Nikon 4 user manual Sharpening, Tone Comp., Color Mode, and Saturation

Image Adjustment

Tone Comp: Adjust image contrast. Choose from Unchanged, Low Contrast, Medium Low, Normal, Medium High, High Contrast, or User-Defined Custom Curve. Be- cause the D1 does not store custom curves in the image file, settings of User-Defined Custom Curve are equivalent to Normal when selected with photographs taken with the D1. With D2-series, D1X, D1H, D200, D100, D70s, D70, and D50 cameras, selecting User-Defined Custom Curve restores the tone curve in effect at the time the photo- graph was taken.

Color Mode: Choose a color mode for fine control over chroma, brightness, and color gamut, much as you would choose different kinds of color film 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, Unchanged is equivalent 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 starting color, raising hue above 0 ° (the default setting, at which hue is unchanged) would introduce a yellow cast, making colors that would be red at a setting of 0 ° appear increasingly orange. Lowering hue below 0 ° would introduce a blue cast, making colors that would be red at a setting of 0 ° ap- pear increasingly purple (in the case of the D1X and D1H, –9 ° is equivalent 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 adjustment in effect at the time the photograph was taken, turn the Hue Adjustment check box off.

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 profile when opening files is selected for Default RGB color space in the “Color Management” tab of the “Options” (“Preferences”) dialog ( 104, 105), the default RGB color profile will be used as the working color space for all images, regardless of the mode selected. If Use this instead of an embedded profile when opening files 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 modification. Mode II is adapted to the Adobe RGB color space. This color space is capable of expressing a wider gamut of colors than sRGB, making it the preferred choice for pictures that will be extensively processed or retouched. Modes III and IIIa, which are adapted to the sRGB color space, are suited to nature or landscape shots that will be printed or used “as is” with little or no modification.

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-whiteselected 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).

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