Nikon 4DIF, User Manual

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Page 2: ...ontact your retailer or local Nikon representative should you find that any of these items are missing or damaged Nikon Capture 4 installer CD Nikon Capture 4 Install Guide Nikon Capture 4 User s Manual this manual User registration card USA only WARNING Do not play the Nikon Capture 4 installer CD on audio CD equipment Playing a CD ROM on an audio CD player could cause hearing loss or damage the ...

Page 3: ...e Markers Palette 27 Show Focus Area 28 Color Aberration Control 28 Image Adjustment Enhancing Images 29 White Balance 33 Advanced RAW 39 Image Dust Off 42 Vignette Control 46 Curves 48 The LCH Editor 57 Color Booster 63 Photo Effects 64 Color Balance 66 Unsharp Mask 68 Noise Reduction 71 D Lighting 73 Red eye Correction 75 Fisheye Lens Fisheye to Rectilinear Transform for DX 10 5mm Fisheye Lenses...

Page 4: ...ure 4 Camera Control Preferences Fine Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 137 The General Tab 137 The Temporary Files Tab 138 The Color Management Tab 138 Technical Notes Appendices 139 Appendix A Supported Color Profiles 140 1 Standard RGB Profiles Supported in Nikon Capture 4 140 2 Technical Data for RGB Profiles Supported in Nikon Capture 4 142 Appendix B Color Matching in Adobe Photoshop Ver...

Page 5: ...s organized and for an explanation of the symbols and con ventions used Principal Features Read this section for an overview of the options available in Nikon Capture 4 System Requirements Before installing Nikon Capture 4 check that your computer system meets the requirements listed in this section Before You Begin Introduction ...

Page 6: ...onimaging com Background Knowledge This manual assumes knowledge of operations common to Windows and Macintosh envi ronments Refer to the documentation provided with your computer for more information on operations specific to your operating system Illustrations This manual is for use with both Windows and Macintosh versions of Nikon Capture 4 While the majority of the illustrations in this manual...

Page 7: ...ocessing and can be used to adjust RAW images in ways not supported by other software Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control When a D2 or D1 series D200 D100 D70s D70 or D50 camera is connected to a com puter running Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con trol photographs can be recorded directly to the computer hard disk as they are taken The controls in the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Con trol window can be used to rele...

Page 8: ...onal Nikon Support Center enter the supplied user ID and password and the e mail address you used to register After confirming that the computer is connected to the Internet click Activate Nikon Message Center A dialog allowing you to opt in or out of Nikon mailings will be displayed If you do not have an account or have forgotten your password confirm that the computer is con nected to the Intern...

Page 9: ... D1 series cameras USB Built in USB interface Built in USB interface RATOC REX PCIU3U USB interface board USB 2 0 for use only with D2 series cameras under Mac OS X Supported cameras Camera Control D2 series D1 series D200 D100 D70s D70 and D50 Other CD ROM drive required for installation Internet connection required for some options With CarbonLib version 1 6 or later Connect the camera directly ...

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Page 11: ...EF format image enhance ment settings are saved separately from the original image data allowing you to modify settings repeatedly without degrading the quality of the original image Nikon Capture 4 Editor is also equipped with a batch option for automated processing of multiple images This chapter details the operations that can be performed using Nikon Capture 4 Editor It is divided into the fol...

Page 12: ...lay the tools and Quick Tools palettes Image window Displays images currently opened for editing Any number of image win dows can be open simultaneously Image area Shows the image currently being edited Quick Tools palette Contains tool buttons for Nikon Capture 4 Editor 9 Tool palettes These palettes are used for image en hancement 29 Application window Windows only Menu bar Contains the menus fo...

Page 13: ...e saved C C 22 Zoom Cursor Use to zoom the image in the active window in and out Z Z 18 Hand Cursor Use to view portions of the image not currently vis ible in the active window H H 18 Open Multi Image Window Open the Multi Image window where images in the selected folder can be previewed Ctrl T cmd T 15 Show Nikon Capture Camera Control Launch Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 107 Batch Open the Bat...

Page 14: ...ect All Programs Nikon Capture 4 Nikon Capture 4 Editor Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional or Programs Nikon Capture 4 Nikon Capture 4 Editor other versions of Windows Other Ways of Starting the Editor Windows Nikon Capture 4 Editor can be started by double clicking the Nikon Capture 4 icon in the folder to which Nikon Capture 4 was installed If a shortcut to Nikon Capture 4 was creat...

Page 15: ...apture 4 Camera Control enter the product key supplied on the Nikon Capture 4 CD case Mac OS 9 Dutch Italian Korean and Swedish versions of Nikon Capture 4 are not available for Mac OS 9 Other Ways of Starting the Editor Mac OS Mac OS 9 If an alias for Nikon Capture 4 was created on the desktop during installation the Editor can also be started by double clicking the alias Mac OS X If Nikon Captur...

Page 16: ...n Capture 4 Editor To close the Nikon Capture 4 Editor window and exit Nikon Capture 4 open the File menu and choose Exit Windows or Quit Mac OS 9 In Mac OS X select Quit Nikon Capture Editor from the application menu Windows Mac OS X ...

Page 17: ...log 98 Choose from six megapixels 3 008 1 960 pixels and ten megapixels 4 016 2 616 Opening Image Files Nikon Capture 4 Editor can be used to open images created with Nikon digital cameras and images previously saved using Nikon Capture Original image saved image Format Extension RAW NEF Nikon Electronic Format NEF 83 Image saved in NEF RGB TIFF TIFF RGB TIF 83 YCbCr TIFF 16 bit TIFF RGB 8 bit TIF...

Page 18: ... to open 3Click Open Double click the file or select it from the files listed and click Open The selected file will be opened in an image window in Nikon Capture 4 Editor Using Drag and Drop Images can also be opened by dragging them into the application window Windows or im age window Macintosh Windows Macintosh ...

Page 19: ...area Displays the imag es in the selected folder as thumb nail previews Multi Image window Lists the images in the selected folder Image area Shows the image currently being edited Images are edited in the same way as in image windows 29 The Multi Image Window The Multi Image window can be used to display multiple images without opening them in separate im age windows reducing the amount of memory...

Page 20: ...cally modified via the Enable Color Aberration Control option in the Performance tab of the Options Preferences dialog 100 The Icon Images to which changes have not been applied are indicated by an icon The icon disappears when the image is displayed in the image area or is saved at the new settings Selecting Multiple Images To select multiple images for printing or to save under another name clic...

Page 21: ... File Name and Type File Type and Date of Recording or File Type and Date Modified if File Type and Date of Re cording or File Type and Date Modified is selected images will be sorted by file type in the order NEF JPEG and TIFF with images of the same file type sorted by date of recording or date of modification Choose Sort Order to sort images in ascend ing or descending order Change Thumbnail Si...

Page 22: ...he title bar Scrolling the Image If the entire image is not visible at the current zoom ratio the hand cursor can be used to view other areas of the image To activate the hand cursor click the button in the tool palette The mouse pointer will change to to scroll the image drag the mouse in the direction you want to go You can also scroll the image using the scroll bars Zoom ratio Double Clicking t...

Page 23: ...triangle in the Bird s Eye palette title bar 29 By default the Bird s Eye palette is in Tool Palette 3 The portion of the image visible in the active image window is indicated by a red outline Red outline displayed When the mouse pointer is moved over the red outline it changes to a cursor Drag the red outline over the area of the image you would like to view The selected area will be dis played i...

Page 24: ...ndow 90 degrees to the left To rotate the image 180 degrees select 180 degrees from the Rotate sub menu Flipping Images Use the commands in the Flip sub menu to flip the image in the active window horizontally or vertically Rotating JPEG Images Image files must be opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor before being rotated To save the changes the image must then be saved to disk If the image is in JPEG ...

Page 25: ...ll be rotated up to 10 to make the refer ence line horizontal or verti cal The degree of rotation is displayed in the Rotation text box The Rotation Text Box Choose CW clockwise or CCW counter clockwise and enter the degree of rotation in the text box The image can be rotated up to 10 3Click OK Draw Level If a message is displayed stating that the reference line is too short draw a longer referenc...

Page 26: ...in the current crop will be deleted In NEF format the entire image is saved together with information about the location of the current crop Cancelling the Current Crop To cancel the current crop double click anywhere in the image window The selection may not be cancelled if Keep the output size is selected in the Size Resolution palette 79 Moving the Crop To move the crop over a different part of...

Page 27: ...e cursor but it can be used as a rough guide to brightness Values for R G B and the average of the three range from 0 to 255 with values for sixteen and twelve bit images being scaled to fit in this range x y coordinates The position of the cursor in the image window measured in pixels from the top left corner of the image Monitoring Watch Points The Information palette can be used to continually ...

Page 28: ...lick the button next to the corresponding listing in the Information palette or drag the icon out of the image window The re maining points will be renumbered to reflect the change RGB and Average Values A warning button will be displayed in the information palette at zoom ratios of less than 100 Clicking this button will display a dialog stating that accurate RGB and average values can not obtain...

Page 29: ...t Magenta Not lost Lost Lost Cyan Lost Not lost Not lost Red Not lost Lost Not lost Green Not lost Not lost Lost Blue Lost Highlights and Shadows Before saving images in a format other than NEF adjust settings to avoid losing highlights or shadows in large areas of the image Information lost through editing can not be recovered once an image is saved in a format other than NEF Keyboard Shortcuts P...

Page 30: ...ette title bar 29 By default the Histogram palette is in Tool Palette 3 Channel View the histogram for the entire image or selected chan nels Start End The range of values selected in the histogram display To select an area of the histogram drag the mouse over the histogram display The pixels with values in the selected range will blink in the image window Click Clear to cancel the current selecti...

Page 31: ...er name and click OK The new marker will be added to the markers pal ette Selecting the marker in the markers palette will now restore the picture to the state it was in when the marker was created Preset markers are available for restoring pictures to their original or current state or to the state they were in when last saved To delete a marker select it in the markers palette and click Delete M...

Page 32: ...the lens varies slightly with the wavelength color of light This results in changes in image magnification towards the edges of the image producing a phenomenon known as lateral or transverse chromatic aberration The focus area is shown by red focus brackets Color Aberration Control To reduce lateral chromatic aberration col ored fringes or halos in RAW images taken with Nikon digital SLR cameras ...

Page 33: ...of the palette title The Size Resolution Palette The Size Resolution palette does not have an Apply button Changes to settings in the Size Resolution palette are always visible in the active window Third Party Plug Ins Nikon Capture 4 supports third party nik Color Efex Pro 2 0 plug ins that add a filter palette to Tool Palette 2 More information is available on line 2 Changing Palette Order To ch...

Page 34: ...ndo and Redo The Undo and Redo options in the Edit menu are used to undo and redo the effects of the last op eration The number of consecutive operations that can be undone is limited only by the amount of memory available Operations can not be undone after you have closed the active window or exited Nikon Capture Resetting the Tool Palettes To restore the tool palettes to their default positions ...

Page 35: ...trols Curves 48 Color Balance 66 Adjust luminosity master lightness color brightness chroma color saturation or vividness and hue LCH Editor 57 Adjust color automatically according to the subject Color Booster 63 Convert images to black and white sepia or to other tints or ad just the brightness of the cyan red magenta green or yellow blue channels Photo Effects 64 If the image lacks definition yo...

Page 36: ...ool to fine tune the distribution of tones in the red green blue and master channels Use the Advanced RAW and White Balance tools to adjust the originals TIFF and JPEG Images Use the LCH Editor and the Curves tool to fine tune luminosity saturation hue and tone distribution Use the Color Balance Color Booster or Photo Effects tool for quick visual adjust ments to color ...

Page 37: ... If the image in the active window is JPEG or TIFF the Apply button in the White Balance palette will be grayed out and inactive Mired Any given change in color temperature produces a greater difference in color at low color temperatures than it would at higher color temperatures For example at a color temperature of 6000K a change of 1000K produces almost no change in color while a change of the ...

Page 38: ...light Cloudy 6 000K Suited to photos taken under overcast skies Shade 8 000K Suited to photos taken in the shade on sunny days Standard Fluorescent High Color Rendering Fluorescent Warm White 3000K 3 000K Suited to fluorescent lighting including lighting with a noticeable color cast The type of bulb can be chosen from a sub menu of five options 3700K 3 700K Cool White 4100K 4 100K 5000K 5 000K Day...

Page 39: ... Using a Single Point to Define White Balance After selecting Use a single point click Start The cursor will take the shape of an eyedropper when moved over the image in the active window Click a point that you would like to appear a neutral gray color in the final image The new value for white bal ance will be reflected in the image in the active window Using the Average of the Area Sampled to De...

Page 40: ... the camera make sure the camera is connected and turned on Before copying a value to the memory card remove the card from the camera and insert it in a memory card reader or card slot 1Select Write settings to camera from the white balance settings menu The dialog shown at right will be dis played Enter a descriptive comment of up to thirty six characters D2 series and D200 only and click OK Choo...

Page 41: ...se an option The dialog shown at right will be dis played Click Write to camera Write to card or Cancel Existing comment for selected preset White balance preset menu Write to camera Copy white balance from the White Balance palette to the camera If a D2 series or D200 camera is connected the dialog shown at right will be displayed Choose a preset from the pop up menu and click OK The new value fo...

Page 42: ...where you can choose a destination and file name for the current white balance settings White balance settings are saved with the extension nwb Reset to Recorded Value Selecting this item restores the value for white balance in effect at the time the photograph was taken Write settings to camera If the image in the active window was taken with a D2 series D200 D70s D70 or D50 camera select this op...

Page 43: ...dvanced RAW palette from the View menu the default location for the Advanced RAW palette is Tool Palette 2 and click the triangle at the top left corner of the palette The Warning Button A warning button appears if the image in the active window is displayed at a zoom ratio too low to allow the effects of Advanced Raw settings to be displayed Click the button to view the warning Advanced RAW Advan...

Page 44: ...same way as photographs taken with Black and white selected in the camera Optimize Image menu Photos taken with other cameras are processed in the same way as images converted to black and white using the Effect Black and White option in the Photo Effects palette 64 Tone Comp Adjust image contrast Choose from Unchanged Low Contrast Medium Low Normal Medium High High Contrast or User Defined Custom...

Page 45: ... A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive volume and directory containing the desired settings file only files with the extension nar will be displayed The settings in the Advanced RAW palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save current Advanced RAW settings to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosi...

Page 46: ... palette will be grayed out and inactive Cameras That Support Image Dust Off The following cameras support Image Dust Off D2 series cameras D1X D1H firmware version 1 10 or later D200 D100 D70s D70 and D50 Image Dust Off is not supported with COOLPIX cameras D1 cameras or with earlier versions of the camera firmware for the D1X and D1H Reference Images The position and amount of dust on the low pa...

Page 47: ...folder selection dialog will be displayed Select the folder containing the desired Image Dust Off reference photo and click OK The message shown at right will be displayed Click Yes to search for a suitable reference file If more than one file is found a file selection dialog will be displayed see above Select a reference file for Image Dust Off Clicking No will display a list of all Dust Off ref ...

Page 48: ... set focus to infinity 3Take a photograph With the lens about 10cm from a featureless white object such as a wall frame the object so that it fills the viewfinder and take a photograph The resulting Dust Off ref photo will be recorded as an NEF RAW image 4Transfer the photograph to the computer Creating Dust Off Ref Photos D1 Series and D100 Cameras In addition to D2 series D200 D70s D70 and D50 c...

Page 49: ...tings previously saved using the Save option see below A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive volume and directory containing the desired settings file only files with the ex tension ndr will be displayed The settings in the Image Dust Off palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save Image Dust Off settings to a named file These settings...

Page 50: ...mera will record distance information see the table below Camera Type G or D lens Other lens D2 series D200 D100 D70s D70 D50 Recorded Not recorded D1X D1H firmware version 1 10 or later Recorded Not recorded D1X D1H firmware version 1 01 or earlier Not recorded Not recorded D1 Not recorded Not recorded To use Vignette Control 1Display the Vignette Control palette Select the tool palette containin...

Page 51: ... file only files with the extension nvc will be displayed The settings in the Vignette Control palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save current settings for the Vignette Control palette to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choos ing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the current ...

Page 52: ... palette To enable the tools in the Curves palette turn the Apply button on Opening NEF Files Saved in Nikon Capture 3 5x or Earlier In Nikon Capture 4 changes to color balance apply before changes to curves In earlier versions of Nikon Capture changes to curves applied before changes to color balance with the result that settings may change when the images saved in Nikon Capture 3 5x or earlier a...

Page 53: ...s This allows twelve bit RAW data to be modified without lowering the quality of the output Input is plotted along the horizontal axis with shadows the dark areas of the image to the left highlights the bright areas of the image to the right and mid tones in between The left end of the axis marks the minimum possible value for colors in the selected channel zero or no color the right end the maxim...

Page 54: ...th shadows to the left and highlights to the right The vertical axis gives the number of pixels of each tone level found in the image scaled to fit in the curve edit display Histogram button By assigning the darkest tones in the image an output value of zero and the brightest tones in the image an output value of 255 blacks will be output as blacks and whites as whites making the most effective us...

Page 55: ...electing output levels White Point and Black Point Input Levels Input levels for the white point and black point can be set using any of the following three methods automatic contrast adjustment white point and black point sliders direct sampling using the white point and black point eyedropper tools Automatic Contrast Adjustment In automatic contrast adjustment Nikon Capture automatically selects...

Page 56: ...black point output value This makes it possible to set the black point by matching it to a pixel in the darkest part of the image containing detail you want to preserve eliminating details in darker areas that are not important to the final image Similarly you can match the white point to a pixel in the brightest area of the image containing details important to the final image While direct sampli...

Page 57: ...ack point output sliders on the left side of the curve edit display To set the output level click the slider once to activate it then drag it up or down until you have found the desired output level the output level can also be set by entering a value di rectly in the text box to the left of the slider The effects of the change will be reflected in the active image Sampling White Point or Black Po...

Page 58: ...obliterating detail in shadows The midpoint can be set using the midpoint slider or by directly sampling the image using the midpoint eyedropper tool The Midpoint Slider The midpoint slider is located at the bottom of the curve edit display After clicking the slider once to activate it move it to the left to increase the bright ness of mid tones in the selected channel or move it to the right to d...

Page 59: ...dit mode Move the cursor to the position where you would like to add a new point then click A new point will be added at this position and the curve will automatically be adjusted to pass through this point A point corresponding to a selected location in the active image can be added by click ing the button and then clicking in the desired area in the image window The position of the point can be ...

Page 60: ...be displayed The settings in the Curves palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save curves for all channels to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the current curves Curves are saved with the extension ncv Reset to Neutral Reset all curves t...

Page 61: ... over an image or over the edit window in the LCH Editor input and output levels for the pixel under the cursor are shown on the curve and in the input and output displays for the current channel Clicking the Curve Point button when the cursor is over the image in the active window adds a point corresponding to the area under the cursor to the active curve Show Original Image Data Reset Active Cha...

Page 62: ...oose the maximum white point and minimum black point values for output Input level sliders Choose the maximum white point and minimum black point input levels Mid point slider Set the mid point gamma value Moving the mid point alters the bright ness of mid tones while preserving detail in highlights and shadows Show Histogram button Click to view the luminosity distribution for the final image Cli...

Page 63: ... the curve upward makes colors in the affected portion of the color range more brighter while moving it downward makes the affected colors darker Width slider Adjust the width of the curve that passes through the selected point increasing or decreasing the range of colors affected by the change Intensity The amount by which the brightness of colors under the selected point will be increased or dec...

Page 64: ... that passes through the selected point increasing or decreasing the range of colors affected by the change Exclude Gray Neutral colors grays may seem over saturated when chroma is raised Check this option to increase chroma without affecting grays This option has no effect when chroma is reduced below the value in the original image Output slider Moving the slider affects the saturation of all co...

Page 65: ...lor and drag it up and down until it intersects with the desired output color Width slider Adjust the width of the curve that passes through the selected point increasing or decreasing the range of hues affected by the change Output slider Moving the slider affects the hue of all colors in the image Scale button Click to change the vertical scale from 60 through 120 to 180 and back again the degre...

Page 66: ...tem to save settings for all channels to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the current LCH Editor set tings LCH Editor settings are saved with the extension nlv Reset to Neutral Reset all curves to linear Advanced Color Preferences Open the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences d...

Page 67: ...tton Option Description Copy to Clipboard Copy current Color Booster settings to the clipboard Load Select this item to load settings previously saved using the Save option see below A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive volume and directory containing the desired settings file only files with the extension ncb will be displayed The settings in the Color Booster palette wi...

Page 68: ...balance sliders Select None to use the balance sliders to adjust the brightness and contrast of the cyan red magenta green and yellow blue channels in the original image Brightness contrast slider Drag the slider to the right to increase overall brightness and contrast to the left to reduce brightness and contrast or enter a value between 100 and 100 directly in the text box to the right of the sl...

Page 69: ...rectory containing the desired settings file only files with the extension npe will be displayed The settings in the Photo Effects palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save Photo Effects settings to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for curr...

Page 70: ...n the image making the image as a whole more white Dragging the slider in the direction darkens all the colors in the image making the image as a whole darker and less distinct Unlike adjustments to the midpoint in the Curves palette this setting applies equally to shadows and highlights producing a flat low contrast image A value for brightness between 100 and 100 can be entered directly in the t...

Page 71: ...ed by selecting Color Balance from the Settings menu Option Description Copy to Clipboard Copy current Color Balance settings to the clipboard Load Select this item to load brightness contrast and color balance settings previously saved using the Save option see below A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive volume and directory containing the desired settings file only files...

Page 72: ...increasing the contrast of the edges in the image while leaving other areas untouched The amount of sharpness is determined by three factors in tensity halo width and threshold Creating Unsharp Masks 1Display the Unsharp Mask palette Select the tool palette containing the Unsharp Mask palette from the View menu the default location for the Unsharp Mask palette is Tool Palette 1 and click the trian...

Page 73: ...tional masks The controls in the Unsharp Mask palette allow you to select multiple combinations of colors that can be sharpened to different degrees Repeat steps 1 4 to create additional masks for different color combinations As new masks are created they will be added to the end of the Unsharp Mask list Masks apply in the order listed To change the order in which masks apply select a mask in the ...

Page 74: ...sired settings file only files with the extension num will be displayed The settings in the Unsharp Mask palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save Unsharp Mask settings to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the current Unsharp Mask settin...

Page 75: ...lider to select a value from 0 no noise reduction performed to 100 maximum noise reduction Sharpness High levels of noise reduction may result in loss of definition To increase sharpness drag the slider to select a value from 0 no sharpening performed to 10 max imum sharpness Method Choose Faster for faster processing Better quality for increased precision Edge Noise Reduction Check this box to re...

Page 76: ...taining the desired settings file only files with the ex tension nnr will be displayed The settings in the Noise Reduction palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save Noise Reduction settings to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the curren...

Page 77: ...t is much brighter than the background or the background much brighter than the subject An adjustment value between 0 and 100 can also be entered directly in the text box the default setting is 25 Color Boost Drag the slider to the right to increase color saturation or enter a value between 0 and 100 directly in the text box to its right Better Quality HQ Selecting Better Quality HQ displays the o...

Page 78: ... Description Copy to Clipboard Copy current D Lighting settings to the clipboard Load Select this item to load D Lighting settings previously saved using the Save option see below A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive volume and directory containing the desired settings file only files with the extension ndl will be displayed The settings in the D Lighting palette will ins...

Page 79: ...lly by selecting this option and clicking Start The cursor will change to move the cursor over the image in the active window until it blinks red If the area under the cursor is affected red eye click to correct red eye in the affected area Click Stop when all affected areas have been corrected additional corrections can be performed by click ing Resume or Start and repeating the process described...

Page 80: ... Correction Settings Menu Clicking the button in the Red Eye Cor rection palette displays the red eye correction Settings menu Option Description Copy to Clipboard If Auto is selected this option can be used to copy this setting to the clipboard and apply auto red eye correction to other images Reset to Default Reset red eye correction settings to default values ...

Page 81: ... trimmed around a vertical area in the center of the image that has been processed to compensate for fisheye distortion and the Include areas where there is no image data check box will be enabled Apply button on vertical compensation Include areas where there is no image data selected horizontal compensation Image created with supported fisheye lens Areas without image data filled in white light ...

Page 82: ...containing the desired settings file only files with the extension nfe will be displayed The settings in the Fisheye Lens palette will instantly revert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save Fisheye Lens settings to a named file These settings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the current Fi...

Page 83: ...lution palette is Tool Palette 1 and click the triangle at the top left corner of the palette RAW Image Size D1X Only The D1x is designed to record images at 3 008 1 960 pixels six megapixels Image quality will not necessarily increase when RAW images are output at a size of 4 016 2 616 pixels ten megapixels equivalent to the dimensions of the CCD NEF Images When an image is saved in NEF format th...

Page 84: ...Resolution palette This height width aspect ratio will be maintained when you adjust the size of the crop in the active window and scale will be adjusted to reflect changes to the size of the crop scale can not be increased beyond 200 If the image can not be output at the current resolution using the new dimensions resolution will automatically be adjusted to an appropriate value This option is us...

Page 85: ...evert to the saved settings Save Select this item to save size and resolution settings to a named file These set tings can later be recalled using the Load option Choosing Save displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the current size and resolution settings Size and resolution settings are saved with the extension nsr Reset to D1X 6MP Reduces RAW images created with ...

Page 86: ...og Check the adjustments you want to save and click Copy to display a dialog where you can choose a destination and file name for the selected settings The set tings are saved with the extension set and can later be recalled with the Load option If this file is later selected for batch processing images will be processed ac cording to the settings in the file 92 116 Save All Adjustments Select thi...

Page 87: ...different ways NEF images created in Nikon Capture 4 can only be opened in Nikon Capture 4 or in Adobe Photoshop 6 0 or later using the Nikon NEF filter supplied with this product Photographs recorded at an image quality setting of uncompressed NEF RAW can be compressed when saved in NEF format compressed RAW images are automatically saved in compressed NEF format and can not be saved in uncompres...

Page 88: ...from Highest Compression Ratio Good Compression Ratio Good Balance Good Quality and Excellent Quality 2Confirm progress in the Save Progress window 87 If the Use Save Progress Window option is not selected in the Performance tab of the Preferences dialog 100 files will be saved immediately and the Save Progress win dow will not be displayed The Save Progress window is not available in Windows 98 S...

Page 89: ... information 4Adjust compression settings The type of compression available depends on the file type selected in Step 3 NEF Images that are not already compressed can be saved using a nearly lossless com pression algorithm by selecting Use Compression D2 series D200 D100 and D1 series cameras only This check box is automatically enabled when a compressed RAW image is saved compressed RAW images ca...

Page 90: ...can not be selected if the chosen file format is NEF If this check box is on the image will automatically be opened in the selected application after being saved to disk File Names If multiple images are selected in the Multi Image window a File Names button will be displayed Click this button to view or modify file naming rules 113 The Multi Image Window If the image in the Multi Image window is ...

Page 91: ...in the Save Progress dialog If this option is not selected only file names will be displayed Saves This tab lists the names and status of files that have yet to be saved Progress Log Lists warnings errors and completed or cancelled tasks Pause restart or cancel the selected operation Reopen Progress Log tab Reopen the selected file in an image window Show only errors and warnings Progress Log tab ...

Page 92: ...ee below Printer Displays the currently selected printer Paper Displays the current paper size Printable area Displays the maximum dimensions of the area that can be printed per sheet at cur rent printer and paper size settings Print preview Check this option to display a preview of how the images will print on the currently se lected printer Click the next page button to page through the selected...

Page 93: ...the date and time of recording To choose the font used to print the date or date and time click Change Use output resolution Check this option to print the image at its native resolution and dimensions In Nikon Capture 4 this is the size and resolution selected in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Size Resolution palette 79 If the image will not fit in the printable area see above at the current printer ...

Page 94: ...es printed in five rows of eight columns each Image information list Print page consisting solely of the following information for the selected images file name camera make and model exposure program date and time of creation shutter speed aperture and white balance The size of the images is automatically adjusted according to the layout Select Rotate images to fit to rotate images to print at the...

Page 95: ...e Layout dialog When this option is selected the Print button in the Page Layout dialog will change to Save Clicking the Save button displays the Save Image s dialog where you can choose a destination folder and file name and select Quality JPEG compression from Maximum High Me dium or Low Each page is saved as a separate file Use thumbnail data Check this option to print the pictures at draft res...

Page 96: ...ialog Batch Processing Nikon Capture 4 supports automated processing of multiple images batch processing Batch processing is used to automate image processing capturing images applying pre defined image adjustment settings and saving images to disk automatically It is most effective when applied to a series of photographs taken under identical conditions Images are processed in the order taken Whe...

Page 97: ...eck for new images in the specified folder once every ten seconds This option is not available when Include subfolders is checked or when Use save progress window is selected in the Performance tab of the Preferences dialog Delete files from this folder after they are processed Check this option to delete image files from the selected folder after processing A warning dialog will be displayed befo...

Page 98: ...Boost Select For People Always or For Nature Always to apply the ef fects of the Auto button in the Color Booster palette or For people only when re lated settings are neutral or For nature only when related settings are neutral to apply this effect only if Color Booster settings have not already been adjusted manually 3Specify how images will be processed In the Image Adjustments section specify ...

Page 99: ...n be chosen from Highest Compression Ratio Good Compression Ratio Good Balance Good Quality and Excellent Quality For more information on the options available see Saving Images 83 Bit Depth The bit depth the number of bits of color information per channel for each pixel in the image at which the image will be saved Bit depth can only be selected if the selected file type is TIFF RGB and the origi...

Page 100: ...hotographs and processed images Show file paths Select this option to show the source and destination file paths File paths are not dis played if Only show warnings and errors is checked 6Exit the batch processing dialog When batch processing is complete the Stop Batch button will change to Batch Com plete Click Batch Complete to exit the batch processing dialog The Log Area If an error occurs dur...

Page 101: ...ication settings 98 Performance Fine tune application performance 100 Temporary Files Specify the location of the folders used for temporary storage 101 Advanced Color Set the defaults for the white and black points in the Curves window 102 Grid Lines Specify the spacing and color of the grid displayed in image windows 103 Color Management Select the color profiles used by the Nikon Color Manageme...

Page 102: ...front Show full path in the image window title bar Windows only Select this option to display the full paths and file names of the images opened in image windows Use this monitor for new images Macintosh only In a multiple display environment select the monitor that will be used to display images opened in Nikon Capture 4 Editor This option is not available when only one monitor is con nected Init...

Page 103: ... zoom when scale changes Select this option to keep the same zoom ratio when changing output size in the Size Resolution palette The window is resized to display the image at the new output size Opening Files with Photoshop Mac OS 9 In Mac OS 9 temporary files created when images are opened in Photoshop can be deleted from the Trash by selecting Empty Trash from the Special menu in the Finder whil...

Page 104: ...bsequently be turned on and off using the Color Aberration Control option in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Image menu 28 if the Color Aberration Control option is off when the image is saved color aberration control will not be performed when the image is next opened even if Enable Color Aberra tion Control is selected in the Preferences dialog Image Enable color aberration control On Off Image saved...

Page 105: ... in the Windows di rectory while the default volume for the Macintosh is the start up disk To choose a different folder in the Windows version of the program click the Browse button and navigate to the desired location In the Macintosh version a new volume can be chosen from the pop up menu The Temporary Files Tab Changes to settings in the Temporary Files tab also apply to Nikon Capture 4 Camera ...

Page 106: ...t the expense of detail choose a higher value Black Dropper value White Dropper value Controls the default output values for white point and black point Output for each channel can be set to a value between zero and 255 these settings can also be adjusted in the Curves window By default output levels for the white point are 255 for each channel which displays as white on most computer monitors The...

Page 107: ...grid line every Enter a value for grid spacing in the text box The units for the grid can be selected from the pop up menu to the right of the text box The options available are pixels inches millimeters centimeters picas and points at settings other than pixels grid spacing can be entered up to two decimal points Display n subdivisions per line The number of subdivisions into which each grid cell...

Page 108: ...t is not checked the profile embedded in each image will be used Printer profile Specifies the printer profile to be used when printing images Use profile for printing If this option is checked you can choose a profile for printing by clicking the Browse button The selected profile will appear in the adjacent text box If this option is not checked the default RGB color space will be used Intent If...

Page 109: ... profiles provided with Nikon Capture are general purpose almost neutral profiles that are not based on a specific ink set making them suited for use where output conditions are not known The Information Palette The color space profile for the image in the active window is displayed in the Information palette 23 ColorSync Default Profiles for Documents The default color space profiles for editing ...

Page 110: ...ox can not be changed If Use profile for printing is not selected images will be printed using the default RGB profile Intent If you have chosen to use a printer profile the type of matching to be performed can be selected from Relative and Perceptual Depending on the profile changing the match ing method may produce no change in output This option is not supported with some profiles consult the m...

Page 111: ...ings are displayed in Camera Control This chapter describes the Camera Control and Custom Set tings windows For more information on camera settings see the documentation provided with your camera The Camera Control Window Read this section for a description of the controls in the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window as well as for information on launching and closing the Camera Control window cap...

Page 112: ...camera firmware is version 2 00 or later Users of earlier versions will need to upgrade the camera firmware before using Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Contact a Nikon authorized service representative for information on firmware upgrades Illustrations Save where otherwise noted the illustrations in this section show the dialogs displayed when the D70 is connected Camera control page selection tab...

Page 113: ...amera Control D2 Series D200 D100 D70s D70 D50 Cameras Users of the above cameras will need to ensure that the appropriate setting is chosen for USB option in the camera setup menu before connecting the camera to a computer running Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control Choose a USB setting according to your computer s operating system Operating system D100 D2 series D200 D70s D70 D50 Windows XP Choose Ma...

Page 114: ...ture 4 Editor or Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control enter the product key supplied on the Nikon Capture 4 CD case Mac OS 9 Dutch Italian Korean and Swedish versions of Nikon Capture 4 are not available for Mac OS 9 Other Ways of Starting Camera Control Windows If a shortcut to Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control was created on the desktop during installa tion Camera Control can also be started by double cl...

Page 115: ...g the camera 1Exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control To close the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window open the File menu and choose Exit Windows or Quit Mac OS 9 In Mac OS X select Quit Nikon Capture Control from the application menu 2Disconnect the camera For information on disconnecting your camera from the computer see the documentation provided with your camera Mac OS X Windows Macintosh Window...

Page 116: ... not the camera memory card Open the Camera Control window Open the Download Options dialog Close the Camera Control window Exit Camera Control Take pictures Adjust capture options Start Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 110 113 114 115 Connect the camera to your computer Finish shooting Rotate images to match camera orientation 114 1Start Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 110 2Display the Download Opti...

Page 117: ...of this manual for more information on the cameras supported under Nikon View When a new image is received from camera Choose the application that will be used to display captured photographs after they are saved to disk Do nothing Photographs are not displayed after being saved to the computer hard disk Show it with the Multi Image Window except in Windows 98 SE Windows Me Nikon Capture 4 Editor ...

Page 118: ...for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu Select an option once to enable it again to disable it Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CCW If this option is checked images will be rotated 90 counterclockwise as they are saved Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CW If this option is checked images will be rotated 90 clockwise as they are saved 5Take pictures Take pictu...

Page 119: ...ue entered in the neighboring text box will be indicated by a flash ing border To display histograms for the red R green G and blue B channels put a check in the corresponding box 6Exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control To exit Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control click the close button in the title bar of the Nikon Capture Camera Control window Triangle The Minimize Button Clicking the minimize button in ...

Page 120: ...aphs will be processed Select Live Batch from the Camera menu Finish shooting 117 117 118 118 118 Open the Live Batch dialog 119 Open the batch progress dialog 119 119 Close the batch progress dialog Auto Image Rotation D2 Series D200 D70s D70 D50 Only If On or Automatic the default setting is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu D2 series D200 D70s D70 and D50 came...

Page 121: ...n Capture Editor button Apply settings in Select this option to process the images using combination settings created using the Save Selected Adjustments or Save All Adjustments option in the Nikon Capture 4 Editor Settings Image Adjustment menu 82 note that if Calculate Automatically is selected for white balance in the settings file the recorded value will be used when images are processed Click...

Page 122: ...al image has a bit depth of over eight bits 4Choose whether to save original photographs In the Archive section choose whether to save unprocessed copies of the photographs captured from the camera Save Unmodified Files Check this option to save both the original image and copies pro cessed according the options selected in the Image Adjustments section Save to This text box shows the folder to wh...

Page 123: ...nimize button in the progress dialog minimizes Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 5Click Start Click Start to put the selected settings into effect A progress dialog will be displayed 6Take photographs Take photographs using the camera shutter release button 7End batch processing Once you have finished taking photographs click Stop Batch to end batch processing If the Batch Task text box shows that im...

Page 124: ...oose whether to process photographs au tomatically Choose an interval setting Choose the number of photographs to be taken Choose whether to focus before each shot Select Time Lapse Photography from the Camera menu 120 121 121 121 122 Open the Time Lapse Photography dialog 122 Open the time lapse photography progress dialog 122 122 Close the time lapse photography progress dialog 1Display the Time...

Page 125: ...pe Bracketing Step Brack eting Order Exposure Mode Choose the bracketing program exposure or white balance increment bracketing order and exposure mode Bracketing type and bracketing order are not available with the D50 Time Interval Settings If the delay is shorter than the time required to record each photograph the actual interval between photographs will be longer than that specified in the Ti...

Page 126: ...drive Error Logs If an error occurs during shooting an error log will be displayed click OK to close the log and return to the Camera Control window The Minimize Button Clicking the minimize button in the progress dialog minimizes Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 7Close the Time Lapse Photography dialog Once the specified number of shots has been taken the Stop Shooting button will change to Shootin...

Page 127: ...rently connected Camera name Camera orientation D2 series D200 D70s D70 D50 only If On or Automatic the default setting is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu camera orientation will be indicated by an icon as shown below No icon will be displayed if Off is selected Horizontal Rotated 90 clockwise Rotated 90 counterclockwise Hide Camera Control Click this button to...

Page 128: ...toexposure lock All supported models Speedlight flash level compensation D2 series D1 series M UP mirror up mode selection D2 series D200 Selection of second center focus area group in group dynamic AF mode D2 series D200 Simulated LCD Panel This panel shows the information displayed in the camera s viewfinder with the exception of camera errors Clicking on an indicator in the panel opens the Niko...

Page 129: ...ntrolled from Nikon Capture when Custom Setting 22 has been set to allow aperture to be adjusted manually using the lens aperture ring D1 series only Exposure Comp Exposure compensation is useful when shooting subjects containing sharp lighting contrasts or on other occasions when you want to modify the exposure value deter mined by the camera Exposure compensation is available in all exposure mod...

Page 130: ...ries D200 D100 D70s D70 D50 only When this option is checked the camera will adjust sensitivity ISO equivalency automatically ISO auto White Balance White balance is used to ensure that colors which appear white when viewed directly are white in the final photograph It can also be used to produce an intentionally unbalanced rendering of a scene See the camera manual for details Fine Tune Set Temp ...

Page 131: ...ies and D200 image quality can be se lected from Fine Normal and Basic When RAW 12 bit JPEG 8 bit is selected with the D70s D70 or D50 image quality is fixed at Basic JPEG Compression D2X D2Hs D200 only Choose from Fixed size and Optimal quality See the camera manual for details Color D1 series only Choose from Color and Black White Black White is not avail able when RAW is selected for Data Forma...

Page 132: ...should not however exceed the capacity of the camera memory buffer as shown at the right edge of the LCD display Values larger than the capacity of the camera memory buffer will be shown in red This setting only applies when the camera is connected and differs from the maximum selected in the Custom Settings menu D70 Self Timer and Remote Modes When a D2 series D200 D70s D70 D50 or D100 camera is ...

Page 133: ...anual exposure mode Bracketing Type Bracketing Step Bracketing Order Exposure Mode Choose the brack eting program exposure or white balance increment bracketing order and exposure mode Bracketing type and bracketing order are not available with the D50 AF Area Mode Choose the AF area mode If Enable controls on the camera body is checked D2 series D200 only the current AF area mode will be shown bu...

Page 134: ...he lens type some information may not be displayed If the lens focal length or maximum aperture have been specified manually see below an asterisk will appear next to these values Edit D2 series D200 only This button is only available when a non CPU lens is mounted on the camera Clicking Edit displays the dialog shown at right where the lens focal length and maximum aperture can be entered Click O...

Page 135: ...e See the camera manual for details Long Exposure Noise Reduction D2 series D200 D100 D70s D70 D50 only Select this op tion to reduce noise at slow shutter speeds See the camera manual for details High ISO Noise Reduction D2X D2Hs D200 only Select On Normal On Low D200 only or On High to reduce noise at high sensitivities See the camera manual for details Saving and Loading Camera Control Settings...

Page 136: ... Camera Curves window are identical to those in the Curves window except in the following respects 1 only the master channel not individual RGB channels may be edited 2 there is a limit of 20 spline points 3 the midpoint may not be edited 4 a user defined sample image can be selected by clicking Sample Image the sample image must be a RAW image created with a D2 series D1 series D200 D100 D70s D70...

Page 137: ...ges Measure White Balance Use this option to measure preset white balance If the camera currently connected supports multiple values for preset white bal ance the setting that will be used to store the measured value can be chosen from the pop up menu at the top of the dialog Adjust camera settings as described in the section on preset white balance in the cam era user s manual and click OK to mea...

Page 138: ...he shooting menu bank in which changes to settings will be stored while the camera is controlled from Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control See the camera manual for details The D2 series and D200 allow a descriptive comment to be added to the name of each shooting menu bank Clicking Edit dis plays the dialog shown at right where the comments for each bank can be edited Click OK to copy the comments to t...

Page 139: ...e Exposure 2 tab of the Camera Control window PC Shooting Mode D1 series Custom Setting 30 this option is adjusted from the Mechanical tab of the Camera Control window Tone Compensation D1 series Custom Setting 24 Color Mode D1X D1H Custom Setting 32 Hue Adjustment D1X D1H Custom Setting 33 Noise Reduction D100 Custom Setting 4 can be adjusted from the Processing tab of the Camera Control window C...

Page 140: ...Cameras Custom Settings for D1 series and D100 cameras are divided among three tabs Page 1 Page 2 and Page 3 See the camera manual for details Custom Settings for D70 D70s and D50 Cameras Custom Settings for the D70s D70 and D50 are divided among three tabs Basic Ad vanced 1 and Advanced 2 See the camera manual for details Custom Settings for D2 Series and D200 Cameras Custom Settings in each bank...

Page 141: ...Capture 4 Camera Control window Click Cancel to cancel any changes to settings and return to the Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control window The General Tab The General tab contains the following item While Nikon Capture Camera Control is running keep camera awake Choose how long the exposure meters remain on when the camera is operated on battery power This setting only takes effect when the camera is ...

Page 142: ...sion of the program click the Browse button and navigate to the desired location In the Macintosh version a new volume can be chosen from the pop up menu The Color Management Tab For more information on the Color Management tab see Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences 104 105 Macintosh Windows Folder for Temporary Data The folder chosen for temporary storage in the Temporary Files tab also applies t...

Page 143: ...rofile information when opening images in Adobe Photoshop version 7 0 or later Appendix C The Nikon NEF Plug in Refer to this section for information on using the Nikon NEF plug in to view RAW pictures in Adobe Photoshop Appendix D Troubleshooting Read this section for information on what to do when Nikon Capture 4 does not function as expected Appendix E Glossary Refer to this section when you ar...

Page 144: ...andard in the United States of America Software and hardware manufacturers use it as a default color profile and guarantee op eration when it used It is also on its way to becoming the standard for images on the web This profile is suited to users who plan to use their digital images as is without editing or printing them It however suffers from the drawback of a narrow gamut with a limited area a...

Page 145: ...ile it boasts a fairly wide gamut it suffers from the drawback that the area devoted to the reproduction of cyan is relatively small The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop is CIE RGB Adobe Wide RGB NKWide icm Windows Nikon Adobe Wide RGB 4 0 0 3000 Macintosh This color space profile designed by Adobe incorporates most of the visible colors This however has the consequence that most of th...

Page 146: ... 0 21 0 15 y 0 32900148 y 0 33 0 71 0 06 CIE RGB Std Illuminant C x 0 33333333 2 2 CIE RGB x 0 735 0 274 0 167 y 0 33333333 y 0 265 0 717 0 009 Adobe Wide RGB 5000K D50 x 0 34570292 2 2 700 525 450nm x 0 735 0 115 0 157 y 0 3585386 y 0 265 0 826 0 018 Default Windows monitor 6500K D65 x 0 31271591 2 2 HDTV CCIR 709 x 0 64 0 3 0 15 y 0 32900148 y 0 33 0 6 0 06 Default Macintosh monitor 5000K D65 x ...

Page 147: ...ofile information If you save the image in TIFF JPEG JFIF or JPEG Exif information about the color profile used in Nikon Capture 4 will be embedded in the file and Adobe Photoshop will use this information to process colors appropriately when the file is opened For more information see Adjusting Settings in Adobe Photoshop 144 Step 1 Choosing a Monitor Profile Choose a monitor profile as described...

Page 148: ...bed below 1Display the Color Settings dialog Select Color Settings from the Adobe Photoshop Edit menu 2Check Advanced Mode 3Select Preserve Embedded Profiles Select Preserve Embedded Profiles from the RGB pop up menu in the Color Man agement Policies section 4Deselect Ask When Opening Remove the check from Ask When Open ing in the Profile Mismatches area of the Color Management Policies section 5C...

Page 149: ...ng in effect at time picture was taken Option Description No change No change Incandescent New value suited to incandescent lighting Fluorescent New value suited to white fluorescent lighting High color rendering fluorescent New value suited to cold fluorescent lighting Daylight New value suited to direct sunlight Shade New value suited to outdoor shade Cloudy New value suited to overcast conditio...

Page 150: ...r Adobe Photoshop version 6 0 or later Windows or 7 0 or later Macintosh If a copy of Photoshop is detected at installation the NEF plug in will automatically be copied to the Photoshop File Formats plug ins folder If you installed Photoshop after installing Nikon Capture 4 you will need to copy the plug in to the folder listed below Windows Nikon NEF Plugin 8Bi Photoshop CS or later Plugins Adobe...

Page 151: ...we recommend that the camera be powered by an adapter available separately when connected to the computer If you are using an AC adapter is it properly connected and plugged in Is the mode dial set to PC D1 series only Is the function dial set to P S A or M D100 only Is the correct option selected in the USB menu D2 series D200 D100 D70s D70 and D50 only Select PTP when connecting a D2 series D200...

Page 152: ...ocus At default settings Nikon Capture 4 does not modify images when they are captured from the camera In the General tab of the Preferences dialog verify that your images are being captured at Nikon Capture s default settings and not at the settings of the last image cap tured See Preferences for more information 98 Alternatively check the settings in the Curves Color Balance and Unsharp Mask win...

Page 153: ...channels and a master channel that combines the three See also Color space Clip The percentage of pixels at both ends of the curve that are excluded in an auto contrast op eration See also Tone curve CMS See Color management system CMYK A reflective subtractive color model commonly used in printing which models color using combinations of the three secondary colors used in printer s ink Cyan Magen...

Page 154: ...uld be produced by an ordinary wide angle lens Gamma Gamma also written γ a fundamental property of video systems determines the intensity of the output signal relative to the input When calculating gamma the maximum possible input intensity is assigned a value of one and the minimum possible intensity no input is assigned a value of zero Output is calculated by raising input to the inverse of the...

Page 155: ...rm that takes advantage of the properties of hu man vision which is more sensitive to light in the lower wavelengths to increase quantization at lower frequencies JPEG compression is lossy meaning that information is lost when images are compressed leading to a drop in image quality A lossless compression option is also supported in some implementations JPEG images can be compressed to as much as ...

Page 156: ...age quality setting of HI RAW Raw unmodified image data from the camera s image sensor charge coupled display or CCD are saved in uncompressed form at a pixel bit depth of twelve bits per pixel RAW images can only be opened in Nikon Capture 4 and must be saved again in a standard image format such as TIFF or JPEG before they can be opened in another application See also NEF Resolution The density ...

Page 157: ...pressed depends on the bit depth of the image Nikon Capture 4 supports 256 tone levels per channel at a bit depth of eight bits and 4096 tone levels per channel at a bit depth of twelve bits data with a bit depth of twelve bits are handled internally as sixteen bit data The distribution of tones in the image can be seen in the Curves window histogram See also Bit depth Tone curve A visual tool for...

Page 158: ...rescent lighting A digital camera in contrast must adjust colors according to lighting if colors that appear white when viewed directly are also to appear white in the final photograph This adjustment is called white balance White point The input value above which all input tones are mapped to the maximum output value the default for the master channel is white Any details brighter than the white ...

Page 159: ...7 106 Eyedropper tool 35 48 52 54 102 150 Exposure compensation 39 125 F File formats 13 83 File names 86 95 113 118 Find Tool dialog 30 FireWire 4 150 Fisheye lens 31 77 78 150 Fisheye Lens palette 31 77 78 Flash sync mode 126 Flexible program 125 Flipping images 20 Focus area 28 G Gamma 54 150 Gamut 141 150 General tab Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control 137 Nikon Capture 4 Editor 98 99 Gray point 35...

Page 160: ...ding 38 41 45 47 56 62 63 65 67 70 72 74 78 81 82 Size Resolution palette 31 79 81 Shadows 25 49 Sharpening 39 131 See also unsharp mask Shoot button 123 124 Shooting data See photo infor mation sRGB 105 140 142 Straightening images 21 Subdivisions 103 System requirements 4 T Temporary files 101 138 Threshold 68 69 153 Thumbnail 15 17 153 TIFF 13 31 83 86 99 153 Time lapse photography 120 122 Titl...

Page 161: ...No reproduction in any form of this manual in whole or in part except for brief quotation in critical articles or reviews may be made without written authorization from NIKON CORPORATION Ver 4 4 En ...