Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Black and White, Cyan Red, Magenta Green, Yellow Blue

Cyan — Red

The Cyan — Red slider enables you to shift the colors of your image from cyan to red. Moving this slider to the left removes red from the image, which will cause the image to become more cyan. Adjusting this slider to the right adds red to the image, removing cyan from the image.

Magenta — Green

The Magenta — Green slider enables you to shift the colors of your image from magenta to green. Moving this slider to the left removes green from the image, which will cause the image to become more magenta. Adjusting this slider to the right adds green to the image, removing magenta from the image.

Yellow — Blue

The Yellow — Blue slider enables you to shift the colors of your image from yellow to blue. Moving this slider to the left removes blue from the image, which will cause the image to become more yellow. Adjusting this slider to the right adds blue to the image, removing yellow from the image.

Black and White

The Black and White method converts the current image to black and white, while providing you with controls over how the image is converted to black and white.

The following controls are provided within the Black and White method:

Brightness

The Brightness slider enables you to control the tonality throughout your image. Move this slider to the left to darken your image or to the right to brighten the image.

Enhance Dark Tones

The Enhance Dark Tones checkbox brings out additional detail in the shadows of the active image.

Auto

When you click on the Auto button, Capture NX 2 will analyze the image and determine a recommended setting for the Brightness slider. It will also determine automatically if the Enhance Dark Tones option

will be applied.

Cyan — Red

The Cyan — Red slider enables you to alter the black and white effect on your image. When you move this slider to the right, objects that contain cyan become lighter, while objects containing red become darker. Moving this slider to the left causes objects that contain cyan to become darker and objects containing red to become brighter.

210Chapter 21 — Filter Menu Photo Effects