Capture NX: Recover Shadow Details with D-Lighting
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October 8th, 2007.

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5 Responses to “Capture NX: Recover Shadow Details with D-Lighting”

  1. pete Says:

    Really useful stuff - perhaps you can get Nikon to hire you to re-write the manual?

  2. picmax Says:

    Pete,

    Thanks for the comment. I would not want to work for Nikon though. That would limit what I can say on my blog. ;-)

    Max

  3. Randy Says:

    I am a long-time NX user, but only recently discovered the utility of the D-Lighting feature. However, I have found that depending upon the amount of D-Lighting applied, this process can cause color shifts. For example, this can occur when trying to recover shadow details in pictures involving skin tones, as application of D-Lighting can sometimes result in a reddish cast. Accordingly, I often add an additional “color balance” step to take this into account. Just a thought.

    – Randy

    By the way, thanks for preparing and posting your tutorials. I shoot in NEF format exclusively, and find NX to be the best editor for Nikon raw files. Unfortunately, there are number of techniques and treatments that I had to leave for Photoshop (after converting to a TIF) because I simply wasn’t proficient enough or knowledgeable enough about NX to perform these edits. Your site is helping to change that.

  4. picmax Says:

    Randy,

    Thanks for your comment and the great tip. More tutorials (and likely a book) will be coming. ;-)

    Max

  5. Wingfai Says:

    Your tutorial make me save the money which I have prepared to replace my D70 with D80.

    Thanks a lot !

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