billy mitchell photography

Hello, I'm new here. I have been a full time photographer for over 45 years. That may or may not mean anything

because things change fast.

Anyway about Capture NX2. Capture does some things that the other software (Adobe and others) does not do. It

writes directly to the RAW file. Other software writes a sidecar file. This is good for me because I like

everything (including ratings, keywords, and editing) in one file with the image. It's easier to manage. But...

It also means that the file takes time to write and if you have several writing a once it may overload or appear

to or hang the computer. Especially on a large file. You can watch the indicator at the top of the image to see

the updating icon. It is best to wait for that to quit to continue work. It's slow sometimes.

Also if you change a file with Capture NX2 you cannot edit it with View NX. Once Capture has written to the raw

file, View will not edit it. However if you edit the file first with View you can edit with Capture. You just

can't go the other way.

I do wish View and Capture played better together, but maybe they can't. Maybe they will later.

I think this is super software for Nikon raw files (it works on tiff and jpg files too). I am a NIK fan and use

all their products. Capture NX does things

quickly and easily that would be a lot of work in Photoshop. You can see several video instructions on Capture

NX2 at the NIK web site.

Bill