Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Selection Control Point

Selection Control Point

Selection control points utilize U Point technology to selectively apply the effect of an enhancement. You can use a selection control point to selectively apply any enhancement found in either the Adjust or Filter

menus.

To use a selection control point, follow these steps:

1Add an enhancement to the image from the Adjust or Filter menus. Use the enhancement’s controls to achieve the desired result.

2Click on the selection control point icon in the toolbar.

a.If you click the (+) icon for the selection control point, the Base Mask slider in the Selection section of the Edit List palette will

automatically move to 0% after adding the first selection control point, hiding the effect of the current enhancement. Click on the image to add a selection control point with the opacity slider automatically set to 100%. This will result in the current enhancement’s effect only applied to the area selected by the control point.

b.If you click the (–)icon for the selection control point, click on the image to add a selection control point with the opacity slider automatically set to 0% to the image. The enhancement will be applied to the entire image, except for the area selected by the control point.

3Adjust the size and opacity sliders to achieve the desired result. The higher the size value, the more objects similar to the object selected by the control point will be selected as well. The higher the

opacity slider, the more the current enhancement will be applied to the objects selected by the control point.

4Add additional selection control points, or use the selection brush tool to further modify where the current enhancement is being applied to the image.

Shortcut

Ctrl + Shift + C (Windows) command + shift + C (Macintosh)

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