Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Camera Relationship, Point Technology

Camera Relationship

Capture NX 2 was designed to support JPEG and TIFF files and to provide unique features that fully support Nikon digital cameras, allowing you to change many of the settings selected in your camera. After opening

a NEF RAW file within Capture NX 2, you can view the shooting, camera, and exposure information of the file within the Metadata palette.

U Point® Technology

A key feature in Capture NX 2 is U Point technology. The controls powered by U Point technology enable you to modify sections of a photograph directly or control where an enhancement is being applied selectively, all without having to go through the time-consuming process of creating a selection normally required in other software applications.

U Point technology has been widely recognized as one of the most revolutionary technologies in the market today and now that technology powers even more tools in Capture NX 2. U Point technology provides precise and direct control to a variety of tools within Capture NX 2, providing powerful yet simple photographic manipulation. U Point technology powers Capture NX 2’s series of control points: the color control point, the black, neutral, and white control points, the red-eye control point, and the new selection control point. These control points provide you with the ability to create color and tonal enhancements, fix issues, or selectively apply photographic enhancements within any image, all being applied directly to the image and with immediate feedback.

The U Point-powered control points found within Capture NX 2 enable you to work with your images without the need to perform a complicated series of operations in a particular order.

Control points work by identifying an object based on a number of criteria. When you place your first control point, U Point technology identifies the unique elements of the object on which you place a control point, including its position, color, saturation, and texture. By identifying these elements, and in conjunction with the Size slider, the control point can determine the boundaries of the object in order to affect only that object and objects with like elements. With every control point that you apply to the image comes greater control over specific objects in the image. The additional control points ensure that the adjustments you make are being applied to the current object only, and placing a control point on an object with default settings prevents other control points from affecting that object. Through a unique mixing function, the effects of the control points are applied throughout the image so as to create a natural-looking, professional result.

U Point technology powered tools are designed to make enhancements fast, professional, and of the highest quality. The results will be nothing short of amazing.

10Chapter 4 — Introduction Camera Relationship