Nikon 4 user manual Color Balance Settings Menu, Displaying the Color Balance Palette

Enhancing Images

The Color Balance Settings Menu

Clicking the button in the Color Bal- ance palette displays the Color Balance Set- tings menu.

Option	Description
Copy to Clipboard	Copy current Color Balance settings to the clipboard.
	Select this item to load brightness, contrast, and color balance settings previously
	saved using the Save… option (see below). A dialog will be displayed where you
Load…	can navigate to the drive (volume) and directory containing the desired settings file
	(only files with the extension “.nca” will be displayed). The settings in the Color
	Balance palette will instantly revert to the saved settings.
	Select this item to save brightness, contrast, and color balance settings to a
	named file. These settings can later be recalled using the Load… option. Choos-
Save…	ing Save… displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name
	for the current Color Balance settings. Color Balance settings are saved with the
	extension “.nca”.
Reset to Neutral	Resets all brightness, contrast, and color balance settings to zero.
	Recent Color Balance settings files (up to four) are listed at the end of the settings
Recent files	menu. Selecting a file from the list sets the controls in Color Balance palette to
	the saved settings.

Displaying the Color Balance Palette

The default tool palette window for the Color Balance palette is not displayed the first 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 Settings Menu

The Color Balance Settings menu can also be displayed by selecting Color Balance from the Settings menu.

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