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will not replace photoshop for me, but offers a wider control over certain color correcting and balancing features. Have not used it thoroughly, but this single feature alone was worth the cost of the software. Also took a class from Nikon where they highlighted features of this software, and what I saw in that class combined with my experience with this software makes it easy to recommend.

I am very exited about this new software for editing my photos. The greatest feature is the easy masking procedure through selective control points. It has already saved me many hours of work, especially when editing the sky areas.
For final touches, however, I often continue to put my photos into CS2 since there are additional levers for ultimate fine tuning, which NX Capture does not offer.

Nikon Capture ( NX )shines as a basic post processing software doing 75-80% of what an average Nikon Digital SLR owner would use .It is required because of its excellent sharpness and color rendition with the Nikon Jpg and proprietary NEF ( Nikon electronic file )file that is far better than non Nikon programs .

But for the hardcore digital editor it falls short of photo-shop software and adobe light-room . People who buy capture Nx after using the many tools to eliminate background objects - layers - extreme perspective correction - brushes and filters - cut and paste - clone tool - of photo-shop will be disappointed . You really need both ,that being said the learning curve is very steep for photo-shop for an average user.

Check the Nikon chat-rooms / forums as there are still some compatibility issues with Mac or windows with newer software. Most post processing software requires over 1-2 GB of ram on a newer machine also another hard drive ( 300GB + at 7200 rpm ) is nice to have.

Compared to other software NX is cheaper and easy to master in a week or so of playing with it. Try the free down load to sample it for a few days and see how your machine handles it. The large 10 MP Raw ( NEF )files run painfully slow and older PCs .

I recommend it to every serious Nikon DSLR photographer.

I read a review of this software in a digital photography magazine, so was excited to purchase it. While I am sure it is a good piece of software for the advanced user, I find it fairly difficult to use. I expected it to be a whole lot easier than Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, but found that not to be so. Both require a lot of study, and I needed to purchase another "how-to" book to get a grip on the features. While I'm sure I will use some of the features, it's not the "one" digital editing program that I sought.

To me this is a true photo editing program. Take the picture with the camera (in this case a Nikon D50) , subtle and intentional changes are made with ease after some practice with primary color functions. Creative and Abstract and Freestyle also can be easily explored. "Control Point Technology" is immpressive. Truly a darkroom in a box. I did not nearly master Adobe however my pictures used to come out fake and somewhat harsh.
Photo editing Yes, Photo Imaging No. Nikon SLR RAW users recomended. Download the full version Free which is totaly legit and use it. That's what sold me, I bought it before my free trial ran out. Smile