The new retouching tool is good, but it needs to be developed further, more like the Healing Brush in Photoshop. There are some issues, though-after working extensively with a file, it may start to drag and complex files take minutes to open. NX 2 is a really great complement to working with NEF and other file formats. And maybe even a magic wand selection tool. I’d also like a magnetic lasso for enhanced selection control of some effects. In addition, I’d like to be able to individually define the shape of each control point-rectangular, oval, irregular-rather than be restricted to a circle. It would be much easier if selection control points could be manipulated with the aid of the same branching tree structure and sliders similar to those used with color control points. I do, however, have some suggestions for improvement. I found NX 2 so inviting that I couldn’t stop working with it, applying it not only to NEF files generated by my Nikon D300, but also to TIFF files previously converted in Adobe Camera Raw from Canon raw files captured with various Canon EOS SLRs. There were many more, as shown in the edit list. You can see my use of the new selection control points identifying where I needed to apply the black and white conversion or protect areas from it.
Here we see an interim version of one shot that I later toned in NX 2, after converting to black and white. The greatest asset is the edit list on the right, where you can track practically every step of your editing, and undo or redo changes at will and in any order. The Capture NX 2 interface is very user-friendly and largely intuitive.
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