Showing posts with label Capture NX-D. Show all posts
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9 January 2016

Mac users beware: bug in the latest Nikon Capture NX-D deletes files after renaming a folder

Important notice to Mac users of Capture NX-D: The latest version will delete all files in a folder (in the root) after you change its name in NX-D.

Update: Nikon has released an update to NX-D that solves this issue. You can download it from the Nikon website.

This is Nikon's official warning:
It has recently come to our attention that the following may occur with Nikon Capture NX-D RAW processing software for Macintosh.
When the user attempts to change name of a folder saved in root directory (the top-most directory in startup disk's hierarchy) on a Macintosh running a compatible version of OS X using the folder palette of Capture NX-D, all files (still images, movies, texts, etc.) saved in that folder will be deleted. Files deleted with the above operation will permanently be deleted and cannot be restored.
We are currently working to resolve this, and plan to release an updated version of Capture NX-D. Until that time, we ask that users do not use Capture NX-D's folder palette to modify name of a folder saved in root directory on a Macintosh computer. Should you need to save your image and/or movie files, save them in a home folder (Desktop, Pictures, Movies, Documents, etc.) located in the Users directory, or in an external hard disk drive.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Nikon remains committed to providing only the highest quality products and services, and we hope that you will continue to choose Nikon for your photographic needs.

26 November 2015

Nikon software update: ViewNX-i 1.1.0 and Capture NX-D 1.3.0

Nikon today released an update to their ViewNX-i photo viewer and Capture NX-D photo editor applications. The new versions can be downloaded directly from Nikon's download centre:

Changes in ViewNX-i 1.1.0

  • Picture Control Utility 2 is now installed with ViewNX-i.
  • Added an Edit workspace and an Adjustments palette for retouch features similar to those in ViewNX 2.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the ViewNX-i Show Focus Point option to display the focus point in a position that differed from that shown in the D750 viewfinder focus point display.
  • Added support for Turkish.

Changes in Capture NX-D 1.3.0

  • Updated the buttons in the toolbar to bring them in line with ViewNX-i.
  • Added Rotate and NEF/NRW + JPEG buttons to the toolbar.
  • anged the behavior of the Crop tool.
  • Changed the Aspect Ratio options available in the Crop palette.
  • Added a Discard rating to the Apply Ratings options.
  • Added an Include areas without image data option to the Straighten palette.
  • Added an Auto Red-Eye option to the Camera and Lens Corrections palette.
  • Added an On (underwater) option to the Auto Distortion Control pull-down menu in the Camera and Lens Corrections palette.
    • Note that On (underwater) is available only with photographs taken using an A-CIL camera (advanced camera with interchangeable lenses) that supports underwater auto distortion control, and then only if the camera was fitted with a waterproof lens and On (underwater) was selected for Auto distortion control in the camera menus.
  • Fluorescent has been removed from the white balance pull-down menu in the edit palette.
    • When opened in Capture NX-D version 1.3.0, images saved with Fluorescent selected in Capture NX-D version 1.2.1 or earlier will automatically be converted to Use gray point with no loss in quality.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Capture NX-D Show Focus Point option to display the focus point in a position that differed from that shown in the D750 viewfinder focus point display.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Capture NX-D to hang with Sorting… displayed.
  • Fixed an issue with the focus point display for photographs taken with the D7200.
  • Added support for Turkish.

21 March 2015

Nikon software updates

Together with a new download centre, Nikon also released a number of updates.

ViewNX-i 1.0.0

  • ViewNX‑i is the replacement of Nikon's ViewNX2 image browser software. It works together with Capture NX-D (version 1.2.0 and higher) and comes bundled the ViewNX Movie Editor.
Download: ViewNX‑i version 1.0.0

Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.21.0

  • Support for the D7200 has been added.
  • A Show ViewNX-i option has been added to the Tools menu.
  • A Show it with ViewNX-i option has been added to the When a new image is received from the camera item in the Transfer Options dialog accessed from the Tools menu > Transfer Options….
Download: Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.21.0

Nikon Capture NX-D Version 1.2.0

  • Support for RAW images captured with the D7200 has been added.
  • An Open with ViewNX-i option has been added to the File menu.
  • An Open with ViewNX-i tool (icon) has been added to the toolbar.
  • When NEF-format images were converted to a different format after cropping, the portion of the image remaining after conversion did not always correspond to the actual crop applied. This issue has been resolved.
Download: Nikon Capture NX-D Version 1.2.0

Nikon NEF Codec Version 1.26.0

  • Supports NEF (RAW) images taken with the D7200.
Download: Nikon NEF Codec Version 1.26.0

Nikon UT-1 Firmware Version 2.3

  • Support for the D7200 has been added.
Download: Nikon UT-1 Firmware Version 2.3

Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility Version 1.5.4

  • Support for the D7200 has been added.
  • Support for the Communication Unit UT-1 Firmware Ver. 2.3 has been added.
Download: Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility Version 1.5.4

Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 Version 2.1.0

  • Support for the D7200 has been added.
Download: Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 Version 2.1.0

9 February 2015

Nikon software updates

Over the past couple of weeks, Nikon has released a number of software updates:

Capture NX-D


Changes (Mac and Windows)
  • Support for the D5500, COOLPIX L31 (not released in Japan), COOLPIX L32, COOLPIX S3700, and COOLPIX S2900 (not released in Japan) has been added.
  • When Capture NX-D is used to edit files that were once edited with Capture NX 2, additional adjustment of editing performed with Capture NX 2 is now possible.
    • However, only items in the Develop section of the Capture NX 2 Edit List can be adjusted with Capture NX-D. In addition, images that have been edited using Color Efex Pro may be edited after settings are reverted to their original values.
  • A PF Flare Control item has been added to the Camera and Lens Corrections palette.
    • This item can be used to reduce flare (ring flare, circular flare, etc.) caused by bright light sources in images captured with compatible lenses.
  • A Revert to Last Saved State option has been added to the Adjust menu.
    • This option resets adjustments applied with Capture NX-D.
  • A Launch Camera Control Pro 2 option has been added to the Tool menu.
  • The following issues have been resolved.
    • When images to which Distortion Control has been applied are opened, edges were fringed with colour.
    • When Noise Reduction was applied, the application would quit unexpectedly.
    • When a RAW image captured with a camera that does not support the Picture Control system (D2XS, D2X、D2HS, D2H, D1X, D1H, D1, D200, D100, D80, D70S, D70, D60, D40X, D40) was displayed, the icon indicating that the image had been edited was displayed, even if the image had not actually been edited.
    • When Quick Adjust was applied to RAW images captured at a Picture Control setting of Neutral, Flat, or Monochrome, and for which Recorded Value was selected in the Picture Control palette, the Quick Adjust value reverted back to "0.00" when the images were again displayed in Capture NX-D after the application was once closed and then launched again.
    • A Noise Reduction setting of Better Quality 2013 could be selected for JPEG and TIFF images.
Changes (Windows only)
  • The following issues have been resolved.
    • Multiple images in the My Pictures folder could not be selected to copy or move under Windows 7 or an earlier operating system.
    • When files were saved with different file names using the Convert Files function, the new file names were not accurately reflected.
Changes (Mac only)
  • Support for OS X version 10.10.1 has been added.
  • OS X version 10.7.5 is no longer supported.

You can download the updated version from the Nikon support site

ViewNX 2.10.3


Changes (Mac and Windows)
  • Support for the D5500, COOLPIX L31 (not released in Japan), COOLPIX S3700, COOLPIX L32, and the COOLPIX S2900 (not released in Japan) has been added.

Changes (Windows only)
  • When images were converted to JPEG format using the Convert Files function with Quality set to Good Compression Ratio or Highest Compression Ratio, the resulting JPEG images could not be displayed in ViewNX 2, Capture NX 2, or Capture NX-D. This issue has been resolved.

Changes (Mac only)
  • Support for OS X version 10.10.1 has been added.
  • OS X version 10.7.5 is no longer supported.
You can download the updated version from the Nikon support site

Capture NX2 2.4.7 (Mac installer update only)


Changes
  • Updated installer now compatible with Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).
Note: the application itself has not changed, Nikon only updated the installer. So this update is of interest only to people wanting to (freshly) install Capture NX2 2.4.7 on their Mac with Yosemite (OS X 10.10).

You can download the updated version from the Nikon imaging website

Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.20.0


Changes (Mac and Windows)
  • Support D5500 has been added.
  • With continuous shooting using the D4S, D810, or D750 with image quality set to a NEF (RAW)+JPEG option, and the Transfer only JPEG to PC option set to On, the transfer of JPEG images to the computer would be terminated before all images in the series had been transferred. This issue has been resolved.
Changes (Mac only)
  • Support for OS X version 10.10.1 has been added.
  • Mac OS X version 10.7.5 is no longer supported.
  • If an application other than Camera Control Pro 2 was brought to the front, and the Camera Control Pro 2 window was minimized, under OS X version 10.9, images sometimes could not be transferred. This issue has been resolved.
You can download the update from the Nikon support site.

Wireless Transmitter Utility 1.5.3 (Mac only)

Changes
  • Support for OS X 10.10.1 has been added.
  • OS X 10.7.5 is no longer supported.
You can download the update from the Nikon support site.

Picture Control Utility 2.0.2

Changes (Mac and Windows)
  • Support for the D5500 has been added.
  • Preview images can now be rotated.
Changes (Mac only)
  • Support for OS X version 10.10.1 has been added.
  • OS X version 10.7.5 is no longer supported.
You can download the update from the Nikon support site.

23 October 2014

Nikon releases Capture NX-D 1.0.3 and ViewNX 2.10.2

Nikon has released an update to its image editing and browsing applications Capture NX-D and ViewNX2.

You can download the new versions from the Nikon support site:

Enhancements/bug fixes for Capture NX-D 1.0.3

  • When images were adjusted in any of the following ways using Edit palette functions, and Capture NX-D was then launched again, the results of adjustments were not reflected. This issue has been resolved.
    - When White Balance was fine-tuned after selecting Use Gray Point or using the Gray Point Sample Tool
    - When the Quick Adjust setting under Picture Control was changed
    - When the luminosity curve was adjusted by moving the black-point input slider to a setting other than "0" with Master Lightness selected for LCH
    - When the chroma curve was adjusted by moving the output slider to a setting other than "0" with Chroma selected for LCH
    - When the tone curve was adjusted by moving the Levels & Curves black-point input slider to a setting other than "0"
  • When a settings file, with which the Quick Adjust setting under Picture Control had been changed, was saved, the value saved for Quick Adjust only was "0". This issue has been resolved.
  • When RAW images captured with cameras that support the Better Quality 2013 option for Noise Reduction in the Edit palette were adjusted, and the Intensity setting under Luminance was once changed to "0", subsequent changes to the Intensity setting were not reflected. This issue has been resolved.
  • When the output slider was moved to a setting other than "0" with Chroma selected for LCH in the Edit palette, anchor points could not be added to the chroma curve at the intended positions. This issue has been resolved.
  • When multiple images were captured with a User Custom Curve modified using a camera that does not support Picture Controls applied, changes made to the User Custom Curve during shooting were not reflected in images captured after the User Custom Curve had been changed. This issue has been resolved.

Additional modifications to the Windows version

  • When Capture NX-D was launched with a single-display system after having been used with a multi-display system, an error was displayed and the application could not be launched. This issue has been resolved.
  • An issue that sometimes caused Capture NX-D to freeze when keyboard operations were performed while working with the Edit palette has been resolved. 

Additional modifications to the Macintosh version

  • When the keyboard shortcut (SHIFT + 0) was used to delete ratings, labels rather than ratings were deleted. This issue has been resolved.

Enhancements/bug fixes for ViewNX 2.10.2

  • Support for the COOLPIX S6900 has been added.
  • When image files are moved, copied, or deleted in ViewNX 2, sidecar files associated with the image files are now also moved, copied, or deleted along with image files. However, when image files are moved or copied to destinations outside of ViewNX 2, such as the desktop, sidecar files associated with the images files will not be moved or copied accordingly.

18 September 2014

Nikon adds D750 support for ViewNX, Capture NX-D, and Picture Control Utility

Nikon has released an update to its ViewNX, Capture NX-D, and Picture Control Utility software. The new versions add support for the new D750 DSLR. For Capture NX-D, an issue converting images to TIFF or JPEG with the Resolution box under Output settings enabled, has been resolved.
You can download the updates from the Nikon support sites:
  • ViewNX 2.10.1: EU / USA
  • Capture NX-D 1.0.2: EU / USA
  • Picture Control Utility 2.0.1: EU / USA

16 July 2014

Nikon Capture NX-D officially released

As announced recently, the official version of Capture NX-D, Nikon's new processing and adjustment application, is now available for free download from the Nikon imaging website.

Capture NX-D offers raw development of images captured in by Nikon digital SLR cameras, Nikon 1 advanced cameras with interchangeable lenses, and COOLPIX compact cameras that support this capability.

26 June 2014

Nikon Capture NX-D available as free download from 15 July

On top of the new Nikon D810 camera, Nikon today also announced that it will release the official version of Capture NX-D, its new processing and adjustment software application for RAW images captured with a Nikon digital camera, for free download beginning 15 July.

Capture NX-D is the replacement of Nikon Capture NX2, albeit with limited functionality and a completely new approach (e.g., propriety sidecar files for storing your edits).

For me (and many many others), this was a reason to switch to another software solution (see my earlier blog on this). For others, it may, however, offer enough as a raw converter. It definitely offers much more than View NX2, so people using that application may certainly be thrilled by the new and free (!) Capture NX-D.

Capture NX-D offers raw development of images captured in by Nikon digital SLR cameras, Nikon 1 advanced cameras with interchangeable lenses, and COOLPIX compact cameras that support this capability. The application will be available for download, free of charge and it will already have support for the new Nikon D810 DSLR, also announced today.

The good thing is that Nikon has listened to the ideas and requests of users of the beta version, so the final version will have improvements to the user interface, and the ways in which adjustments are applied, for example, to white balance. Nikon plans to keep listening to user request and will continuously update the software and improve image processing and operation. One of the first things the plan to offer is the return of the automatic retouch brush. This was actually one of the tools I would have missed most in NX-D.

As of 15 July, you will be able to download Capture NX-D from the Nikon imaging website.