User manual NIKON CAPTURE NX

[. . . ] No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form, by any means, without Nik Software, Inc. 's prior written permission. Nikon reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described in these manuals at any time and without any prior notice. nor Nikon will be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of this product. While every effort has been made to ensure the information in these manuals is accurate and complete, we would appreciate it were you to bring any errors or omissions to the attention of the Nikon representative in your area (addresses are provided separately). [. . . ] Certain file formats provide you with options when saving: NEF COMPRESSION Choose whether or not you want to compress your NEF file. Please note: This option is only accessible if the NEF file created within your camera was not compressed. COMPRESSION Choose from two different compression options: None This option does not compress the image information. LZW TIFF This option employs a lossless compression scheme based on the LZW compression algorithm. BIT DEPTH Choose to save your image either as an 8- or 16-bit per channel image. Please note: The 16-bit option is not available with the TIFF file format set to CMYK, and you may only save the image as a 16-bit image if the original image was 16-bit. COLOR MODEL Choose from two different color models to save your image data in: EMBED ICC PROFILE Check this box if you would like to embed the current profile in your image. It is recommended that you leave this box checked 115 unless your printer requests that you do not embed the color profile in the image. Shortcut: Ctrl + S (Windows) Command + S (Mac OS) JPEG C h ap ter 20 Save As. . . . The Save As feature enables you to save the current image into a different file, with the ability to change the location, the file name, and file extension. NEF COMPRESSION QUALITY Choose from Highest Compression Ratio, Good Compression Ratio, Good Balance, Good Quality, Excellent Quality settings. Please note: This option is only accessible if the NEF file created within your camera was not compressed. TIFF COLOR MODEL Choose from two different color models to save your image data in: RGB This color model saves your image information with Red, Green, and Blue color channels, and is recommended for most images. CMYK This color model saves your image information with Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black color channels, and is recommended only if you will be saving your image for printing with a device that requires a CMYK image. File Menu EMBED ICC PROFILE Check this box if you would like to embed the current profile in your image. It is recommended that you leave this box checked unless your printer requests that you do not embed the color profile in the image. ADVANCED The Advanced Show/Hide Triangle provides with access to the Quality Slider. Quality The Quality Slider provides you with more control over the level of compression that is used when saving the image in the JPEG format. COMPRESSION Choose from two different compression options: 116 None This option does not compress the image information. printer requests that you do not embed the color profile in the image. ADVANCED LZW This option employs a lossless compression scheme based on the LZW compression algorithm. The Advanced Show/Hide Triangle provides with access to the Quality Slider. Quality C h ap ter 20 File Menu BIT DEPTH Choose to save your image either as an 8- or 16-bit per channel image. Please note: The 16-bit option is not available with the TIFF file format set to CMYK, and you may only save the image as a 16-bit image if the original image was 16-bit. The Quality Slider provides you with more control over the level of compression that is used when saving the image in the JPEG format. Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows) Command + Shift + S (Mac OS) EMBED ICC PROFILE Check this box if you would like to embed the current profile in your image. It is recommended that you leave this box checked unless your printer requests that you do not embed the color profile in the image. Revert Select the Revert option to remove any changes from the file that were made since the last file save. Close The Close option closes the current image. If there are any unsaved changes made to the image, you will be provided with an option of saving those changes. JPEG QUALITY Choose from Highest Compression Ratio, Good Compression Ratio, Good Balance, Good Quality, Excellent Quality settings. The higher the quality, the larger the file size. Shortcut: Ctrl + W (Windows) Command + W (Mac OS) EMBED ICC PROFILE Check this box if you would like to embed the current profile in your image. It is recommended that you leave this box checked unless your Print Setup. . . The Print Setup option provides you with controls for setting up your printer and print environment. Within this option you can set the paper size, 117 paper source, and orientation, as well as other options which depend on the printer and operating system. It is recommended that you open and adjust the settings within this dialog prior to selecting Print. Browser and selecting print, you can create Print Packages, contact sheets, or print multiple images in a batch. C h ap ter 20 Print. . . The Print option enables you to set all of the necessary parameters in order to print your image. Additionally, a number of options are presented to enable you to create Print Packages, add meta data to the print, and color manage your prints. You may elect to print the active image by selecting Print from the File Menu, or you can select a range of pictures to print by highlighting multiple images within the Browser and selecting Print. By selecting multiple images within the After selecting Print from the File Menu, the Print dialog will appear. [. . . ] The effect is the same as performing Unsharp Mask with the Luminosity channel selected in the Adobe Photoshop Lab color model. If Unsharp Mask is applied to a single channel, such as red, the values for ab (chrominance) are used to determine what points in the image are red, and Unsharp Masking applied to the Luminosity channel for those points only. An intensity of around 20% in Capture NX is roughly equivalent to 100% in Adobe Photoshop. Intensity must be set to at least 1% if sharpening is to apply. Batch Processing Before Using Batch Processing To ensure that desired results are achieved, we recommend processing a test image before beginning batch processing. [. . . ]