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Table of Contents
Before You Begin: Introduction........................................................................................................1
Overview: About This Manual.........................................................................................................2
Principal Features: Features Available in Nikon Capture 4............................................................3
Nikon Capture 4 Editor......................................................................................................................3
Nikon Capture 4 Camera Control.......................................................................................................3
System Requirements: What You Need to Run Nikon Capture 4 .................................................5
Installation.........................................................................................................................................5
Image Adjustment: Nikon Capture 4 Editor....................................................................................7
The Editor Window: Getting to Know Nikon Capture 4 Editor....................................................8
Starting Nikon Capture 4 Editor.......................................................................................................10
Exiting Nikon Capture 4 Editor.........................................................................................................12
Opening Image Files ........................................................................................................................ 13
Zoom...............................................................................................................................................18
The Bird’s Eye Palette.......................................................................................................................19
Rotating and Flipping Images...........................................................................................................20
Selecting a Crop..............................................................................................................................22
The Information Palette...................................................................................................................23
The Histogram Palette .....................................................................................................................26
The 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 10.5 mm Fisheye Lenses) ..............................77
Output Size and Resolution .............................................................................................................79
Saving and Loading Image Adjustment Settings ..............................................................................82
Saving Images..................................................................................................................................83
Printing Images................................................................................................................................88
Batch Processing..............................................................................................................................92
Nikon Capture 4 Editor Preferences: Fine-Tuning Nikon Capture 4 Editor................................97
The General Tab ..............................................................................................................................98
The Performance Tab.....................................................................................................................100
The Temporary Files Tab................................................................................................................. 101
The Advanced Color Tab................................................................................................................ 102
The Grid Lines Tab.........................................................................................................................103
The Color Management Tab (Windows) ........................................................................................104
The Color Management Tab (Macintosh).......................................................................................105