Nikon 25338 User Manual - Page 82

Chapter 12 76 vertical and allow the Straighten Tool to automatically straighten your image. The Straighten Tool is not accessible while working within the Browser. Once the Straighten dialog appears, you can identify a reference line in the image by tracing a horizontal line or a vertical line in the image, or you can enter a numerical rotation amount, which will straighten the image by degrees. To trace a horizontal or a vertical line, simply click anywhere on your image and drag as long as the Straighten dialog remains visible. You will be provided with one anchor at the point at which you begin to trace the line and a second where you finish those numbers into the Straighten dialog. Positive numbers will rotate the image clockwise, while negative numbers will cause the image to rotate counter-clockwise. Within the Straighten dialog, you can select whether or not to display the full image data. By default, Capture NX will automatically crop the image using the same aspect ratio to hide all areas of the image where there is no image information. These areas that lack image information are created when the image is rotated, and are represented by pure white pixels. Check this box in order to show all areas without image data. Straightening an image will cause a step to be added to the Edit List, enabling you to remove or alter the straighten effect at any point in the future. If you save the file as an NEF file, you can remove or alter the straighten effect at any point, even after the image has been saved and closed. Toolbar F3 - Edit tracing the line. You can further refine the rotation amount by clicking on either anchor point to re-adjust the trace. Alternatively, if you know how many degrees to rotate, simply enter