Capture NX

Capture NX-D

Developer(s)	Ichikawa Soft Laboratory Co. Ltd
Initial release	July 15, 2014
Stable release	NX-D : 1.6.5 / January 29, 2022
Operating system	Windows 8 or later; OS X Yosemite or later
Website	nikonimglib.com/ncnxd/

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Capture NX is a photo editing computer program developed by Nik Software in partnership with Nikon^[1] for macOS and Microsoft Windows.

In September 2012, Google acquired Nik Software,^[2] but Capture NX has remained a Nikon software and is advertised as a Nikon product.^[3]

In July 2014, Nikon released a new software Capture NX-D to replace Capture NX 2. As such, Nikon D810 is the first camera^[4] to support only Capture NX-D. Capture NX-D was developed based on SILKYPIX Developer Studio^[5] and does not contain the U-Point technology from Nik Software. Since February 2020, the current release of the software does not install on Windows 7 anymore.^{[citation needed]}

On June 6, 2022, Nikon announced that Capture NX 2 and Capture NX-D will be discontinued and replaced by NX Studio.^[6][7] Download links for both programs were removed on June 30, 2022.

• Complete raw image format support from import to export (for supported cameras), including Nikon's own RAW format NEF (Nikon Electronic File).
• Non-destructive image editing.
• Color management control with Soft Proofing.
• Color Aberration Control, D-Lighting (High Speed/High Quality), Image Dust Off, Vignette Control and Fisheye-to-Rectilinear Image Transformation.
• Noise Reduction: global or selective adjustments.
• Color Balance, Contrast/Brightness, Saturation/Warmth.
• Lens correction tools, such as chromatic aberration or distortion control.
• Auto Retouch Brush, to remove blemishes and dust from images. (not in Capture NX-D V 1.0 but will be added later^{[citation needed]})
• Shadow/Highlight Adjustment, to open up shadows or recover blown out highlights.
• Improved Edit List, to apply common editings like auto color aberration, auto red-eye correction, vignette control, tone curves, contrast and highlight, exposure compensation and shadow protection.
• Filters, Ratings and Sorting Toolbar.

• All changes are saved to a Sidecar File in subfolder NKS_PARAM.
• At this moment relatively low performance^{[citation needed]} (for versions 1.0x - 1.3x) comparing to latest versions of Capture NX 2.4x

• All changes are saved to the NEF file.
• Color Control Point editing for hue, brightness and saturation.
• Selection Control Points, selectively edit photographs without the need to manually outline or mask the area for editing.
• Plug-In Interface for Nik Color Efex Pro
• Ability to use Dust Off Reference photo created by some Nikon DSLR's to automatically remove dust from images

• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
• Aperture (software)
• iPhoto

• Capture NX website
• Nik Software website
• Nikon Corporation website