pop-up menu at the top of the dialog.

Adjust camera set tings as de scribed in the

sec tion on preset white balance in the cam-

era user’s man u al and click OK to measure a

value for white bal ance.

Dust Off Ref Photo (D2 series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 only)

Choose this option to take a reference photo

for Image Dust Off. The dialog shown at

right will be displayed. With the camera lens

ten centimeters (four inches) from a feature-

less white object, frame the object so that

it ﬁ lls the viewﬁ nder and click OK to record

an Image Dust Off reference photo. See the

camera manual for details.

Choosing a Mode (D70s/D70/D50 Only)

The Measure White Balance… option is only available in P, S, A, and M modes.

Set Color Temperature… (D2 Series/D200 Only)

The desired results may not be achieved with ﬂ ash or ﬂ uorescent lighting.

D2X (dialogs for other cameras may differ)

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Edit Image Comment…

Selecting this option displays the dialog

shown at right, where you can enter a com-

ment or title for subsequent pho to graphs. If

the camera cur rent ly con nect ed is in the D1-

se ries, enter a title of thir ty-eight char ac ters

or less and click OK. The title will be used

for all sub se quent pho to graphs taken while

the camera is con nect ed. When a D2-series,

D200, D100, D70s, D70, or D50 cam era is

con nect ed, the title is stored in the cam era as

an im age com ment of thirty-six char ac ters or

less which is ap pend ed to pho to graphs only

when the Attach comment to images box

is checked.

Select Shooting Set tings Bank… (D2 series/D200/D100 only)

Selecting this option dis plays the dialog

shown at right, where you can choose the

shooting menu bank in which chang es to

settings will be stored while the camera is

con trolled from Nikon Capture 4 Camera

Con trol. See the camera manual for details.

The D2 series and D200 allow a descriptive

comment to be added to the name of each

shooting menu bank. Clicking Edit… dis-

plays the dialog shown at right, where the

comments for each bank can be edited. Click

OK to copy the comments to the camera.

Comments can be up to twenty characters

long and contain letters, numbers, quotes,

apostrophes, spaces, and any of the follow-

ing characters: “,” “.” “!” “?” “#” “$” “%”

“&” “(” “)” “[” “]” “{” “}” “*” “+” “-” “/”

“:” “;” “<” “=” “>” “_” and “@”.

Set Bracketing Mode (D2 series/D200/D70s/D70/D50 only)

Selecting this option displays the BKT Mode dialog. See Auto Bracketing in the Mechanical

panel for details ( 129).

Live Batch…

Selecting this option opens the Live Batch dialog ( 116).

Time Lapse Photography…

Selecting this option opens the Time Lapse Photography dialog ( 120).

D2 series/D200/D100/D70s/D70/D50

D1 series

Edit Comment dialog

D2 series/D200

D100

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Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

Changes to Custom Settings

Changes made to settings in the Custom Settings dialog are stored in the camera, not on the computer

hard disk. This means that changing settings in the Custom Settings dialog has the same effect as chang -

ing Custom Settings using camera controls.

Custom Settings

Custom Settings can not be saved to a separate ﬁ le. Clicking the Reset button resets all Custom Settings

to their default values.

Settings That Can Not Be Adjusted from the Custom Settings Window

The Custom Settings listed below can not be adjusted in the Custom Settings window.

•Mirror lock-up for CCD cleaning (D1-series Custom Setting 8) /Cleaning mirror up (D100 setup menu):

can only be ad just ed from the camera

•RAW (NEF) image save (D1-series Custom Setting 28): if this option is set to “0” (off) when Nikon

Cap ture is started, a message will be displayed. Clicking OK in this dialog sets Custom Setting 28 to

“1” (uncompressed RAW image save enabled). Custom Setting 28 can only be returned to “0” from

the camera.

•ISO Auto (D100 Custom Setting 3) /ISO Boost (D1-series Custom Setting 31): can be ad just ed from the

Exposure 2 tab of the Camera Control window.

•PC Shooting Mode (D1-series Custom Setting 30): this option is adjusted from the Me chan i cal tab of

the Cam era Control window.

•Tone Compensation (D1-series Custom Setting 24) /Color Mode (D1X/D1H Custom Setting 32) /Hue

Ad just ment (D1X/D1H Custom Setting 33) /Noise Reduction (D100 Custom Setting 4): can be adjusted

from the Processing tab of the Camera Control window.

Custom Settings

Most of the custom settings stored in camera memory can be viewed and adjusted from the

Custom Settings window in Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control. For more information on Cus-

tom Set tings, see the doc u men ta tion pro vid ed with your camera.

1 Select Cus tom Settings… from the Camera menu

The Custom Settings dialog for the current camera will be displayed ( 136).

2 Choose a Custom Settings bank (D2 series/D1 series/D200/D100 only)

Choose a Custom Settings bank (Custom Settings set) from the pop-up menu at the top

right corner or the Cus tom Settings dialog.

The banks available depend on the model of camera currently connected. When the D1

or D100 is con nect ed, you have a choice of banks A or B; when a D2-series, D1X, D1H, or

D200 camera is con nect ed, banks A, B, C, or D can be selected.

3 Click OK

After making any changes to Custom Settings, click OK to save changes in the camera

Custom Settings bank and exit the Custom Settings dialog.

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The Camera Control Window

D2-series and D200 cameras allow a descrip-

tive comment to be added to the name of

each Custom Settings bank. Clicking Edit…

displays the dialog shown at right, where

the comments for each bank can be edited.

Click OK to copy the comments to the cam-

era. Comments can be up to twenty characters long and contain letters, numbers, quotes,

apostrophes, spaces, and any of the following characters: “,” “.” “!” “?” “#” “$” “%” “&”

“(” “)” “[” “]” “{” “}” “*” “+” “-” “/” “:” “;” “<” “=” “>” “_” and “@”.

Custom Settings for D1-Series and D100 Cameras

Custom Settings for D1-series and D100

cameras are divided among three tabs:

Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3. See the camera

manual for details.

Custom Settings for D70, D70s, and D50 Cameras

Custom Settings for the D70s, D70, and D50

are divided among three tabs: Basic, Ad-

vanced 1, and Advanced 2. See the camera

manual for details.

Custom Settings for D2-Series and D200 Cameras

Custom Settings in each bank are divided into six groups: autofocus, metering / exposure,

timers / auto expo sure and autofocus lock, shooting / display, bracketing / ﬂ ash, and controls.

The group can be chosen from the group menu or by clicking the Next and Prev. buttons.

Group menu

Prev. / Next

buttons

D200

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Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Preferences

Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control

To view the Preferences (Options) dialog for Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control, select Op-

tions… from the Tools menu (Windows) or select Preferences… from the application menu

(Mac OS X) or Edit menu (Mac OS 9).

Viewing Preferences

To view settings in any of the three panels, click the

appropriate tab.

The Pref er enc es dialog contains the following three tabs:

Tab Description

General Choose how long the exposure meters remain active (D1-series only). 137

Temporary Files Specify the location of the folders used for tem po rary stor age. 138

Color Management Select the color proﬁ les used by the Nikon Color Man age ment System (CMS). 138

After making changes to preferences, click OK to save changes and return to the Nikon

Capture 4 Camera Control window. Click Cancel to cancel any changes to settings and return

to the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window.

The General Tab

The General tab contains the following item:

While Nikon Capture Camera Control is

running, keep camera awake

Choose how long the exposure meters remain

on when the cam era is operated on battery

power. This set ting only takes ef fect when the

camera is con nect ed and pow ered on with Nikon

Capture 4 Cam era Control running, and takes

pre ce dence over the auto meter off option cho-

sen using camera Custom Set tings. D2-series,

D200, D100, D70s, D70, and D50 cameras will

stay awake indeﬁ nitely, regardless of the setting

chosen here.

• for 15 min utes (D1-series only): The exposure

meters turn off automatically if no operations

are performed for 15 minutes.

• Always: The exposure meters remain on indeﬁ nitely. Note that this will increase the drain

on the battery.

When powered by an AC adapter (available separately), the camera stays awake indeﬁ nitely,

regardless of the setting chosen.

Mac OS X

Windows

Tab

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Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Preferences

The Temporary Files Tab

The Temporary Files tab contains the fol-

low ing item:

Folder for temporary data

Specify the folder or volume in which tem-

po rary data, such as image cache data, will

be stored. The default folder for Windows is

the “TEMP” folder in the Windows directory,

while the default vol ume for the Macintosh is

the start-up disk. To choose a different folder

in the Windows version of the program, click

the Browse… button and navigate to the

de sired location. In the Macintosh version, a

new volume can be chosen from the pop-up

menu.

The Color Management Tab

For more information on the Color Management tab, see “Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences”

( 104, 105).

Macintosh

Windows

Folder for Temporary Data

The folder chosen for temporary storage in the Temporary Files tab also applies to Nikon Capture 4

Editor. Changes will only take effect after the program has been restarted.

The Color Management Tab

Changes to settings in the Color Management tab also apply to Nikon Capture 4 Editor, PictureProject,

and Nikon View.

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The appendices cover the following topics.

Appendix A: Supported Color Proﬁ les

Read this section for a description of the RGB color-space

pro ﬁ les supported under Nikon Capture 4.

Appendix B: Color Matching in Adobe Photoshop

(Version 7.0 or later)

Learn how to preserve color-space proﬁ le information when

open ing images in Adobe Photoshop (version 7.0 or later).

Appendix C:The Nikon NEF Plug-in

Refer to this section for information on using the Nikon NEF

plug-in to view RAW pictures in Adobe Photoshop.

Appendix D: Troubleshooting

Read this section for information on what to do when Nikon

Capture 4 does not function as expected.

Appendix E: Glossary

Refer to this section when you are unsure of the meanings of

the terms used in this manual.

Technical Notes

Appendices

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Appendix A

Supported Color Proﬁ les

1. Standard RGB Proﬁ les Supported in Nikon Capture 4

1.1 Proﬁ les with a Gamma Value of 1.8

Apple RGB: NKApple.icm (Windows)/Nikon Apple RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

This proﬁ le is used in desk-top publishing applications and in Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0

or earlier, and is the typical RGB proﬁ le for Macintosh monitors. The corresponding RGB

setting in Adobe Photoshop is “Apple RGB.” This proﬁ le is suitable for working with images

dis played on the Macintosh.

ColorMatch RGB: MKCMatch.icm (Windows)/Nikon ColorMatch RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

The ColorMatch proﬁ le is native to Radius PressView monitors. It has a wider gamut than

Apple RGB, with a particularly wide area devoted to the reproduction of blues. The cor re -

spond ing RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop is “Color Match RGB.”

1.2 Proﬁ les with a Gamma Value of 2.2

sRGB: NKsRGB.icm (Windows)/Nikon sRGB 4.0.0.3001 (Macintosh)

This RGB proﬁ le is used in the majority of Windows monitors. It closely resembles the RGB

commonly used in color television, and is also used in the digital television broadcasting sys-

tem that is on its way to becoming the industry standard in the United States of America.

Software and hardware man u fac tur ers use it as a default color proﬁ le and guarantee op-

er a tion when it used. It is also on its way to becoming the standard for images on the web.

This proﬁ le is suited to users who plan to use their digital images “as is,” without editing or

print ing them. It however suffers from the drawback of a narrow gamut with a limited area

available for reproducing blues. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and

5.5 is “sRGB,” the corresponding setting in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 “sRGB IWC61966-2.1.”

Bruce RGB: NKBruce.icm (Windows)/Nikon Bruce RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

This color proﬁ le attempts to expand on the ColorMatch RGB gamut by deﬁ ning the chro ma -

tic i ty for G as lying between the values for G in the Adobe RGB and ColorMatch color-space

proﬁ les. It was proposed by Bruce Fraser, who claims that it includes most of the colors in the

SWOP CMYK gamut. The R and B used in the Bruce RGB and Adobe RGB color-space proﬁ les

match.

NTSC (1953): NKNTSC.icm (Windows)/Nikon NTSC (1953) 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

This is the color space for video deﬁ ned by the National Television Standards Committee (NTSC)

in 1953 and used in early color televisions. This color space is also used in some Far-East

newspaper and printing organizations. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop

is “NTSC (1953).”

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Supported Color Proﬁ les

Adobe RGB (1998): NKAdobe.icm (Windows)/Nikon Adobe RGB (1998) 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

A color-space proﬁ le deﬁ ned in Adobe Photoshop 5.0. It has a wider gamut than sRGB and

includes the colors found in most CMYK gamuts, making it suitable for users involved in desk-

top publishing. The cor re spond ing RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 is “SMPTE-240M,”

the corresponding setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.5 or later “Adobe RGB (1998).”

CIE RGB: NKCIE.icm (Windows)/Nikon CIE RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

A video color-space proﬁ le established by the Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage (CIE).

While it boasts a fairly wide gamut, it suffers from the drawback that the area devoted to the

reproduction of cyan is relatively small. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop

is “CIE RGB.”

Adobe Wide RGB: NKWide.icm (Windows)/Nikon Adobe Wide RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)

This color-space proﬁ le, designed by Adobe, incorporates most of the visible colors. This

however has the consequence that most of the colors it can express can not be reproduced

on standard monitors and printers. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.0

or later is “Adobe Wide RGB.”

The gamut of colors that can be expressed in the above color-space proﬁ les is shown in the

following chromaticity (x, y) graph. The greater the area enclosed by the triangle that rep re -

sents the color-space proﬁ le, the wider its gamut.

Gamut

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Appendix A

2. Technical Data for RGB Proﬁ les Supported in Nikon Capture 4

The following table shows the gamma values for proﬁ les supported in Nikon Capture 4, to-

geth er with the chro ma tic i ty values for the white point and for red, green, and blue.

Proﬁ le

White point

Gamma

value

Chromaticity (x, y)

Color

temperature Value Name R G B

Apple RGB 6500 K (D65)x0.31271591 1.8 Trinitron x0.625 0.28 0.155

y0.32900148 y0.34 0.595 0.07

Color Match RGB 5000 K (D50)x0.34570292 1.8 P22- EBU x0.63 0.295 0.155

y0.3585386 y0.34 0.605 0.077

sRGB 6500 K (D65)x0.31271591 2.2 HDTV (CCIR

709)

x0.64 0.3 0.15

y0.32900148 y0.33 0.6 0.06

NTSC (1953) Std

Illuminant C

x0.3101 2.2 NTSC

(1953)

x0.67 0.21 0.14

y0.3162 y0.33 0.71 0.08

Bruce RGB 6500 K (D65)x0.31271591 2.2 Bruce RGB x0.64 0.28 0.15

y0.32900148 y0.33 0.65 0.06

Adobe RGB (1998) 6500 K (D65)x0.31271591 2.2 Adobe RGB

(1998)

x0.64 0.21 0.15

y0.32900148 y0.33 0.71 0.06

CIE RGB Std

Illuminant C

x0.33333333 2.2 CIE RGB x0.735 0.274 0.167

y0.33333333 y0.265 0.717 0.009

Adobe Wide RGB 5000 K (D50)x0.34570292 2.2 700/525/

450 nm

x0.735 0.115 0.157

y0.3585386 y0.265 0.826 0.018

Default Win dows

monitor 6500 K (D65)x0.31271591 2.2 HDTV

(CCIR 709)

x0.64 0.3 0.15

y0.32900148 y0.33 0.6 0.06

Default Macin tosh

monitor 5000 K (D65)x0.34570292 2.2 Trinitron x0.625 0.28 0.155

y0.3585386 y0.34 0.595 0.07

Nikon Capture 4 and Adobe Photoshop Color Proﬁ les

Nikon Capture 4 output proﬁ le Adobe Photoshop proﬁ le

sRGB

(Nikon sRGB 4.0.0.3001) sRGB

Apple RGB

(Nikon Apple RGB 4.0.0.3000) Apple RGB

Color Match RGB

(Nikon Color Match RGB 4.0.0.3000) Color Match RGB

Bruce RGB

(Nikon Bruce RGB 4.0.0.3000) —

NTSC (1953)

(Nikon NTSC (1953) 4.0.0.3000) NTSC (1953)

Adobe RGB (1998)

(Nikon Adobe RGB (1998) 4.0.0.3000)

Version 5.5 or later: Adobe RGB (1998)

Earlier versions: SMPTE-240M

CIE RGB

(Nikon CIE RGB 4.0.0.3000) CIE RGB

Adobe Wide RGB

(Nikon Adobe Wide RGB 4.0.0.3000)

Version 5.5 or later: Adobe Wide RGB

Earlier versions: Wide Gamut RGB

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Color Matching in Adobe Photoshop (Version 7.0 or Later)

ColorSync (Macintosh)

The explanation in this section assumes that ColorSync version 3.0 or later is installed on your Macin-

tosh.

Appendix B

Color Matching in Adobe Photoshop (Version 7.0 or Later)

When an image saved in Nikon Capture 4 is opened in Adobe Photoshop, the proﬁ les used in

Adobe Photoshop should match those used in Nikon Capture 4. If the proﬁ les do not match,

the colors seen in Adobe Photoshop may not be the same as those in the original image. The

proﬁ les used with Nikon Capture 4 can be used with Adobe Photoshop version 7.0 or later.

The ﬁ rst step is to match the Nikon Capture 4 monitor proﬁ le with that used in Adobe

Photoshop (Windows only). The point to remember is that you should specify the monitor

proﬁ le for Adobe Photoshop ﬁ rst and then select the same proﬁ le for Nikon Capture 4. This

step can be omitted if an existing monitor proﬁ le has already been selected in the Windows

display property dialog. For more in for ma tion, see “Choos ing a Monitor Proﬁ le.” Macintosh

users will not need to perform this step.

The next step is to save the image from Nikon Capture 4 using a format that supports in-

clu sion of color proﬁ le information. If you save the image in TIFF, JPEG (JFIF), or JPEG (Exif),

in for ma tion about the color proﬁ le used in Nikon Capture 4 will be embedded in the ﬁ le, and

Adobe Photoshop will use this in for ma tion to process colors appropriately when the ﬁ le is

opened. For more information, see “Ad just ing Set tings in Adobe Photoshop” ( 144).

Step 1—Choosing a Monitor Proﬁ le

Choose a monitor proﬁ le as described below.

Creating a New Monitor Proﬁ le

If you have not yet calibrated your monitor, use Adobe Gamma to create a proﬁ le for your

monitor. Adobe Gamma is included in the standard install of Adobe Photoshop.

1 Start Adobe Gamma

Select Adobe Gamma from the system

control panels or double-click the Adobe

Gam ma util i ty icon.

2 Create a color proﬁ le

Follow the on-screen directions to calibrate your monitor. The resulting monitor proﬁ le

will be saved in the folder listed below. Make a note of the ﬁ le name.

• Windows XP / Wi nd ows 2000: Windows/system32/spool/drivers/color

• Windows Me / Windows 98 SE: Windows/System/Color

3 Choose the proﬁ le created in Step 2 for Nikon Capture 4

Choose the proﬁ le created in Step 2 as the Nikon Capture 4 monitor proﬁ le. For details,

see “Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences: The Color Management Tab” ( 104).

Using an Existing Monitor Proﬁ le

Choose the existing proﬁ le as the Nikon Capture 4 monitor proﬁ le. For details, see “Nikon

Capture 4 Editor Preferences: The Color Management Tab” ( 104).

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Appendix B

Step 2—Adjusting Settings in Adobe Photoshop

The following describes the minimum necessary adjustments to ensure consistent color re-

production in Adobe Photoshop 7.0. The menus and dialogs referred to below are all from

Adobe Photoshop.

Opening TIFF and JPEG Images Created Using Nikon Capture 4

Images saved in TIFF, JPEG (JFIF), and JPEG (Exif) formats include color-space proﬁ le informa-

tion. Open ﬁ les in these formats as described below.

1 Display the Color Settings dialog

Select Color Settings… from the Adobe

Photoshop Edit menu.

2 Check Advanced Mode

3 Select Preserve Embedded Proﬁ les

Select Preserve Embedded Proﬁ les from

the RGB pop-up menu in the Color Man-

age ment Policies section.

4 Deselect Ask When Opening

Remove the check from Ask When Open-

ing in the Proﬁ le Mismatches area of the

Color Man age ment Policies section.

5 Close the Color Settings dialog

Click OK to close the Color Settings dia-

log.

At these settings, a warning may be displayed when an image is opened. To prevent the warn-

ing being displayed again, select the appropriate option in the warning dialog.

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The Nikon NEF Plug-in

After adjusting settings as described below, click OK to open the picture. Click Cancel to exit

without opening the picture.

Zoom preview in. Zoom preview out.

Rotate preview 90 ° coun-

terclockwise.

Rotate preview 90 ° clock-

wise.

Camera Model Model of camera used to take picture.

ImageSize Size of picture (width × height) in pixels.

Exposure Comp. Adjust exposure using slider or by entering value between –2 and +2 EV in text

box. Unchanged lists exposure compensation value at time picture was taken.

White Balance

Choose new value for white balance by selecting option from menu. Un-

changed lists white balance setting in effect at time picture was taken.

Option Description

No change No change.

Incandescent New value suited to incandescent lighting.

Fluorescent New value suited to white ﬂ uorescent lighting.

High color rendering ﬂ uorescent New value suited to “cold” ﬂ uorescent lighting.

Daylight New value suited to direct sunlight.

Shade New value suited to outdoor shade.

Cloudy New value suited to overcast conditions.

Flash New value suited to Nikon Speedlights.

10MP (4016 × 2616)

Output

Open picture at size of 4,016 × 2,616 pixels (available only if picture was taken

with D1X).

Preview

Appendix C

The Nikon NEF Plug-in

The Nikon NEF plug-in allows RAW and NEF images created with Nikon digital cameras to be

viewed in Adobe Photoshop. If the plug-in is installed, the following dialog will be displayed

when a RAW image is opened in Adobe Photoshop.

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Appendix C

Mac OS 9

Color aberration control ( 28, 100) is not applied to images opened in Adobe Photoshop using the

Nikon NEF plug-in under Mac OS 9.

Opening Modiﬁ ed Images

If the image has been modiﬁ ed using other Nikon

software, the message shown at right will be

displayed.

The Nikon NEF Plug-in

When Nikon Capture 4 is installed, the NEF plug-in is copied to the Nikon Capture 4 application folder

(in the Macintosh version, the NEF plug-in is copied to the “File formats” folder in the Nikon Capture

4 application folder). It allows RAW images taken with Nikon digital cameras to be opened in Adobe

Photoshop Elements version 2.0 or later or Adobe Photoshop version 6.0 or later (Windows) or 7.0 or

later (Macintosh).

If a copy of Photoshop is detected at installation, the NEF plug-in will automatically be copied to the

Photoshop “File Formats” plug-ins folder. If you installed Photoshop after installing Nikon Capture 4, you

will need to copy the plug-in to the folder listed below:

Windows: Nikon NEF Plugin.8Bi

•Photoshop CS or later: Plugins\Adobe Photoshop Only\File Formats

•Photoshop 7.0: Plugins\Formats or Plugins\Adobe Photoshop Only\File Formats

•Photoshop 6.0 : Plugins\Adobe Photoshop Only\File Formats

•Photoshop Elements 2.0 or later: Plugins\File Formats

Macintosh: Nikon NEF Plugin

•Photoshop CS or later: Plugins/Adobe Photoshop Only/File Formats

•Photoshop 7.0: Plugins/Adobe Photoshop Only/File Formats

•Photoshop 6.0 : Not supported

•Photoshop Elements 2.0 or later: Plugins/File Formats

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Troubleshooting

The ReadMe File

Included on the installer CD is a README ﬁ le containing the most current information on Nikon Capture 4.

Please read this ﬁ le before installing and using Nikon Capture, as it may contain im por tant information

that could not be included in this manual. Should you encounter problems with Nikon Capture 4 not

covered in this section, please consult the README ﬁ le for the most up-to-date information.

Appendix D

Troubleshooting

Should you encounter problems with Nikon Capture 4, check the list on the following pages

before consulting your retailer or Nikon representative.

Nikon Capture 4 Does Not Start

Conﬁ rm that your computer system meets all of the requirements speciﬁ ed for using Nikon

Capture 4 (OS, memory, hard disk capacity, etc.). See “System Requirements” ( 5).

Nikon Capture 4 Does Not Recognize the Camera

Verify that Nikon Capture 4 has recognized the camera. D2-series, D1-series, D200, D100,

D70s, D70, and D50 cameras will dis play PC in the con trol panel on top of the camera.

1 Check the power switch and mode dial

• Is the camera on?

• Is the battery fully charged? To reduce the drain on the battery, we recommend that

the camera be powered by an adapter (available separately) when connected to the

com put er.

• If you are using an AC adapter, is it properly connected and plugged in?

• Is the mode dial set to PC (D1-series only)?

• Is the function dial set to P, S, A, or M (D100 only)?

• Is the correct option selected in the USB menu (D2 series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, and

D50 only)? Select PTP when connecting a D2-series, D200, D70s, D70, or D50 camera

to a computer running Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control. Select Mass Storage when

connecting the D100 to a computer running Windows 2000 Professional, Win dows Mil-

lennium Edition (Me), or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE). When connecting the D100

to a Macintosh computer, select PTP.

2 Verify that the interface cable is properly connected

• Is the interface cable securely connected to both camera and computer?

Remember that IEEE 1394 connectors do not make a “click” when fully inserted. If the

cable is securely connected, try disconnecting the cable and reconnecting the devices

in a different order.

• Is there another peripheral connected to the IEEE 1394 bus?

Try disconnecting other IEEE 1394 devices and connecting just the computer and the

camera.

3 Are you using a recommended IEEE 1394 interface (D1-series cameras only)?

See “System Requirements” ( 5). For information on your IEEE 1394 in ter face, see the

manufacturer’s web-site.

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Appendix D

4 Is the IEEE 1394 interface board correctly registered with the system (Windows

only)?

Check whether:

• The “IEEE 1394 Bus Controller” is not displayed in the Device Manager

• The IEEE 1394 board is listed under “Other Devices” or “Unknown Devices”

• A yellow or red mark appears next to the listing for the IEEE 1394 board

If any of the above apply, the IEEE 1394 board has not been correctly registered with

the system. See the doc u men ta tion provided with the board for information on device

reg is tra tion.

Captured Images are Too Bright, Too Dark, Washed Out, or Out of Focus

• At default settings, Nikon Capture 4 does not modify images when they are cap tured from

the camera. In the General tab of the Preferences dialog, verify that your images are being

captured at Nikon Capture’s default settings and not at the settings of the last image cap-

tured. See “Pref er enc es” for more information ( 98). Alternatively, check the settings in

the Curves, Color Balance, and Unsharp Mask windows. Choose the reset option from the

Settings menu for each window, or turn the Apply button for the window off.

• Are monitor settings correctly adjusted?

Try adjusting your monitor’s contrast/brightness, color system, etc. to be sure that it is

prop er ly set for viewing images. See the documentation provided with your monitor for

in struc tions on ad just ing monitor settings.

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Glossary

Appendix E

Glossary

This glossary provides deﬁ nitions of some of the terms used in this manual.

Bit depth

The number of bits used to express color, also referred to as color depth. The bit depth deter-

mines the amount of color information in an image. The greater the bit depth, the larger the

number of colors, and the ﬁ ner the gradations, that can be expressed. Bit depth can be used

to refer both to the number of bits per channel and to the combined bit depth for all channels;

thus, for example, an image with a bit depth of eight bits per channel can be said to have a bit

depth of twenty-four bits. An image with a bit depth of one bit has only two colors, typically

black and white, with no gradation between the two. See also Channel.

Black Point

The input value below which all input tones are mapped to the minimum output value (by

default no color, or black). Any details darker than the black point will be lost. See also Tone,

Tone curve.

Channel

The component colors in a given color space. The RGB color space is made up of red, green,

and blue channels and a master channel that combines the three. See also Color space.

Clip

The percentage of pixels at both ends of the curve that are excluded in an auto contrast op-

eration. See also Tone curve.

CMS

See Color management system.

CMYK

A reﬂ ective (subtractive) color model commonly used in printing, which models color using

com bi na tions of the three secondary colors used in printer’s ink, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow.

Because no com bi na tion of these three inks will create a true black, blacK ink is also used.

Color management system

A method of ensuring consistency of color reproduction between devices such as scanners,

monitors, and printers, and between different computer platforms. In the color management

system used in Nikon Capture 4, accurate color reproduction is ensured through the use of

proﬁ les that provide information about the characteristics of the monitor or printer and the

color space used for editing. See also ColorSync, ICC, Proﬁ le.

Color space

A general term encompassing both the model used to deﬁ ne color (for example, CMYK or

RGB) and the range, or gamut, of colors that can be expressed in a given color model. See

also CMYK, Gamut, RGB.

ColorSync

A color management system for Mac OS developed by Apple. See also Color management

system, ICC.

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Compression

A method for reducing ﬁ le sizes for storage or transmission. Compression algorithms can be

divided into “lossless” algorithms, such as LZW, in which no information is lost when ﬁ les are

restored to their original size for display or editing, and “lossy” algorithms, such as JPEG, in

which some information is lost when the ﬁ le is restored. See also JPEG, TIFF.

Crop

The portion of the image selected in an image window.

Curve

See Tone Curve.

Eyedropper

A tool for sampling white point, black point, or midpoint. See also Black point, Midpoint,

White point.

FireWire

Apple’s term for the IEEE 1394 interface. See IEEE 1394.

Fisheye lens

A “ﬁ sheye” lens is any lens with a view angle of 180 degrees or more. Fisheye lenses may have

a view angle of 180 degrees in all directions or only diagonally. Distortion increases towards

the edges of the picture, with little or no distortion at the center of the image. The Fisheye

Lens palette in Nikon Capture 4 can be used to reduce distortion in images taken with an AF

DX Nikkor ED 10.5 mm f/2.8G lens to create an image close to what would be produced by

an ordinary wide-angle lens.

Gamma

Gamma (also written “γ”), a fundamental property of video systems, determines the intensity

of the output signal relative to the input. When calculating gamma, the maximum possible

input intensity is assigned a value of one, and the minimum possible intensity (no input) is

assigned a value of zero. Output is calculated by raising input to the inverse of the gamma

value (output = input ( 1/ γ ) ).

Gamut

The range of colors that can be expressed by a given input device (for example, scanner or

digital camera), output device (monitor or printer), or color proﬁ le. No gamut can reproduce

all of the colors seen by the human eye. The gamut of primary RGB (Red, Green, and Blue)

transmitted light displays (ﬁ lm transparencies and color monitors) is very different from, and

complementary to, the gamut of secondary CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and blacK) re-

ﬂ ect ed light displays (printed materials). See also CMYK, Proﬁ le, RGB.

Gray point

See Midpoint.

Halo width

The extent of pixels around a selected central pixel affected when Unsharp Mask is applied.

Also referred to as “radius.” Increasing the halo width increases the width of edges affected

by Unsharp Mask. Excessive application of Unsharp Mask results in an undesirable halo along

edges in the image. See also Unsharp Mask.

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Histogram

A bar graph showing the distribution of tones in an image. The horizontal axis shows tone

level (bright ness), the vertical axis the number of pixels. The bars in the graph show the

num ber of pixels of a given brightness in the image. The histogram displayed in the Curves

window shows the distribution of tones for the currently selected channel, and can be used

for ref er ence when editing curves. See also Tone, Tone curve.

ICC

The International Color Consortium, an international organization working to develop stan-

dards for color management and color management proﬁ les. ICC proﬁ les were developed for

the conversion of color space information between devices, and are now on their way to be-

coming a global standard. ICC proﬁ les have been proposed as an International Or ga ni za tion

for Standardization (ISO) standard. See also Proﬁ le.

IEEE 1394

A high-speed transfer protocol deﬁ ned by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics En gi neers

for connecting peripherals such as hard disks, MO drives, and digital cameras to a com put er

via a cable.

JPEG

A standard graphic format designed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group. Images are

compressed using a discrete cosine transform that takes advantage of the properties of hu-

man vision, which is more sensitive to light in the lower wavelengths, to increase quantization

at lower frequencies. JPEG com pres sion is “lossy,” meaning that information is lost when

images are compressed, leading to a drop in image quality. A lossless compression option is

also supported in some implementations. JPEG images can be compressed to as much as 100:

1, though quality will be signiﬁ cantly reduced. At a compression ratio of 20:1, image quality

is not noticeably diminished.

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display. LCDs are notable for their thinness, lightness, and the fact that they

consume relatively little energy.

Memory card

Used for storage of photographs in Nikon digital cameras.

Midpoint

Controls the output level for mid-tones in the original image. See also Tone, Tone curve.

NEF

An abbreviation of Nikon Electronic Format, an image ﬁ le format developed by Nikon to sup-

port high-resolution, twelve-bit RAW image data. In Windows, NEF ﬁ les have the ex ten sion

“.nef”. NEF images can be opened and edited only in Nikon Capture. The advantage of NEF

is that while user settings such as curves and color balance are saved, they are not applied

to the original image data. NEF images may thus be edited and saved several times without

degrading or altering the original image. NEF ﬁ les however require a relatively large amount

of storage space. See also RAW image.

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Noise

Data in an image ﬁ le that are not a part of the original image, the digital equivalent of ﬁ lm

grain. The presence of noise is reﬂ ected in a loss in image quality. Noise appears primarily

in dark areas of the image, and can be reduced by adjusting exposure or lighting to ﬁ ll in

shad ows.

ppcm

pixels per centimeter, a measure of resolution. The more pixels per centimeter, the higher the

res o lu tion. See also ppi, Resolution.

ppi

pixels per inch, a measure of resolution. The more pixels per inch, the higher the resolution.

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