Folders, Metadata, Toolbar – Nikon CAPTURE NX2 User Manual

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Chapter 8 — Interface

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Overview

r Folders

The folders palette provides you with an easy-to-access palette which displays the
content of an entire folder in the browser. For more information, please see Chapter
10, “The Folders Palette”.

t Metadata

The

Metadata palette displays information about the image provided

automatically by the camera as well as XMP/IPTC data of the image. With this
palette, you can review camera, lens, flash, and exposure information unique to the
selected image as well as review and add XMP/IPTC data to one or more images.
For more information, please see Chapter 11, “The Metadata Palette”.

y Toolbar

The toolbar provides access to the various tools available within Capture NX 2. You
can use these tools to perform various edits, from zooming to rotating the image,
to applying enhancements selectively. For more information, please see Chapter
13, “The Toolbar”.

u Bird’s Eye

The

Bird’s Eye shows a portion of the image that is visible in the active image

window, providing the ability to navigate through the image while zoomed in.

For more information, please see Chapter 14, “Bird’s Eye”.

i Edit List

The

Edit List palette is the master control list for the features and enhancements of

Capture NX 2. Anything that affects your image will have an entry in the

Edit List

palette. Every entry can be removed, altered, or duplicated from this list.

The

Edit List palette automatically organizes each entry by steps in chronological

order. This provides you with the ability to turn on or off one or more steps at any
time to monitor the effect on your image. You can selectively apply steps with the
selective tools found in the toolbar, you can place multiple enhancements within
one step by linking enhancements, and you can create batch processes based on
the contents of the steps. You can also manually create new steps using the

New

Step button.
For more information, please see Chapter 15, “Edit List”.

o Photo Info

The Photo Info palette combines the

Histogram and Watch Points functionalities

into a single palette. The Histogram section shows a live histogram that reflects the
statistical makeup of the image. The Watch Points section enables you to monitor
the effects of the changes you make to the color values in the image. For more
information, please see Chapter 16, “Photo Info”.

!0 Image Window

Image windows display images within Capture NX 2, along with important
information and controls for the images. For more information, please see the
section “Image Window” later in this chapter.

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