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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