Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Show Lost Shadows, Shift + H

The resulting image will contain white, primary, and secondary colors only. The following table describes values these colors represent:

White	This area contains values of 255 for the red, green, and blue channels.
Yellow	This area contains values of 255 for the red and green channel.
Magenta	This area contains values of 255 for the red and blue channels.
Cyan	This area contains values of 255 for the green and blue channels.
Red	This area contains values of 255 for the red channel.
Green	This area contains values of 255 for the green channel.
Blue	This area contains values of 255 for the blue channel.

With this display on, you can adjust the settings of one of the enhancements that have already been applied to reduce the brightening effect and prevent details from becoming blown out.

Shortcut

Shift + H

Show Lost Shadows

The Show Lost Shadows option identifies areas in which detail may have been lost in the shadow areas by locating pixels with the minimum value of one or more channels.

This information can be used when adjusting the tonality of the image, such as when applying black points, to ensure that the optimal amount of detail is retained within the image.

By enabling the Show Lost Shadows option, the entire image will become white while displaying any areas that contain minimum values for one or more channels. Only those areas in which the channels contain a minimum value

will be displayed within the image window when this option is enabled. That is, only the pixels that contain a value of 0 will be displayed for each of the three channels.

The resulting image will contain black, primary, and secondary colors only. The following table describes values these colors represent:

Black	This area contains values of 0 for the red, green, and blue channels.
Blue	This area contains values of 0 for the red and green channel.
Green	This area contains values of 0 for the red and blue channels.
Red	This area contains values of 0 for the green and blue channels.
Cyan	This area contains values of 0 for the red channel.
Magenta	This area contains values of 0 for the green channel.
Yellow	This area contains values of 0 for the blue channel.

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