Capture NX
Capture NX is a photo editing computer program developed by Nik Software in partnership with Nikon[1] for macOS and Microsoft Windows.
Developer(s) | Nik Software |
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Initial release | February 21, 2006 |
Website | imaging |
Developer(s) | Nik Software |
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Initial release | June 3, 2008 |
Website | imaging |
Developer(s) | Ichikawa Soft Laboratory Co. Ltd |
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Initial release | July 15, 2014 |
Stable release | NX-D : 1.6.2
/ February 18, 2020 |
Operating system | Windows 8 or later; OS X Yosemite or later |
Website | nikonimglib |
In September 2012, Google acquired Nik Software,[2] but Capture NX has remained a Nikon software and is advertised as a Nikon product.[3]
In July 2014, Nikon released a new software Capture NX-D to replace Capture NX 2. As such, Nikon D810 is the first camera[4] to support only Capture NX-D. Capture NX-D was developed based on SILKYPIX Developer Studio[5] and does not contain the U-Point technology from Nik Software. Since February 2020, the current release of the software does not install on Windows 7 anymore.
Features of both Capture NX products
- Complete raw image format support from import to export (for supported cameras), including Nikon's own RAW format NEF (Nikon Electronic File).
- Non-destructive image editing.
- Color management control with Soft Proofing.
- Color Aberration Control, D-Lighting (High Speed/High Quality), Image Dust Off, Vignette Control and Fisheye-to-Rectilinear Image Transformation.
- Noise Reduction: global or selective adjustments.
- Color Balance, Contrast/Brightness, Saturation/Warmth.
- Lens correction tools, such as chromatic aberration or distortion control.
- Auto Retouch Brush, to remove blemishes and dust from images. (not in Capture NX-D V 1.0 but will be added later)
- Shadow/Highlight Adjustment, to open up shadows or recover blown out highlights.
- Improved Edit List, to apply common editings like auto color aberration, auto red-eye correction, vignette control, tone curves, contrast and highlight, exposure compensation and shadow protection.
- Filters, Ratings and Sorting Toolbar.
Features of Capture NX-D only
- All changes are saved to a Sidecar File in subfolder NKS_PARAM.
- At this moment relatively low performance (for versions 1.0x - 1.3x) comparing to latest versions of Capture NX 2.4x
Features of Capture NX only
- All changes are saved to the NEF file.
- Color Control Point editing for hue, brightness and saturation.
- Selection Control Points, selectively edit photographs without the need to manually outline or mask the area for editing.
- Plug-In Interface for Nik Color Efex Pro
- Ability to use Dust Off Reference photo created by some Nikon DSLR's to automatically remove dust from images
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See also
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Aperture (software)
- iPhoto
External links
References
- "Interview with Keita Kimura". imaging.nikon.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- Lardinois, Frederic (September 17, 2012). "Google Acquires Nik Software, The Company Behind The Popular Snapseed Photo Editing App For iOS". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- "Capture NX 2 Photo Editing Software". nikonusa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- "No NX2 support for the D810". Flickr Groups. 2014-07-06.
- "Capture NX-Downgrade? Nikon improves multiple monitor support, but loses U-Point control". www.imaging-resource.com. 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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