Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Opacity Mixer, Channels

t Opacity Mixer

The opacity mixer provides you with the ability to blend the current enhancement with the rest of the image.

The opacity mixer becomes available as soon as you add any features from the Adjust or Filter menus, or a color,

black, neutral, or white control point to the image. Click on the Opacity show/hide triangle of the adjustment step to

display the opacity mixer controls.

The opacity mixer provides you with the following control:

Channels

The channels pull-down menu enables you to select the channels against which you control the opacity of the current enhancement. Each option within this pull-down menu provides you with different sliders with which to control the opacity of the current enhancement. Choose from the following options:

❏All

The All option applies the current enhancement to all of the channels of the image. You are provided with the following sliders to control the effect on the image:

•Opacity

Use this slider to control the entire opacity of the current effect. Move the slider to the left to reduce the opacity of the effect.

❏Luminance & Chrominance

The Luminance & Chrominance option enables you to control the current effect on either the luminance (lightness) or chrominance (color) portions of your image. You are provided with the following sliders to control the effect on the image:

•Opacity (Luminance Channel)

Use this slider to control the current effect on the luminance portion of the image. Move this slider to the left to reduce the current effect on the luminance aspect of the image. This can be done to ensure that the current enhancement is being applied only to the color aspects of the image.

•Opacity (Chrominance Ch.)

Use this slider to control the current effect on the chrominance portion of the image. Move this slider to the left to reduce the current effect on the chrominance aspect of the image. Reduce this slider to 0% to apply the current enhancement to the luminance portions of the image only so that no effects to the color portions are being made.

❏RGB

Selecting this option from the channels pull-down menu provides you with the ability to control the current enhancement’s effect on the red, green, and blue channels separately using the following sliders:

•Opacity (Red Channel)

This slider controls the current effect on the red channel of the image. You can move this slider to the left to prevent the current effect from being applied to the red channel, or you can reduce the other two sliders to ensure the current effect is being applied to the red channel only.

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