Nikon D600 For Dummies

Applying the Retouch Menu Filters

Many features described in this chapter live on the Retouch menu, so I want to give you a brief overview how these menu options work.

When you apply a correction or enhancement from the Retouch menu, the camera creates a copy of your original photo and then makes the changes to the copy only. Your original is preserved untouched.

You can get to the Retouch menu features in two ways:

• Display the menu, select the tool you want to use, and press OK. You're then presented with thumbnails of your photos. Use the Multi Selector to move the yellow highlight box over the photo you want to adjust and press OK. You next see options related to the selected tool.
• Switch the camera to playback mode, display your photo in single-frame view, and press the Picture Control button or the OK button. (Remember that you can shift from thumbnail display to single-frame view by pressing the OK button. Your second press of the OK button then brings up the Retouch menu.)

  The Retouch menu then appears superimposed over your photo, as shown in Figure 11-1. Select the tool you want to use and press OK to access the tool options. I prefer the second method, so that's how I approach things in this chapter, but it's entirely a personal choice.

  However, you can't use this method ...