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 identified 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 sacrificing 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.

R

G

B

Shown 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

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.

R

G

B

Shown 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

“Lost” Highlights and Shadows

“Highlights” displayed in image window title bar

“Shadows” displayed in image window title bar

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.

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