 |
Exposure Compensation |
Why so important: Adjusting exposure under 'RAW Adjustments' is so important, instead
of using other Adjustments, because of how
Capture NX handles NEF dynamic range --
it truncates the upper end of the dynamic range. If you have blown highlights in your
photo, you must recover via exposure compensation (no other Adjustment can recover).
Using View / Show Lost Highlights: Using
'Show Lost Hilights'
under the View menu can assist you in determining the correct exposure
for your photo. It will show you visually if you have any highlights
that are 'lost' (color channel value maxed out, or set to 255).
Using Exposure Compensation:
In the Edit List, under 'Base Adjustments' / 'Raw Adjustments', click on the arrow next
to 'Exposure Compensation', which will open up the Exposure Compensation properties dialog.
Example: You can change the exposure from -2EV to +2EV and changes affect
the entire photo. Here is an example of the correction (+2EV) that is possible:
Exposure compensation to recover from flash falloff error
|
And while this example would have to be 'recovered' some more (horrible flash falloff
problem), hopefully it demonstrates how quickly (by using a simple slider), exposure
can be changed after the fact.
If NX101.com helps you, help this site by making a donation.
|
