4. Move cropped area within the image. Use the multi selector left/right and
up/down buttons to relocate the yellow cropping border within the frame.
5. Save the cropped image.Press OK to save a copy of the image using the current
crop and size, or press the Playback button to exit without creating a copy. Copies
created from JPEG Fine, Normal, or Standard have the same Image Quality setting
as the original; copies made from RAW files or any RAW+JPEG setting will use
JPEG Fine compression.
Monochrome
This Retouch choice allows you to produce a copy of the selected photo as a black-and-
white image, sepia-toned image, or cyanotype (blue-and-white). You can fine-tune the
color saturation of the previewed Sepia or Cyanotype version by pressing the multi selec-
tor up button to increase color richness, and the down button to decrease saturation.
When satisfied, press OK to create the monochrome duplicate. Cancel by pressing the
Playback button.
Filter Effects
Add tones to your images using this Retouch option. You have seven choices: Skylight,
Warm, Red/Green/Blue intensifiers, Cross Screen, and Soft. Preview the effects in the
color LCD before pressing OK to create the modified copy.
Color Balance
This Retouch effect allows you to create a copy with modified color balance. When you
press the OK button while viewing a selected image, a screen like the one shown in
Figure 10.14 appears with the photo shown in thumbnail size at the upper-left corner,
and red/green/blue histograms at the right. You can bias the image along the
magenta/green axis or blue/yellow (amber) axis based on your perception of the thumb-
nail or, as you gain experience, from your estimation of the distribution of tones as
shown by the histograms.
Press the multi selector up button to increase the amount of green, the down button to
increase the amount of magenta, the right button to increase the bias towards yel-
low/amber, and the left button to increase the amount of blue. As you make these mod-
ifications, the changes will be reflected in the histograms.
Image Overlay
This feature allows you to combine two RAW photos (only NEF files can be used) in a
composite image that Nikon claims is better than a “double exposure” created in an
image-editing application, because the overlays are made using RAW data.
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