Capture NX is a
photo editing computer program
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A computer program ...
developed by
Nik Software
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in partnership with
Nikon
(, ; ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group.
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for
macOS
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and
Microsoft Windows
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.
In September 2012, Google acquired Nik Software, but Capture NX has remained a Nikon software and is advertised as a Nikon product.
In July 2014, Nikon released a new software Capture NX-D to replace Capture NX 2. As such, Nikon D810 is the first camera to support only Capture NX-D. Capture NX-D was developed based on
SILKYPIX Developer Studio
Silkypix Developer Studio is commercial and proprietary raw image processing software. It is often bundled with cameras from manufacturers such as Fujifilm, Panasonic and Pentax
is a brand name used primarily by the Japanese multinational imag ...
and does not contain the U-Point technology from
Nik Software
Nik Software was a software development company established in 1995 and based in San Diego, California. The company developed multiple image editing plug-ins and tools (for digital image processing applications, such as Adobe Photoshop) and Snap ...
.
Since February 2020, the current release of the software does not install on Windows 7 anymore.
On June 6, 2022, Nikon announced that Capture NX 2 and Capture NX-D will be discontinued and replaced by NX Studio.
Download links for both programs were removed on June 30, 2022.
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).
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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
In optics, chromatic aberration (CA), also called chromatic distortion and spherochromatism, is a failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same point. It is caused by dispersion: the refractive index of the lens elements varies with the w ...
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
See also
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is a piece of image organization and image manipulation software developed by Adobe Inc. as part of the Creative Cloud subscription family. It is supported on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android ...
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Aperture (software)
Aperture was an image organizer developed by Apple for the macOS operating system. It was first released in 2005 and was discontinued in 2015. The software handled a number of tasks common in post-production work such as importing and organizi ...
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iPhoto
iPhoto is a discontinued digital photograph manipulation software application developed by Apple Inc. It was included with every Macintosh personal computer from 2002 to 2015, when it was replaced with Apple's Photos application. Originally so ...
External links
Capture NX websiteNik Software websiteNikon Corporation website
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Photo software