64bit Capture NX2 released

[radar]

Finally, NX2 v2.3 is out with 64 bit support. Note that if you use CEP with NX2, you will still need to run NX2 in 32-bits . But there are plenty of new bits in this latest version and Nik Software will hopefully have a version out soon for CEP.

http://nikonrumors.com/2011/12/20/nikon ... oday.aspx/

There is also a new version of View NX2.

Edit: new version of CEP that supports 64 bits:
http://www.niksoftware.com/downloads/us ... w=software

cheers,

André

[biggerry]

nice..

will definitely give it a go when i get a minute.

Asia download:

http://nikonasia-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7226

Modifications enabled with Ver. 2.3.0

Modifications that apply to both the Windows and Macintosh versions

Lens information is now displayed in the Metadata palette for images captured with the Nikon 1 V1 or Nikon 1 J1 using the Mount Adapter FT1 and a CPU lens.
Support for images captured with the Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 1 J1 using the Mount Adapter FT1 has been added.
An Astro Noise Reduction option has been added to Noise Reduction in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette. This option reduces the randomly spaced bright pixels that occur in images of stars captured with long exposures.
An Auto2 option has been added to New WB under White Balance in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette. This option is available with RAW images taken with the COOLPIX P7100.
When white balance is changed to Auto2 and a settings file saved, a white balance setting of Recorded Value will be applied if the settings file is used on a RAW image that does not support the Auto2 white balance setting.
When Set Gray Point was selected from White Balance in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette, and the image clicked to specify a portion to use as the gray point, the point selected was sometimes not accurately reflected in the resulting white balance if the image had first been rotated. This issue has been resolved.


Additional modifications to the Windows version

This software now operates as a native 64-bit application under the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
An Embed Preview When Saving NEF/NRW item with Thumbnail and Preview and Thumbnail only options has been added to the General panel of the Preferences accessed from the Edit menu.
In addition, preview images can later be added to NEF/NRW files saved without embedding them using the new Update Preview option in the Browser palette context menu and File menu.
The default setting for the Use Image Cache option in the Cache Settings panel of the Preferences, accessed from the Edit menu, has been changed to off (not checked).
When Capture NX 2 Ver. 2.3.0 is installed with the Use Image Cache option enabled (checked) with the previous version of Capture NX 2, Use Image Cache will be disabled (unchecked) and cached data will be deleted.
An issue that resulted in inconsistent display of images in the Browser palette and images inside the folder selected in the Folders palette has been resolved.
When a batch process was run for images captured with simultaneous RAW + JPEG recording by selecting Run Batch Process from the Batch menu with a new naming convention applied to the RAW and JPEG images, new files were not always created for the selected images. This issue has been resolved.
An issue that caused the Folders, Browser, and Metadata palettes to be shifted down when Windows was set to display the taskbar at the top of the desktop has been resolved.
When Set as Default Printer was applied to some printers with Windows, a Capture NX 2 stops working error message was displayed when Capture NX 2 was exited. This issue has been resolved.
When tone curves were edited using Adjust menu>Light>Levels & Curves, Adjust menu>Color>LCH, or Quick Fix in the Develop section of the Edit List palette, positions of anchor points changed unexpectedly. This issue has been resolved.
When the mouse cursor was positioned over the Set Black Point button in the Levels & Curves dialog, accessed via the Adjust menu>Light, to display an explanation of the feature, white point information was displayed. This issue has been resolved. (French version only)


Additional modifications to the Macintosh version

This software now operates as a native 64-bit application under Mac OS.
An Embed Preview When Saving NEF/NRW item with Thumbnail and Preview and Thumbnail only options has been added to the General panel of the Preferences accessed from the Capture NX 2 menu.
In addition, preview images can later be added to NEF/NRW files saved without embedding them using the new Update Preview option in the Browser palette context menu and File menu.
The default setting for the Use Image Cache option in the Cache Settings panel of the Preferences, accessed from the Capture NX 2 menu, has been changed to off (not checked).
When Capture NX 2 Ver. 2.3.0 is installed with the Use Image Cache option enabled (checked) with the previous version of Capture NX 2, Use Image Cache will be disabled (unchecked) and cached data will be deleted.
When the selection brush was used to edit an image with the image window displayed at a large size (1980 × 1080, 1512 × 1008, etc.), Capture NX 2 sometimes quit unexpected. This issue has been resolved.

[biggerry]

Finally, NX2 v2.3 is out with 64 bit support. Note that if you use CEP with NX2, you will still need to run NX2 in 32-bits . But there are plenty of new bits in this latest version and Nik Software will hopefully have a version out soon for CEP.

I dunno whether Nik Soft will bother updating CEP for capture, if you look at the au site and even the international site tracking down CEP for capture is hard and full of broken links. It can be access and purchased in the USA though.

However, Nikon did invest in Nik Software in 2006 so I wonder....

Anyway, onto more important things..

CNX 2.3.0 works pretty good from my initial trialling, however further testing will be needed since I did do a complete cleanout of all the software and did a new install. However there is no doubt that even with the 32 bit version there is a marked improvement in the speed of opening files and rendering them.

Another important note from my experience, i tried the CEP package from the AU nikon site and that sucessfully broke the program, however installing the international CEP 3.003 worked well from what I can see. Apparently you do need to use the latest version of CEP with CNX2 2.3.0 or else things go pear shaped.

There is a good discussion on flickr about the problems and solutions about 2.3.0 and CEP.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/capturenx/discuss/72157628495818029/

[radar]

Here is a review from Jason Odell:
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/blog/20 ... nce-review

Also, Nik software is not saying they won't get CEP4 for CNX2, the door is open to do the update, they are waiting on Nikon, supposedly.

cheers,

André

[CraigVTR]

Downloaded, installed and trialled. Yes is is faster to open and render files, no problems so far but I have played with only a couple of files.

Might check out CEP3.

[aim54x]

Just installed...it is faster!

[chrisk]

me too. so far so good. a little faster for sure...not uber fast though.

[StarForge]

Hmm, definitely faster, but I kinda gave up on Capture NX 2 a few months ago and I've been using Lightroom 3, don't think I'll look back, unless Capture NX 3 is something amazing.

[radar]

Nik Software has now updated Color Efex Pro 3 for Capture NX2 to be 64-bit, get version 3.004:
http://www.niksoftware.com/downloads/us ... w=software

cheers,

André