Comments on: The Ultimate Nikon Capture NX and NX2 Resource Guide

By: SteveK

SteveK — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:13:44 +0000

That link to ProPhotoRGB does not work

http://www.dodgecolor.com/downloads.html

Any ideas?

The page flashes past and within 1 second I am redirected
Using Safari and FireFox, neither are working.

By: Benny

Benny — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:46:58 +0000

Sorry, its not for capture NX2 but plug-ins for photoshop, i see that now.

But, the webinar “The power of Capture NX2″ , scheduled on January 28 and March 16, 2010 is recommended.

gr.

Benny

By: Benny

Benny — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:37:55 +0000

Some nice webinars to review from Nik Software at:

http://www.niksoftware.com/learnmore/usa/entry.php?view=webinars/archive.shtml

Also future webinars are planned….

gr.

Benny

By: picmax

picmax — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:56:29 +0000

Great! I had a plan for a long time to do something like that but I was trying to render fonts into pixels rather than using a jpeg. I think it does make it a whole lot easier.

Thanks!

Max

By: totographe

totographe — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:12:55 +0000

Hi picmax,
I’ve made a tool called NXSignature which might be of interest to you. It’s a simple program aimed at creating signatures or watermarks for CNX.

The how-to is written in french but I think it’s pretty straight forward and easy to understand thanks to the screenshots.
More about NXSignature here:
http://totographe.free.fr/index.php?post/2009/01/14/NXSignature-loutil-de-signature-pour-Capture-NX

By: picmax

picmax — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:03:38 +0000

Local WB adjustment is quite challenging. I suggest you try the following:

1) Set the global WB correct to the sky and the grass etc where the interior lights are not affecting.

2) Use neutral control points if you have gray areas in the image to adjust WB in the areas affected by interior lighting. If not, you can use Levels& Curves (adjust individual channels), LCH, or Color Balance tools to adjust WB manually.

3) Use Selection Brush, Selection Control Points etc to limit the affected areas from Step 2.

If you could provide an example, I can play with it and see if there are other ways.

Max

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:18:34 +0000

Local adjust of WB in CaptureNX2?
I’m currently taking a architectural exterior/interior photography course and trying to shoot with mixed lighting. For example, a dusk shot of a house with interior lights on. Goal is to show backyard, patio, interior, sunset behind house. The photos are shot NEF with both auto & daylight white balance.

When editing in CaptureNX2, changing the global WB to Incandescent gets the interior & patio correct, but puts a dark blue onto the sky & yard. After watching your excellent videos, I’ve tried using Color Control Points & ‘-’ Selection Brush tools to remove the blue with limited success. My results are not great & it is taking me a long time to get things sorted out.

Can you suggest a better method? Should I be using LCH? or?

What CCP sliders should I use to locally remove Incandescent WB?
To locally remove Fluorescent WB?

By: Matteo

Matteo — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:01:31 +0000

Hi,
thanks for this page.
I found exaclty the tip I was looking for!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:02:03 +0000

Hi, just came across your fabulous website from a link in the Retouch forum on dpreview. I don’t have NX2 yet, and in fact am not sure why I need it, as I have Photoshop CS4 and Camera Raw, Lightroom, Bridge, etc. What I was hoping to find on your page, right near the top actually, was not all the How-Tos — but the Whys ! Why use NX and NX2 in the first place, if one has ACR? Unless I missed it, if you can, perhaps you can have an introductory page explaining this? I’ve heard that CNX does a better job opening NEF than ACR, but I’d love to see examples. What can NX do that ACR and PS can’t? etc.

THANKS!
Anthony

By: TMac

TMac — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:00:49 +0000

Question on Jason P Odell e book.

I was wondering if you could shed some light on the free settings files to use in Capture NX2, offered by Jason.
1) What are they exactly
2) How do you install them

Thank you

By: picmax

picmax — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:45:31 +0000

TMac, Windows Vista has built-in support for color management. Go to Control Panel and you will be able to find it there. You can certainly install a different profile, including ProPhotoRGB. If you don’t already have it, you can download it from http://www.dodgecolor.com/downloads.html. Simply right-click on it and select “Install Profile”. After that, go to Capture NX2 Preferences and you will be able to choose ProPhotoRGB as the default color space.

Max

By: T Mac

T Mac — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:53:05 +0000

I run on Windows vista and have installed Capture nx2.
My question is in regards to color management and would like to know my choices.
What is the default program for vista / Capture nx2.
Can i install the pro photo color profile or any other profile.
How do I do it.

By: picmax

picmax — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:47:03 +0000

Both are pretty good. Perhaps Jason’s eBook is a little more popular. However do note that Jason’s book is available in eBook only while Ben Long’s book is available in both formats.

Max

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:59:55 +0000

Thank you for a WONDERFUL resource. Just stumbled across it this morning
Just purchased NX2 and have been looking for resources to learn this program
Can you recommend any of the books listed on this page. Is one better than the other
Thanks again for your time putting this together.
Will be using this quite a bit!

By: picmax

picmax — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:01:33 +0000

Unfortunately Capture NX does not have these features you are looking for. But it is possible to use the Selection Brush + Colorize tools to get handwriting stuff on a photo.

Max

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:19:07 +0000

Hello,

Lately I was testing some processing procedures on the Capture NX2 trial version.
I didn’t find (yet) steps to perform the following functions:

- watermark (copyright logo and name) imprint on photos,
- overlay (sandwich) of two photos,
- panorama.

Thank you for any advise.

Andreas

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:05:03 +0000

Hello Max!

After thirty-something-years of shooting on film using Nikon FM and FE2 I decided to go digital with Nikon D60 and couple of lenses.
To make the transition complete I installed Capture NX 2 trial version since I intend take pictures also in B&W.
Here began my trouble in using and discovering the endles possibilities of the software. It has colossal potential in working with RAWs. I shoot RAW only.

Desperate as I was finally I found your amazing website!!!
All my questions were answered using your clear step-by-step instructions.
Now I can do digitaly what I have done years in “wet” darkroom.

Max, I thank you very much for consolidating valuable how-to on Capture NX 2.
I wish you all the best in doing this.

Andreas

By: picmax

picmax — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:03:30 +0000

ProphotoRGB color profile used to come with Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop. Now it seems that the color profile is no longer installed in system directory so no other third party softwares can use it.

You can download it from here:

http://www.dodgecolor.com/downloads.html

Hope this helps.

Max

By: T. Mac

T. Mac — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:24:45 +0000

Question,

I have recently purchased Capture NX 2 and the DVD by Vincent Versace which sheds some information about Capture NX2. While listening to the introduction settings ect a point was made that leads to this question.

On the DVD Vincent says for your color management we should forgo the default setting of RGB color space and make Prophoto the setting. He suggests prophoto for many valid reasons
• Greatest volume of color
• Best looking skin tones ect ect

My question now is how I obtain prophoto( I do not see it in my color management profile)
Do I just install it on my computer then change the capture nx2 color management to pro photo.
I am a relative novice with all of this and if you can respond with some advice and if you have to read between the lines of this query please do.

Thank you

By: picmax

picmax — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:25:22 +0000

Capture NX has no concept of layers but each adjustment step is similar to a layer and you can select from several different blending modes as well as adjust the opacity of each adjustment step.

By: beck

beck — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:54:34 +0000

How do i create layers with NX2?

By: picmax

picmax — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:36:58 +0000

Thank you for the kind words. We do have other things about digital photography at DPTnT but Capture NX and NX2 have been the main traffic driver for this site.

Enjoy Capture NX2 and come back for more tips, tutorials, and resources.

Max

By: Bunsen Honeydew

Bunsen Honeydew — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:05:12 +0000

I’m impressed with this website because it deals specifically with NX & NX2. The tutorials are easy to follow & save a lot of time searching elsewhere. I have NX & I am waiting for the NX2 upgrade to arrive. keep up the good work.

By: picmax

picmax — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:31:23 +0000

Bill,

Thank you for your kind words. You can expect better stuff to come to this website in the future.

Capture NX2 is not for RAW only because it can also edit JPEG and TIFF images from any camera. Some RAW specific functions are disabled if you use it for JPEG or TIFF but most powerful features still remain functional.

Max