Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Filter Hue, Color Filter Strength

To use the Black and White Conversion tool, follow these steps:

1Navigate to the Filter menu and select Black and White Conversion.

2Adjust the Filter Hue and Color Filter Strength sliders to control the relationship of colors

throughout the image and provide greater separation of tonal values.

3Adjust the Brightness and Contrast sliders in order to create the desired tonality of the image.

The Black and White Conversion tool provides you with the following controls:

Filter Hue

The Filter Hue slider enables you to choose the hue of the filter that is used to convert the image from color to black and white. Objects that are the color of the selected hue will become lighter while objects that are the opposite, or complementary color, of the hue selected will become darker.

Color Filter Strength

Use the Color Filter Strength slider to control the intensity of the filter used in the black and white

conversion. The higher the strength set in this slider, the more different objects of the color selected by the Filter Hue slider and objects that are the opposite of the color selected by the Filter Hue slider will be.

Brightness

The Brightness slider controls the overall luminosity of the image. Move this slider to the left to darken the entire image or move this slider to the right to brighten the entire image.

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