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Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

charles binns landscape photog — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:18:23 -0000

Great post. I never realised Capture NX could be so useful. I will definitely start using it.

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

Michael — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:13:15 -0000

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...

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

picmax — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:19:20 -0000

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

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

Bruce — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:05:53 -0000

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)

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

picmax — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:19:08 -0000

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

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

Doug — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:39:48 -0000

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.

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

David Chin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:13:25 -0000

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

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

picmax — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:23:49 -0000

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

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

Tom — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:18:37 -0000

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.

Re: Quick and Easy Landscape Workflow with Capture NX

pete — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:50:29 -0000

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

Keep them coming.