The Nikon CSpro Plugin is a new sharpening technology specific designed to accommodate the Nikon D100 and D1x digital SLR files. This plugin is compatible with JPEG files straight from the camera or TIFF/JPEG files converted from NEF.

*The Nikon CSpro v1.1 only works with 16-bit files when using Photoshop CS. When using Photoshop Elements 1 and 2, Photoshop 6.0 or 7.0, it will only work with 8-bit files.

The Nikon CSpro Plugin is compatible with Photoshop Elements 1 and 2, Photoshop 6.0, 7.0 and Photoshop CS.

NOTE: PC and MAC FM plugins are offered as separate packages. Make sure to order the correct one for your operation system.

 

 

 

Complexity makes this plugin very smart: It provides everything from haloless sharpening, edgesharpening, luminance sharpening, mode sharpening, and more with just the press of a button.
Included are 5 automated intensity levels and 2 Tweak levels.

 

Below is an example comparing the D100 Nef file converted to 8-bit tiff with no sharpening as camera parameter against a basic USM setting and Nikon CS PRO:

D100 sample file:

D100 (no sharpening parameter)

Photoshop USM (Unsharp mask)

Nikon CS PRO

Photoshop's USM can achieve a good level of sharpeness alone, but it introduces noise and artifacts which are noticeable on this 100% crop sample. The Nikon CS PRO does not increase noise by only sharpening the foilage.

Now, let's compare USM and Nikon CS PRO for detail. By the way all the samples are 100% crops from full 8-bit tiff files saved as jpg low compression.

D1x sample file:

D1x (no sharpening parameter)

Photoshop USM (Unsharp mask)

Nikon CS PRO - D1x file

On the above demonstration, you can see that the Nikon CS PRO gives your full size images more detail and less noise in the shadow areas when comparing to Photoshop's USM. It also provides haloless sharpening to the foliage. Again, these are 100% crops.

It's worth noting that Nikon CS PRO can be used with any type of images, from portraits, landscape, still-life and especially with HIGH ISO files. It sharpens your files while keeping noise and artifacts to a minimum. (Also works with jpeg files straight from the camera.)