Capture NX explained

Capture NX
Developer:	Nik Software
Released:	February 21, 2006
Discontinued:	yes

Capture NX 2
Logo Size:	32px
Developer:	Nik Software
Released:	June 3, 2008
Latest Release Version:	NX2 : 2.4.7
Latest Release Date:	April 15, 2014
Discontinued:	yes

Capture NX-D
Logo Size:	32
Developer:	Ichikawa Soft Laboratory Co. Ltd
Released:	July 15, 2014
Latest Release Version:	NX-D : 1.6.5
Latest Release Date:	January 29, 2022
Operating System:	Windows 8 or later; OS X Yosemite or later

Capture NX is a photo editing computer program developed by Nik Software in partnership with Nikon^[1] for macOS and Microsoft Windows.

In September 2012, Google acquired Nik Software,^[2] but Capture NX has remained a Nikon software and is advertised as a Nikon product.^[3]

In July 2014, Nikon released a new software Capture NX-D to replace Capture NX 2. As such, Nikon D810 is the first camera^[4] to support only Capture NX-D. Capture NX-D was developed based on SILKYPIX Developer Studio^[5] and does not contain the U-Point technology from Nik Software.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.^{[6] [7]} 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).
• 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 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

• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
• Aperture (software)
• iPhoto

External links

• Capture NX website
• Nik Software website
• Nikon Corporation website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview with Keita Kimura . imaging.nikon.com . 17 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130411230623/http://imaging.nikon.com/history/scenes/15/index.htm . 11 April 2013 .
2. News: Lardinois. Frederic. Google Acquires Nik Software, The Company Behind The Popular Snapseed Photo Editing App For iOS. 17 January 2013. techcrunch.com. September 17, 2012.
3. Web site: Capture NX 2 Photo Editing Software. nikonusa.com. 17 January 2013.
4. Web site: No NX2 support for the D810. 2014-07-06. Flickr Groups.
5. Web site: Capture NX-Downgrade? Nikon improves multiple monitor support, but loses U-Point control. 2014-02-25. www.imaging-resource.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302112836/http://www.imaging-resource.com:80/news/2014/02/25/capture-nx-downgrade-nikon-improves-multiple-monitor-support-loses-u-point . 2014-03-02 . 2020-03-29.
6. Web site: Nikon Japan says it's discontinuing its ViewNX-2, ViewNX-i, Capture NX2 and Capture NX-D software . 2022-12-31 . DPReview.
7. Web site: Schneider . Jaron . 2022-06-07 . Nikon is Dropping Support for ViewNX and Capture NX Programs . 2022-12-31 . PetaPixel . en.