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The folders palette provides you with an easy-to-access palette which displays the

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content of an entire folder in the browser. For more information, please see Chapter

 

10, “The Folders Palette”.

 

The Metadata palette displays information about the image provided

 

automatically by the camera as well as XMP/IPTC data of the image. With this

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palette, you can review camera, lens, flash, and exposure information unique to the

 

selected image as well as review and add XMP/IPTC data to one or more images.

 

For more information, please see Chapter 11, “The Metadata Palette”.

 

The toolbar provides access to the various tools available within Capture NX 2. You

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can use these tools to perform various edits, from zooming to rotating the image,

to applying enhancements selectively. For more information, please see Chapter

 

 

13, “The Toolbar”.

 

The Bird’s Eye shows a portion of the image that is visible in the active image

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window, providing the ability to navigate through the image while zoomed in.

 

For more information, please see Chapter 14, “Bird’s Eye”.

 

The Edit List palette is the master control list for the features and enhancements of

 

Capture NX 2. Anything that affects your image will have an entry in the Edit List

 

palette. Every entry can be removed, altered, or duplicated from this list.

 

The Edit List palette automatically organizes each entry by steps in chronological

 

order. This provides you with the ability to turn on or off one or more steps at any

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time to monitor the effect on your image. You can selectively apply steps with the

 

selective tools found in the toolbar, you can place multiple enhancements within

 

one step by linking enhancements, and you can create batch processes based on

 

the contents of the steps. You can also manually create new steps using the New

 

Step button.

 

For more information, please see Chapter 15, “Edit List”.

 

The Photo Info palette combines the Histogram and Watch Points functionalities

 

into a single palette. The Histogram section shows a live histogram that reflects the

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statistical makeup of the image. The Watch Points section enables you to monitor

 

the effects of the changes you make to the color values in the image. For more

 

information, please see Chapter 16, “Photo Info”.

 

Image windows display images within Capture NX 2, along with important

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information and controls for the images. For more information, please see the

 

section “Image Window” later in this chapter.

 

 

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