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and uncorrected image versions during
complex corrections, and the built-in Compare
with Originaloption is not at all easy to use.
We were unable to try out RAW correction on
our other test images because they weren’t
captured in Nikon’s proprietary NEF format.
The program filtered lateral errors fairly
effectively in JPEG mode. It produced minimal
improvements in our axial target, but did
manage to reduce the color cast caused by our

original RAW conversion using RawTherapee.

Capturewasn’t able to fully correct the varying

color casts in JPEG mode, but did improve

things somewhat. It adjusted the purple cast

in the branches of our tree to much more

natural tones, but tended to adjust the overall

colors in an image while correcting axial errors.

While it produced a visible improvement in our

colorful portrait image, it did produce some

slight edge artifacts in the process.

Purple fringing correction worked much

better for our JPEG test image than it did for

RAW, and reduced the strong colored artifacts

so much that they became virtually invisible.

Capture NX 2offers solid, easy-to-use color

error correction tools, but is restricted to

correcting only Nikon RAW images. It can be

used to correct JPEGs from any camera. The

software’s known weaknesses regarding

stability, sluggishness and rather odd user

Nikon’sCapture NX 2is the only program
we found that has dedicated lateral and
axial aberration correction tools

Capture NX 2removed purple fringing more

efficiently in our JPEG test image than it did

in our RAW sample

The quality of the RAW correction

was clearly not as good