Radiohead
20-06-2006, 08:39
Out today - a big 5 page review - here's the summary:
"I have really only scratched the surface of what this new software application offers the user, but I have included the all the principal new features. I can’t comment on how fast or slow the program as as this is a Beta version, but even so it has proved quicker to use on my Mac G4 than the full version of Capture 4 is.
I am massively impressed with Capture NX, and especially with the ease of use that U-Point technology and Colour Control points bring to what is usually a complex selection process. I am, in fact, so impressed with NX that I have been processing images from others cameras and scanners with it. So long as you have a TIFF or JPEG to work with, NX will make selections and localised adjustments much easier and more convincing. There does appear to be a limit to the size of the image that can be processed with this Beta version, but I’m not sure what it is yet – certainly well beyond the file size that can be produced by the D2x.
Nikon suggested some time agoi that this is a package for photographers in general rather than just Nikon photographers. I agree with this entirely, but think it is a little unlikely that non-Nikon users will buy it. At a proposed price of £120 I think it’s worth buying just for the U-Point controls, and even if you only own Canon cameras.
Nikon’s Capture NX is a really excellent package that provides exceptional facilities and functions for manipulating and preparing images from any source. The depth of control is greater than in any other RAW conversion package that I have used so far, and the direct tailoring of features and workflow for photographic purposes makes it stand out from the host of graphics-based programs already on the market. It does not offer all that Photoshop does, but neither does it try to, or need to. What is does offer is what the photographer requires, in a smooth and efficient working environment. A cloning tool is the only missing element."
I think he likes it.
"I have really only scratched the surface of what this new software application offers the user, but I have included the all the principal new features. I can’t comment on how fast or slow the program as as this is a Beta version, but even so it has proved quicker to use on my Mac G4 than the full version of Capture 4 is.
I am massively impressed with Capture NX, and especially with the ease of use that U-Point technology and Colour Control points bring to what is usually a complex selection process. I am, in fact, so impressed with NX that I have been processing images from others cameras and scanners with it. So long as you have a TIFF or JPEG to work with, NX will make selections and localised adjustments much easier and more convincing. There does appear to be a limit to the size of the image that can be processed with this Beta version, but I’m not sure what it is yet – certainly well beyond the file size that can be produced by the D2x.
Nikon suggested some time agoi that this is a package for photographers in general rather than just Nikon photographers. I agree with this entirely, but think it is a little unlikely that non-Nikon users will buy it. At a proposed price of £120 I think it’s worth buying just for the U-Point controls, and even if you only own Canon cameras.
Nikon’s Capture NX is a really excellent package that provides exceptional facilities and functions for manipulating and preparing images from any source. The depth of control is greater than in any other RAW conversion package that I have used so far, and the direct tailoring of features and workflow for photographic purposes makes it stand out from the host of graphics-based programs already on the market. It does not offer all that Photoshop does, but neither does it try to, or need to. What is does offer is what the photographer requires, in a smooth and efficient working environment. A cloning tool is the only missing element."
I think he likes it.