If you are trying to get the best out of Nikon Capture NX, this is the webpage you want to bookmark. I am trying to create a comprehensive collection of available Nikon Capture NX and NX2 resources on the web. Here is the current list of how-to guides, tutorials, tips, techniques, and other related information. Please consider it work-in-progress. If I missed anything, please let me know by using the comment box below. Last updated: June 9, 2011.
What’s new
[June 9, 2011]: Using Nik Plug-ins with Capture NX 2.
[August 26, 2010]: Capture NX 2 v2.25 update.
[September, 2009]: Getting the “cool” look – Tutorial by Paul van Allen. Learn the cool trick of using Noise Reduction to soften the skins.
[September, 2009]: Image Dust Off – Why it doesn’t seem to work. Color Management in Nikon Capture NX – Earthbound Light
[August 4, 2009]: NXSignature – The Signature Tool For Capture NX – How to add signature to your photos using Capture NX.
[May 27, 2009]: Capture NX 2 tutorial: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX2 – Brought to you by DPTnT.
[May 20, 2009]: Capture NX 2: Understanding Blending Modes – Discussion about the 5 blending modes available in Capture NX2. Brought to you by DPTnT.
[May 8, 2009]: Book: Capture NX2 After the Shoot available – Capture NX2 book by Mike Hagen (Check his other books).
[April 21, 2009]: Nikon Capture NX 2.2 Review – Jason Odell, the author of the excellent ebook The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX2 (eBook for NX 2), reviews the latest Capture NX 2 update.
[April 13, 2009]: Capture NX2 Online Training by Jason Odell - Jason Odell, the author of the excellent ebook The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX2 (eBook for NX 2), offers online interactive training sessions.
[March 31, 2009]:
- Nikon Capture NX2 V2.2 Update Released – Get the latest Capture NX2 update.
[February 20, 2009]:
- Nik Software Capture NX2 training video: Use New Selection Control Points to Selectively Apply Enhancements
- Nik Software Capture NX2 training video: Capture NX 2′s Intuitive Controls Save Time and Make Editing Easy
Both are added to the “Capture NX2 Resources from Nikon/Nik Software” section.
[January 17, 2009]:
- Capture NX2 in 90 seconds – 90 seconds or less tutorial videos in the “Capture NX2 resources from Nikon” section.
- Capture NX 2 How-To Videos – Tutorial videos by Michael Rubi in the “Community and discussion groups” section
[January 10, 2009]: Added the following in the “Capture NX2 resources from Nikon” section.
- Straighten tool – Fix tilting horizon
- Black and white control points – Enhance image with BW control points (how to use Double Threshold)
Capture NX Resources from Nikon
- NX – How to Open Files in Capture NX from Nikon View
- NX – ICC profiles and Capture NX’s Color Management
- NX – How do I correct for red-eye that occurs with flash photography?
- NX – How to use the Edit List
- NX – How to print a “contact sheet” of images for browsing on different
- NX – How to print an image without margins. (Borderless print)
- NX – How to print contact sheets with or without image information
- NX – How to change the color profile for multiple images
- NX – How to print copies at a specific size
- NX – How to manage and organize your images using Labels
- NX – How to rename multiple JPEG images without resaving
- NX – How to use the different print options
- NX – How to Crop an image and print to that size
- NX – How to use the “Zoom Tool” and “Light Table” views for viewing thumbnails
- NX – How to reduce the effects of Chromatic Aberration.
- NX – How to correct a color cast in a JPEG or TIFF image for more natural color
- NX – How to eliminate or reduce dust spots visible in some images
- NX – How to enhance dull withered looking grass
- NX – How to enhance contrast using the Auto Levels feature
- NX – How to batch process using the “Save As..” option
- NX – How to use the Levels and Curves tool to optimize contrast
- NX – How to use the Base Adjustments
- NX – How to adjust contrast using Control Points
- NX – How to “soft proof” your images before printing
- NX – How to crop an image
- NX – How to compensate for loss of detail in an overexposed RAW image
- NX – How to isolate an object or subject and apply gradated saturation
- NX – How to blur the background to accent your subject
- NX – How to enhance sunset images
- NX – How to enhance a dull blue sky
- NX – How to batch convert files
- NX – How to use the Plus and Minus Brush for localized enhancement
- NX – How to convert multiple RAW NEF images to JPEG
- NX – “How to ” series – Article List (All of the above and links to PDF version)
Capture NX2 Resources from Nikon/Nik Software
- Getting the “cool” look – Tutorial by Paul van Allen. Learn the cool trick of using Noise Reduction to soften the skins.
- Capture NX2 – Control points (video) – Understanding control points
- Capture NX2 – Auto retouch brush (video) -
- Capture NX2 – Lenses (video) – Learn Capture NX2 with the easy to follow videos
- Color control points – To change the color of the sky
- Selection control points – Partial brightening
- Auto retouch brush – Remove dust spots
- Selection control points (Unsharp Mask) – Selectively sharpen eyes
- Quick fix – Quickly adjust brightness and vividness
- Optional picture control (Landscape) – Make colors of landscape more vivid
- Straighten tool – Fix tilting horizon
- Black and white control points – Enhance image with BW control points (how to use Double Threshold)
- Capture NX2 – Quick and easy photo editing techniques – Tutorials
- Using White/Black Control Points – Make dull and lifeless image more dramatic (increase contrast)
- Using Color Control Points – Make unhealthy, withered-looking grass a more vibrant green
- Using Auto Retouch Brush – Remove dust of foreign matter
- Capture NX2 in 90 seconds – 90 seconds or less tutorial videos
- Nik Software training videos
- Nik Software Capture NX2 training video: Use New Selection Control Points to Selectively Apply Enhancements
- Nik Software Capture NX2 training video: Capture NX 2′s Intuitive Controls Save Time and Make Editing Easy
Tutorials and guides on DPTnT (this site)
- Image Dust Off – Why it doesn’t seem to work.
- NXSignature – The Signature Tool For Capture NX – How to add signature to your photos using Capture NX.
- Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX2
- Capture NX 2: Understanding Blending Modes – Discussion about the 5 blending modes available in Capture NX2.
- Capture NX2 Video Tutorial: White Background Product Photo
- Capture NX2 Video Tutorial: High Key Portrait
- Video Tutorial: Create Negative Images in Capture NX2
- Capture NX2 Auto Retouch Brush
- Capture NX2 Tutorial: High Key Portraits
- Soft Focus Effect in Capture NX2
- Precise Crop in Nikon Capture NX2
- Black and White Conversion in Capture NX2
- Cross Processing in Capture NX2
- High Pass Sharpening using Nikon Capture NX -
- Recover Shadow Details with D-Lighting -
- Selection Brush in Nikon Capture NX -
- Create The Orton Effect Using Nikon Capture NX -
- How to Create LOMO Effect in Nikon Capture NX -
- How To Create a Soft Fade Vignette Effect in Nikon Capture NX -
- Contrast Enhancement in Nikon Capture NX -
- Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX
- Get Punchy Colors in Capture NX -
- Capture NX Quick and Dirty Dust Spot Removal -
- Red Eye Removal in Capture NX -
- Retouching Portraits with Capture NX, Part I – Changing Eye Color -
- Retouching Portraits with Capture NX, Part II – Reducing Dark Circles -
- Retouching Portraits with Capture NX, Part III – Remove Hot Spots
- Capture NX for JPEG Shooters -
- Version Control in Capture NX -
- Upload Photos Directly to Flickr from Nikon Capture NX -
Other sites or resources
- Using Nik Plug-ins with Capture NX 2
- Color Management in Nikon Capture NX – Earthbound Light
- Nikon Capture NX 2.2 Review – Jason Odell, the author of the excellent ebook The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX2 (eBook for NX 2), reviews the latest Capture NX 2 update.
- Capture NX2 Online Training by Jason Odell - Jason Odell, the author of the excellent ebook The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX2 (eBook for NX 2), offers online interactive training sessions.
- Jason Odell’s Capture NX2 Videos
- Capture NX2 Videos by Moose Peterson
- Official Nikon Capture NX site -
- Download Capture NX2 trial version -
- NX101.com – Another Capture NX resource list
Community and discussion groups
- DPReview.com forums – Discuss Capture NX/NX2 in Nikon groups
- Capture NX Users Group on Flickr – Nikon Capture NX users group on Flickr
- Capture NX discussion board on NikonCafe – Nikon Capture NX discussions
- Capture NX Q&A – Forum at Luminous Landscape
- Capture NX 2 How-To Videos – Tutorial videos by Michael Rubin
Books
- Jason Odell – The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX
- Jason Odell – The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX2
- Ben Long – Real World Capture NX
- Ben Long – Real World Capture NX2
- Mark Hagen - Book: Nikon Capture NX 2 After the Shoot
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