Neutral control point method, Show selection, Color picker – Nikon CAPTURE NX2 User Manual

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Neutral Control Point

Neutral Control Point Method

Use the neutral control point method pull-down menu to
switch between controlling only the color balance of the
Neutral Control Point or affecting the luminosity, or
brightness, as well.

RGB Method

The

RGB method of the neutral control point affects only

the color balance within the image while maintaining the
same brightness.

Affect Luminosity Method

The

Affect Luminosity method of the neutral control

point adds an additional slider, the

Luminosity slider, and

allows you to change both the color balance as well as the brightness.

Show Selection

The

Show Selection checkbox enables you to see where

the current neutral control point is affecting the image.
Areas inked in white are being affected by the neutral
control point, while areas inked in black are not being
affected by the neutral control point. You can quickly access
the

Show Selection option by right-clicking (Windows) or

control-clicking (Macintosh) on the neutral control point
and selecting

Show Selection.

Color Picker

The

Color Picker color swatch indicates the current color that is being used as the basis for the neutral

control point’s effect. Clicking on the

Color Picker color swatch displays the Capture NX 2 color picker and

enables you to select a color to set the object selected by the neutral control point to. One of the best ways
to use the neutral control point is to place the control point on an object that is represented by a memory
color, and select the corresponding memory color range from the color picker. Capture NX 2 provides three
of the most common memory colors that represent colors that you see on a regular basis, such as the color
of the sky, the color of a person’s skin, or the color of foliage. You might, for example, place a neutral control
point on the sky, click on the

Color Picker color swatch, open the “Swatches” section of the color picker,

and then select a color from the “Sky Tones” memory color range. This will remove any color cast from the
image by removing the difference between the targeted color of the sky and the defined sky memory color
from the entire image.

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