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Nikon Capture 4 editor component contains a variety of
tools for enhancing images, including the Curves, LCH
Editor, Color Booster, Photo Effects, Unsharp Mask, Noise
Reduction, D-Lighting, Red Eye Correction, and Fisheye
Lens tools. With RAW (NEF) images, it can be used to adjust
white balance and tone compensation, to reduce the effects
of dust on the camera image sensor, including color moiré
(Image Dust Off), and to correct for chromatic (color) aber-
ration and the slight darkening at the margins of an image
(vignetting) particular to the fi eld of view of a given lens.
When RAW im ag es are saved in NEF for mat, im age en hance -
ment settings are saved sep a rate ly from the orig i nal image
data, allowing you to mod i fy set tings re peat ed ly with out
de grad ing the qual i ty of the orig i nal im age. Nikon Capture
4 Editor is also equipped with a batch option for au to mat ed
pro cess ing of multiple im ag es.
This chapter details the operations that can be performed
us ing Nikon Capture 4 Editor. It is divided into the following
sections:
The Editor Window
Read this section for an overview of the controls in the Nikon
Capture 4 Editor window.
Image Adjustment
Read this section for instructions on enhancing images us ing
Nikon Capture 4 Editor.
Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences
Read this section for information on fi ne-tuning settings in
the Nikon Capture 4 Editor window.
Image Adjustment
Nikon Capture 4 Editor