Nikon Capture NX software now shipping

Nikon has announced first shipments of their new Capture NX software. This product provides for "simplified" editing of JPG, TIFF, and Nikon RAW NEF images. You can look for it at your local Nikon retail location.

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Nikon(R) Begins Shipping Acclaimed Capture NX(TM) Software

Capture NX - A Powerful and Intuitive New Software That Dramatically Simplifies Photo Editing for JPEG, TIFF and Nikon RAW (NEF) Format Images - is Now Available at Nikon Authorized Retail Locations Nationwide

Nikon (http://www.nikondigital.com) has begun shipping the highly acclaimed new Capture NX(TM) software to Nikon authorized retailers across the nation. Capture NX(TM) is new software that is designed specifically for photographers, providing a unique and easy to understand interface with tools that photographers need, but without the level of complexity and clutter of other image editing applications. The software can be used with JPEG and TIFF format images from any source, and its patented new U Point(TM) technology offers photographers a dramatically simplified way to edit their pictures by enabling them to enhance specific areas of a picture selectively, without the use of masks, selections, or layers. Capture NX also works with Nikon's RAW (NEF) format images, and inherits Nikon's robust RAW processing capabilities for the highest quality results from NEF files.

Capture NX is designed to appeal to a broad range of consumers. Users with compact digital cameras such as Nikon's Coolpix series will enjoy the simplicity of using U Point technology to quickly enhance their JPEG pictures, eliminate any red-eye using the Automatic Red-Eye Correction tool and even resurrect underexposed images with the software's D-Lighting feature. Professional and advanced photographers will appreciate the time they can save using U Point technology to make edits to their images, as well as fully utilize over 25 new tools in the software, including powerful batch processing capabilities, advanced color management features, Distortion Correction enhancement and the ability to make every edit non-destructively (when a JPEG, TIFF or NEF image is saved in NEF format). A detailed online demonstration of how Capture NX works is available at http://www.capturenx.com or http://www.nikondigital.com.

A 30-day trial version of Capture NX software is available for download at http://www.nikonusa.com, in the Software Download section. Full version software is available for purchase at select Nikon authorized dealers nationwide. Capture NX is available for an estimated selling price of $149.95**. A special limited-time upgrade price of $89.95 will be offered to current owners of Nikon Capture 4 software in the U.S. market. This upgrade will only be available online at http://www.nikonmall.com/captureupgrade/ for registered Nikon Capture 4 owners and will be limited to one upgrade per legitimate Nikon Capture 4 product key. The upgrade will require certain customer verification of ownership. Customers who have not already registered their version of Capture 4 will receive instructions to do so at the site.