![]() ![]() No miserable selection layers a la Photoshop. Select via colour point or selection point, choose the edit and bingo done.Īlso the ability to immediately brush in any edit step only-where-wanted was an invaluable time saver. They were the coolest, neatest thing ever. ![]() I did everything with colour points and selection points. The glory of NX2 was the colour/selection points for local selections and local edits. Lots of guessing what the little symbols mean.Īnd there is no room left for the photo by the time all those palettes get opened up. One should not have to "count icons from the left" to find something. That set of instructions reinforces why I think there is a horrible klunkiness to this app. On each channel histogram move the endpoints inward to meet the ends of the histogram. You can level each channel manually if desired by selecting R, G and then B from the RGB drop-down menu. They call it "Auto Contrast", but it is really an auto-levels which adjusts each of R, G and B separately. There is a yin-yang circle, half-black half-white to click on for Auto-Levels. On the Edit pane under the 5 "steps" there is a row of icons - 6 to the left and 2 to the right.Ĭlick on the 6th from left to bring up Levels & Curves which is a Levels tool in disguise. Normally I would also load these into Photoshop to adjust levels, but I am just keeping it simple for this comparison. ![]() So NX-2 is a pretty nice usable software for white balancing Nikon RAW files, and for free, so I am not going to say much bad about it. Last I am showing you the same final result using CNX2. Normally I would adjust 'shadows' in CNX2, but this worked nicely. Then I used something called 'ADL Normal' to adjust exposure in the exposure compensation +/- section, it seemed to work best. (I could not find any way to 'marquee' the entire frame as I am able to do with CNX2, but I didn't look too long, so there may be a way to do that, or not, I don't know, but this 'small square' is good enough) Then I used the WB tool at the top of the screen, NX-D lets you hold down the left mouse button to make a 'small square' over the dandelion leaf area. I loaded a Dandelion NEF (RAW file) into NX-D, I set it for 'Direct Sun' (mostly to start it off looking as close to Lost Cat's new lens test shots as I could make the colors look). Here is a link to Nikon NX-D (click on "FREE DOWNLOAD" at right on that page.): Nikon has a newer similar software called NX-D, currently free for download.Īndrea knows the history and info about this software. I have been using Nikon's Capture NX2 to white balance UV shots for years. Quick test of Nikon NX-D software for white balance of UV shot. ![]()
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