DISQUS

pete · 2 years ago

Excellent - I'm getting to grips with NX but this helps speed up the process no end.

Keep them coming.

Tom · 1 year ago

WOW! Great article, along with the others you have written. Professional photographers might have a valid arguement about the lack of speed using Capture NX, but for most users the ease of use and more importantly the results make Capture NX a no brainer for most.

picmax · 1 year ago

Tom,

Absolutely. Capture NX is very easy to use once you have a good understanding of its concepts and it consistently brings out great results with minimal efforts.

Max

David Chin · 1 year ago

I learned a lot of new NX stuff here - please keep up the excellent work!

Doug · 1 year ago

Excellent tutorial and very valuable resource for Capture NX users. I have found that using NX with landscapes allows me to get much better results, much, much faster than using Photoshop Elements. The only thing I would add to your edit list for this photo is to straighten out the base of the mountains a bit with CNX straighten tool.

picmax · 1 year ago

Doug,

Thanks for your comment. Capture NX can simply get the result without tedious tweaking.

The base of the mountain is not a horizon. The horizon line can be seen slightly below center line on the right.

Thanks.

Max

Bruce · 1 year ago

One of the best tutorials that I have read for capture nx. I have been using NX for about 6 months and still learning every day. Do you have any tutorials on sharpening? There seems to be a real need and a lot of confusion as to what is the best way to sharpen and print enlargements that are sharp. Some feel it is better to leave some in camera sharpening on and add output sharpening at the end using USM or high pass filters. Others say to turn sharpening to non in NX and apply a 50,5,4 or there abouts USM to replace the in camera sharpening. Is it possible to enlarge prints to 20x30 in NX @ 300 DPI and end up with a sharp enlargement? What method of sharpening and workflow would make sense? Love to hear your comments. Sincerely, Bruce Reinheimer (d200)

picmax · 1 year ago

Bruce,

USM works pretty well if used properly. High-pass sharpening is another popular method but it doesn't offer the range of sharpening you can get from USM. You can find the high-pass sharpening tutorial in the most popular list of this page.

Typically I leave sharpening on in camera so it is easier to judge the focus accuracy. You can always turn it off in Capture NX base adjustment and apply your own sharpening at the end. For casual prints or web postings there is hardly any visible difference.

I am sure 20x30 will be reasonably sharp but perhaps not at close examination distance. I found 12x18 is excellent and that's the largest size I have tried.

Max

Michael · 1 year ago

You're doing well going over basic procedures clearly. I have only just realised you can use control points with selective areas, which is a major enhancement feature to one of CNX's strengths. I'd been adding a second CP to neutralise the first in adjacent areas up till now...