i Chapter 1 Table of Contentsi Table of ContentsIntroduction ................................................. 1RAW File Format Benefits ..................................2Camera Relationship ..........................................3System Requirements &Installation .................................................. 5System Requirements .........................................5Installation ..........................................................5U Point™ Technology ............................... 9The Capture NX Interface ..................... 13Getting Started......................................... 17Opening Capture NX........................................17Welcome Screen ...............................................18Browsing and Opening Images .......................19Window Functionality Within Capture NX .....20Exiting Capture NX...........................................20File Format Differences ....................................21How to Print .....................................................23Batch Processing ...............................................23The Browser............................................... 29Folder Menu .....................................................31Label Menu .......................................................32Sort Menu .........................................................33Batch Menu ......................................................34File Directory ............................................. 37Camera Settings ....................................... 39IPTC ............................................................... 41The Edit List ............................................... 43Base Adjustments Step.....................................44Camera Adjustments ........................................45RAW Adjustments ............................................50Lens Adjustments .............................................52Light & Color Adjustments................................54Detail Adjustments ...........................................57Enhancement Steps ..........................................59Show/Hide Triangle ...........................................60Apply Step Checkbox .......................................60Apply Enhancement Checkbox .........................60Link Icon...........................................................60Adjust & Filter Pull-Down Menu ........................61Opacity Mixer ...................................................61Selection Notification Area ...............................64Feather Control ................................................64Versions Menu ..................................................65Automatically Generated Versions ....................65Manually Generated Versions ...........................65Batch Menu .....................................................66New Step Button ..............................................66Working with Enhancements ..........................66Editing Steps and Enhancements ......................66Deleting Steps and Enhancements ....................67Copying and Pasting Steps and Enhancements........................................................................67Linking Enhancements ......................................68Swapping Enhancements..................................69Toolbar F2 - View Tools.......................... 71Direct Select Tool .............................................71Hand Tool ........................................................71Zoom Tool ........................................................72Toolbar F3 - Edit ....................................... 75Rotate ...............................................................75Straighten .........................................................75Table of Contents