Nikon D5500 User Manual

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N The Retouch Menu: Creating Retouched Copies

Select the first image.
Use the multi selector to highlight the
first photograph in the overlay. To
view the highlighted photograph full
frame, press and hold the

X button.

Press

J to select the highlighted

photograph and return to the preview display.

Select the second image.
The selected image will appear as Image 1. Highlight
Image 2 and press

J, then select the second photo as

described in Step 2.

Adjust gain.
Highlight Image 1 or Image 2 and
optimize exposure for the overlay by
pressing

1 or 3 to select gain from

values between 0.1 and 2.0. Repeat
for the second image. The default
value is 1.0; select 0.5 to halve gain or 2.0 to double it. The
effects of gain are visible in the Preview column.

Preview the overlay.
To preview the composition as shown
at right, press

4 or 2 to place the

cursor in the Preview column, then
press

1 or 3 to highlight Overlay

and press

J (note that colors and

brightness in the preview may differ from the final image). To
save the overlay without displaying a preview, select Save. To
return to Step 4 and select new photos or adjust gain, press
W (Q).