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Nikon Capture NX 2 Full Version

Nikon Capture NX 2 Full VersionBrand: Nikon
Category: Photography

List Price: $179.95
Buy New: $110.00
as of 3/11/2010 18:45 CST details
You Save: $69.95 (39%)



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Seller: tccat
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars reviews

Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Microsoft XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows Vista, Mac OS X
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0

MPN: 25385
Model: NX 2 Full
UPC: 018208253852
EAN: 0018208253852
ASIN: B001B057U6

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Full-featured photo-editing software for quick and easy image editing
  • Color control points let you quickly change the colors of select images
  • Automatic retouch tool for removing blemishes, dust, and other distractions
  • Redesigned interface with customized workspaces and new image browser
  • Supports latest versions of Windows and Mac operating systems

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Powerful Tools for Quick and Easy Photo Editing

Capture NX 2 is a full-featured non-destructive photo editing program that provides photographers powerful tools to quickly and easily edit their photographs.

Color Control Points:
Enhancements for hue, brightness and saturation are as simple as placing a Color Control Point on your image, then adjusting the length of the sliders. For example, Color Control Points are remarkably convenient for changing the color of flowers for better effect against green surrounding foliage. Take a dull gray sky and add blue to change the mood of a captured scene.

NEW! Selection Control Points:
Now you can selectively edit photographs without the need to manually outline or mask the area for editing. Simply place a Selection Control Point anywhere on the photograph then choose from almost any adjustment such as D-Lighting, Unsharp Mask or Noise Reduction, while limiting the reach of that adjustment to just the selected area.

NEW! Auto-Retouch Brush:
Capture NX 2 adds an automatic retouch tool to its image editing toolbox allowing users to seamlessly remove blemishes, dust and other distracting elements from photographs while maintaining the integrity of the image.

NEW! Shadow/Highlight Adjustment:
With just a simple slider adjustment you can easily open up shadows or recover blown-out highlights. Highlight recovery is most effective for RAW (NEF) files however it will work with JPEG and TIFF files as well.

Redesigned Interface includes:

  • Customized Workspaces
  • Improved Toolbar function and layout
  • Improved Edit List functionality
  • Newly designed image browser featuring a Favorites Folder
  • Improved Image Resolution adjustments

Capture NX 2 features award-winning U Point technology for precision selection and application of enhancements without complicated selections or layer masks. Designed to closely match the way photographers work wi

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Nikon's Capture NX 2 software is a full-featured, nondestructive photo-editing program that gives photographers all the tools they need to quickly and easily edit their photographs. Also available in a reduced-price upgrade version (requires a valid serial number from v1.x), the software offers such editing features as color control points, selection control points, an auto-retouch brush, and shadow/highlight adjustment.

Enhancing the hue, brightness, and saturation of an image is as simple as placing a color control point on your image, then adjusting the length of the sliders. For example, color control points are a remarkably convenient way to change the color of flowers to look better against green surrounding foliage. As an alternative, editors can take a dull gray sky and add blue to change the mood of a captured scene. The selection control points, meanwhile, let you selectively edit photographs without manually outlining or masking the area for editing. Simply place a selection control point anywhere on the photograph, and then choose from almost any adjustment, including D-Lighting, Unsharp Mask, or Noise Reduction, while limiting the 'reach" of that adjustment to just the selected area.

Capture NX 2 also adds an automatic retouch tool to its image editing toolbox, allowing users to seamlessly remove blemishes, dust, and other distracting elements from photographs while maintaining the integrity of the image. And thanks to the shadow/highlight adjustment, you can easily open up shadows or recover blown-out highlights. Highlight recovery is most effective for RAW (NEF) files; however, it will work with JPEG and TIFF files as well.

The software's redesigned v2 interface includes such features as customized workspaces, an improved toolbar function and layout, improved edit list functionality, a redesigned image browser with a favorites folder, and improved image resolution adjustments. The software's holdover features from v1.x range include black/white/neutral control points, color management control, color aberration control, distortion control, a color booster, contrast/brightness adjustment, a saturation/warmth adjustment, black-and-white conversion, straighten and crop tools, and much more.

Finally, Capture NX 2 features award-winning U Point technology for precision selection and application of enhancements without complicated selections or layer masks. Designed to closely match the way photographers work with their images, Capture NX2 is easy to learn and creates the highest-quality results. Note that the software fully integrated with all Nikon software, including Camera Control Pro 2, Image Authentication Software, Transfer, and ViewNX.

Capture NX 2 System Requirements

Windows

  • Preinstalled version of 32-bit Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate (Service Pack 1) editions or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) editions
  • Pentium 4 processor or better
  • 768 MB RAM minimum (1 GB or more recommended)
  • 200 MB free hard disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution (1,280 x 1,024 recommended) with 16-bit color (32-bit color recommended)
  • CD-ROM drive; Internet connection; approved memory cards for importing/exporting custom picture controls

Macintosh

  • OS Macintosh OS X v10.4.11 or 10.5.2
  • PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Xeon, or better processor
  • 768 MB RAM minimum (1 GB or more recommended)
  • 200 MB free hard disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution (1,280 x 1,024 recommended) with 64,000 colors (16.7 million colors recommended)
  • CD-ROM drive; Internet connection; approved memory cards for importing/exporting custom picture controls



Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars one of the best   March 9, 2010
M. Rausch (Wi. USA)
one of the best photo editing programs you can buy without going to a full blown suite like photoshop. the easy of use, and the ability to edit photos is outstanding. this programs handles probably 98 percent of everybody's needs to edit pictures. don't know how compatible with windows. i use it on a mac. i recommended this program to several of my friends.


4 out of 5 stars Love it!   March 3, 2010
Quiet Painter (SC, USA)
This was a great addition to go with my Nikon DSLR - It is not an easy software to learn, but it does a great job -- though you do have to have another photo editing program if you want to do more than just enhance your photos.


5 out of 5 stars Amazing!   March 2, 2010
D. W. Moore (Portland, OR USA)
I am learning to use Capture NX 2 after many years experience with Photoshop, and some experience with Adobe Camera RAW. This will do things that Camera RAW will not. Camera Raw will do things that NX 2 will not. You cannot jump between the two programs to use both tools on a single RAW file. However, it's worth the time for difficult shots to process the RAW and then convert the better result to TIFF. I have been working on scanned slides in TIFF format opening them in Capture NX 2 and only using Auto Exposure followed by D-Lighting in precision mode and then saving as a TIFF. I open the TIFF in Adobe Camera RAW, make some tweaks and then finish up in Photoshop.

I am very impressed with Nik Software plug-ins for Photoshop, and NX 2 has some of the genius under the hood. I was thinking that it would be nice to have some of the features of NX 2 within Photoshop, so I bought Viveza 2 and it is wonderful. I also am very impressed with Nik's Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete. The U-Point technology works well in these two plug-ins and in Capture NX 2. It gives you a different approach to applying effects to a particular area.

I'm leaving this review because the other reviews refer to mostly Photoshop Elements and not Adobe Camera RAW. Hope this helps.



5 out of 5 stars Very Flexible and Powerfull   February 27, 2010
Marcelo C. Cassese (Concord CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

As a NX2 user for few years I've seen how it has evolved and turned to be a great product specially for Nikon users. From the great U point technology to the full control of raw images it is worth to have it (specially if you shoot raw images).


5 out of 5 stars Works well   February 10, 2010
Jeffrey Sheer (Southern Pines,NC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Very good for the price. Works well on Windows 7 and Vista. Bit of a learning curve but comes with a book.
NikonUSA website has some useful tutorials.


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