Nikon announces Nikon Capture NX, a major retooling of its flagship NEF processing application, as well as a new version of its longtime photo browser called View Pro.

Capture NX for Windows and Mac is the first application to emerge from the recently-announced partnership between Nikon and Nik Software. Nikon Capture NX is scheduled for release in the spring of 2006. Major features of Capture NX include:

• An all-new interface.
• A new browser window in which instruction set changes can quickly be applied to batches of thumbnails.
• The ability to select portions of an image based on colour or tone using a new technology called U Point or with the new Selective Application Brush, Lasso, Marquee and other new tools. U Point selections can be saved into the NEF file as part of its instruction set and recalled later.
• Remove, alter or duplicate any edit step in the new Edit List, which is a history of the adjustments made to a photo.
• The option to soft-proof photos on-screen, to better anticipate how a photo will print.
• Improved batch processing, relative to Capture.

Nikon View Pro Faster browsing of NEFs and other formats, a new IPTC editor, multiple photo display modes, image labeling, FTP transfer from within the application and integration with Capture NX are the key features of View Pro. Like Capture NX, View Pro is to ship in spring 2006.

Website : Nikon Capture NX news release

Website : Nikon View Pro news release