Run Process Immediately

Select Run Process Immediately to continually monitor the watched folder for new images and process any new images as soon as they are placed within the targeted folder.

Run Process Every

Enter a number to determine how frequently, in hours, Capture NX 2 should review the watched folder for new images.

Apply Settings

Check this box if you would like to apply a settings file to your image or if you would like to revert any NEF files to their original state. Unchecking this box will ensure that the enhancements found within the image are not changed from their last saved state.

Batch Mode

 

By selecting this option, you will be able to select a settings file to apply to

 

the images placed within the watched folder.

Use Settings Files

Browse…

 

Click on the Browse… button within the “Apply Settings” section to

 

locate a settings file to apply to the images.

 

 

 

By selecting this option, Capture NX 2 will revert any NEF processed through

 

the watched folder to the state prior to when any enhancements were made

Use Original Settings to it through Capture NX 2. This includes both RAW NEF files, which will be processed to the original settings created by the camera, or Converted NEF files, which will remove all enhancements made within Capture NX 2.

Conflict Management

The Conflict Management pull-down menu enables you to choose how Capture NX 2 should resolve potential conflicts that may arise while performing a batch process on NEF images. You can choose from the following options:

Append New Settings

The Append New Settings option is the default option when applying a watched folder. This option will automatically add the enhancements from the settings file to all of the images processed by the watched folder.

Replace Current Settings

The Replace Current Settings option will apply the enhancements from the settings file to all images and will overwrite any enhancements that may already be contained within the images processed by the watched folder.

Skip & Continue

The Skip & Continue option will automatically skip any image in which a conflict was identified without processing that image. An error entry will be created within the log file informing you the name of the image and the time that the conflict was identified.

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