The new build improves the White balance section and AF Noise Reduction

Jan 29, 2014 12:24 GMT  ·  By

Nikon has announced today a new update for its ViewNX image editing application, bringing quite a few new features and camera profiles.

ViewNX is a complete image browsing and editing solution provided by Nikon for free to all its users. The program comes with lots of tools that allow you to edit RAW images and JPEG files without compromising their quality.

The new ViewNX v2.9.0 adds support for Nikon's recently announced COOLPIX S6800, S6700, and S3600 digital cameras, allowing you to easily fix lens distortion, chromatic aberrations, and add a personal touch to your photos.

In addition to that, the new ViewNX version improves the White Balance section found in the Adjustments palette, adding a few new interesting features. The new Auto 1 option will allow ViewNX to automatically adjust white balance settings, rendering colors similar to those found in images captured using the Auto 1 (Normal) white balance setting on your camera.

Unfortunately, not everyone will be able to take advantage of this option, as it only works with D7000 and later DSLRs, advanced mirrorless cameras, COOLPIX A, and COOLPIX P7100 or later models that use the NRW format.

The Tint option has also been improved, allowing you to make fine adjustments in 0.01 steps. Moreover, the new build also expands the Fine Adjustment range from 4132-7042 to 2500-7042 for the Direct Sunlight option. This gives you the possibility to use both Tint and Fine Adjustment when Recorded Value, Auto 1, Auto 2, or Underwater is selected.

A new feature has been added to allow the application to transfer photos from two memory cards when a camera with such a feature is connected to the computer using MTP/PTP.

Finally, the AF Noise Reduction is now able to reduce the sound of the lens drive with autofocusing more efficiently. If you want to take advantage of these new features, you should download the latest ViewNX version right away.

Download ViewNX 2.9.0 for Windows

Download ViewNX 2.9.1 for Mac