Nikon Capture Editor - Importing Photos

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On 28 Mar 2005 18:19:08 -0800, in rec.photo.digital skim500@mindspring.com
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>When I drag and drop jpegs into Nikon Capture Editor the photo is
>considerably different than the source (as determined by Windows My
>Pictures). It is then obviously difficult to edit on an inaccurate
>source.
>
>I also use PhotoImpact and they importing is accurate.
>
>Can anyone advise me on how to make the correct changes so I can get an
>accurate transfer?

NCE is a color managed application, is PI? Is your monitor calibrated, so
you have a proper ICM profile for it? Suggest you start with the color
management help file. Help => Contents => Nikon Capture 4 Editor: Options
=> The Color Management Tab. Also be sure you have the appropriate output
device icm chosen as well.
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Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at
http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Phot [...] index.html

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On 31 Mar 2005 16:04:48 -0800, in rec.photo.digital skim500@mindspring.com
wrote:

>
>Thank you Ed for your reply. I admit my color management knowledge is
>poor. I will delve into this a bit. If you know of any helpful links to
>educate me I would appreciate it.

What format are you shooting in and what Color Mode (p59 of the D70 manual)
have you set? You're not using Mode II Adobe RGB are you? There is a
firmware upgrade B1.03 that corrects an incorrect entry for the embedded
color space in JPGs taken in this mode.

What are the NC settings in the Color Management Tab?
Tools => Options => Color Management.

>May I say I visited your site and your photos are remarkable. I would
>be interested in knowing if your use special tone curves or custom
>settings on your D70 for your photography.

Thanks. No custom curves. I now mainly shoot raw, with all in camera
processing (tone, sharpening, etc.) set to none and process with Capture
and then PSP8 for final cropping, minor adjustments for brightnes/color,
noise filtering if done and usm.
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Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at
http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Phot [...] index.html