Nikon D80 - Manual (Page 126)

114 Menu Guide / Creating Retouched Copies: The Retouch Menu
Image Overlay
Image overlay combines two existing RAW photographs to create a single picture that is
saved separately from the originals. The new picture is saved at current image quality and
size settings; before creating an overlay, set image quality and size ( 33; all options are avail-
able). To create a RAW image, choose an image quality of NEF (RAW).
1
Highlight Image overlay in the retouch menu and press the multi
selector right. The preview dialog shown at right will be displayed
with Image 1 highlighted.
2
Press OK. A picture selection dialog will be displayed.
3
Press the multi selector left or right to highlight the fi rst photo-
graph in the overlay. To view the highlighted photograph full
frame, press and hold the
button.
4
Press OK to select the highlighted image and return to the preview
display. The selected image will appear as Image 1.
5
Optimize exposure for the overlay by pressing the multi selector
up or down to select the gain for image 1 from between 0.1 and
2.0. The default value is 1.0; selecting 0.5 cuts gain in half, while
selecting 2.0 doubles gain. The eff ects of gain are visible in the
Preview column.
6
Press the multi selector left or right to highlight Image 2. Repeat
Steps 2–5 to select the second photo and adjust gain.