This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

Capture NX 2 from Nikon is a powerful image-editing application that lets photographers work with digital photographs with more speed and efficiency than other software programs. Its underlying technology gives photographers the ability to make selective corrections to an image with just one click. "Real World Capture NX 2," written by digital photography expert Ben Long, takes photographers behind the scenes to see how this innovative program works.  Along the way, Ben offers valuable tips and techniques for getting the most out of the software and digital cameras.

Novice and expert photographers alike will benefit from Capture NX 2. New users can make advanced image corrections without learning sophisticated masking techniques. Advanced users can perform the complex edits they are accustomed to making in other programs in fewer steps. Any image corrections made with Capture NX 2 are non-destructive, which means that the actual image data is unaltered and reversible until the photographer achieves the best results. Photographers who use Nikon cameras have access to special software features for working with raw, JPEG and TIFF images.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 23 Ratings

The manual that should come with the program. - 2009-07-10
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This is the manual that should come with the program that should come with the camera! Well written, easy to understand, and nice illustrations. Perhaps my first statement is too tongue-in-cheek, as some people don't read instructions anyway, and wouldn't want to pay for something they won't use. But anyone who springs for the Nikon Capture NX2 program is probably at least semi computer-literate and would appreciate this book. It has made using the software much more enjoyable, and am very glad I bought it. Highly recommended!

A little disjointed, but so is NX2 - 2009-07-08
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I think the author did a great job of trying to explain the in's and out's of a program that is not very intutive to use and to learn. He really doesn't give an opinion on what are the best settings to use for different images, or even say what he does on his own images, but (like a reference book) he does a good job of explaining the differedt tools and what they do, & how to operate them. After that it is up to you to practice using the tools and see how they work with your images.

For the last year, I have been using Lightroom 2 and Adobe Camera Raw on all my NEF files, & I have always felt that my images were lacking something. After using NX2 (after reading this book) and comparing my raw conversions to the best I could do with LR2, I have found that there is a night & day difference in image quality using NX2. I just wish that NX2 would operate as easy as Lightroom, but for the sake of IQ, I will continue to use NX2 from now on.

Capture reviewd - 2009-06-03
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The book is easy to read, but lacks at some points quick reminders about simple operations, i.e. it's not for real beginners.
Given that Capture NX2 is not the most intuitive software around, a better effort on explaining simple commands would be welcome.
For instance you never know whether Capture accepts a double click or the enter button to fix a modification. And this changes from case to case...
Hopefully the next edition will be more explanatory.

Finally, an explanation of Capture NX 2 - 2009-11-04
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Nikon Capture NX 2's weird menu structure, workflow, control points, and other features threw me for a loop. This program is not as easy to learn to use as Adobe Photoshop (which is saying something), nor as intuitive as Lightroom. So, I was extremely pleased to find that Ben Long has, at Long Last, given us a coherent explanation of how to use this program. Long provides lots of examples, good, logical organization, and step-by-step instructions that demystify an especially mysterious program. If you've given up on understanding Capture NX 2, give this book a try.

Very Informative - 2009-06-08
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A very well written book exploring and explaning the different functions of Capture NX2. I have discovered things I didn't know about the product.

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