NX2 a start with photo editing

[oldhippy]

tying out the 60 day trial of NX2, It seems very efficient and easy to use. Is this a good first step in editing.

 

[Mully]

I think you would find LightRoom to be a more useful choice.... they have a 30 day trial and you could compare both and see which you like the best.

 

[oldhippy]

Thanks Mully I will do just that. I think I am realizing editing is a must.

 

[480sparky]

Once I bought Capture NX2, I never felt the need to get PhotoShop. Once I'm done with editing, I can export to GIMP for little things like cloning, perspective correction, etc.

 

[oldhippy]

Once I bought Capture NX2, I never felt the need to get PhotoShop. Once I'm done with editing, I can export to GIMP for little things like cloning, perspective correction, etc.

Can I transfer to Photo Bucket

 

[KmH]

Yes.

GIMP is an open source, free, image editing application similar to Photoshop Elements.

Photobucket is a photo display/sharing web site.

 

[oldhippy]

Going to down load Gimp this evening.. My Question remains. How do I move a picture from Nx2 to another location. ie gimp or My Pictures

 

[480sparky]

Going to down load Gimp this evening.. My Question remains. How do I move a picture from Nx2 to another location. ie gimp.

Open With.....

In it's native form, GIMP cannot handle raw files. You either need to save the image as a JPEG first.

......or My Pictures

Save As......

 

[Derrel]

Nikon will be sending you a check for calling their software "very efficient". And for stating that their software is "easy to use", in a public forum no less (!), Nikon will be shipping you a new Nikon D4 body and 70-200 VRII lens.

Ummm...if you shoot very small batches of images, and have the patience of Job, and just wish to pull out and work on two or three selects from each shoot, Nikon Capture does give good results. And unlike Lightroom or ACR, NX2 can actually read the encrypted white balance on each and every .NEF file. No 'guessing', as the Adobe programs are forced to do, so the White Balance will at least be accurately represented on every NX2 image.

If NX 2 is stable on your computer, and it runs okay for you, then you might wish to buy it and use it. Different people have different needs; Nikon's software does have some neat features. I would say LEARN what it can offer. It is not an Adobe product, and it offers Control Point editing, a lot like Viveza offers, so that's cool. And the lightness channel is nifty too. And non-destructive editing of raw images. And some other stuff. If this represents your first-ever raw image processing software, you have no 'habits' to un-learn, so hey...use it for 60 days, and see what you find out. See if it crashes if you try and batch 100 pictures from raw to JPEG. And so on.

 

[oldhippy]

Going to down load Gimp this evening.. My Question remains. How do I move a picture from Nx2 to another location. ie gimp.

Open With.....

In it's native form, GIMP cannot handle raw files. You either need to save the image as a JPEG first.

......or My Pictures

Save As......

Thanks Sparky your a gem, BTW wired my house, and it passed inspection first time. Arc faults and all

 

[480sparky]

The biggest advice I can give you to use Capture NX2: Use View NX2 in front of it to ingest your images as well as star-rate them.

With VNX2, you can one-click an image to magnify it. Where you click will be magnified to 100%, so you can pixel-peep the image. I use this to star-rate my images. Then simply close VNX2 and open the directory in CNX2. Use the slider at the top to show only star-rated images and you're set.

This allows you to quickly cull images you don't find edit-worthy. By working with only your keepers, you don't have to scroll through the entire directory to find them just to edit them.

 

[oldhippy]

Nikon will be sending you a check for calling their software "very efficient". And for stating that their software is "easy to use", in a public forum no less (!), Nikon will be shipping you a new Nikon D4 body and 70-200 VRII lens.

Ummm...if you shoot very small batches of images, and have the patience of Job, and just wish to pull out and work on two or three selects from each shoot, Nikon Capture does give good results. And unlike Lightroom or ACR, NX2 can actually read the encrypted white balance on each and every .NEF file. No 'guessing', as the Adobe programs are forced to do, so the White Balance will at least be accurately represented on every NX2 image.

If NX 2 is stable on your computer, and it runs okay for you, then you might wish to buy it and use it. Different people have different needs; Nikon's software does have some neat features. I would say LEARN what it can offer. It is not an Adobe product, and it offers Control Point editing, a lot like Viveza offers, so that's cool. And the lightness channel is nifty too. And non-destructive editing of raw images. And some other stuff. If this represents your first-ever raw image processing software, you have no 'habits' to un-learn, so hey...use it for 60 days, and see what you find out. See if it crashes if you try and batch 100 pictures from raw to JPEG. And so on.

Thanks for that comprehensive answer. Appreciate ya Ed

 

[amolitor]

I would suggest exporting as TIFF actually, if you're going in to GIMP. TIFF should be lossless, whereas JPEG is lossy (albeit, adjustably, and not very).

 

[480sparky]

Get a copy of Mike Hagen's After The Shoot.

 

[oldhippy]

Get a copy of Mike Hagen's After The Shoot.

Just scored one on Amazon for 7.98 used. Thanks for the suggestion Ed