One of the tools that cause Nikon owners to pop for Capture NX is
control points. Like Photoshop it uses adjustment layers and masks.
Unlike Photoshop those things are completely hidden, unless you want
to see them. Instead it allows you to place a control point in your
picture on something that needs adjustment, a face in the shadow, for
instance. The point has pop out tools for the size of area of
influence and sliders for brightness, contrast, and saturation. The
selection takes brightness range and color into effect. So for the
example of the face you could lighten it and tweak the contrast a bit
and only the face would be affected.
If you have ever dealt with Photoshop's shadow control and gritted
your teeth after doing a judicious lightening of the foreground when
you discover the translucency artifact of trees on the skyline you
will like a control point's lack of ugly artifacts.
Nik Software wrote the software for Nikon and they now have their own
version as a plug in for Photoshop, Elements and Aperture. It is
pricey, $250, but is a very nice tool. If you are use a Nikon, Capture
NX is cheaper, although a plugin is much handier in my opinion.
http://www.niksoftware.com/viveza/usa/entry.php
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
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