![]() ![]() ![]() It strives to pay homage to techniques used by photographers many years ago, and will help transport your image back in time.Ĭolor Efex Pro 4: Tonal Contrast (middle)Ĭolor Efex Pro 4: Sunlight filter (right) If you love the images produced by older cameras, or want to add a vintage look to your photo, Analog Efex Pro may be the set that appeals to you. Take note of this, as it will be referenced and elaborated on below, as the various plug-ins are discussed. A control point, as the name implies, is a way to control the application of a filter to selected areas of your choice. If you click any of them, the chosen filter is immediately applied to your preview, and you then have sub-options for that filter listed on the right panel, which gives you further control over its application.Īn awesome feature that the Nik Collection utilizes is called Control Points, which is available in each plug-in. Preset filters are listed down the left side panel of the dashboard. The layout in each set is very similar, which translates to ease of use once you get the hang of it. As you see, the suite is quite extensive, thus this overview will just touch on its potential uses, and hopefully encourage you to further explore the collection more in-depth. The Nik Collection is comprised of Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Dfine, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro, Silver Efex Pro and Viveza. The Nik Collection, as it has been known for over a decade, is a set of photographic filter plug-ins, and image enhancement tools, that delivers another look and feel to your photo. Not only does it amplify her blouse, but it also brings out details in her hair, setting it against the background quite nicely.By now, if you have not downloaded Google’s Nik Collection, at the very least you have heard that this once $500 software, was made free for download in March 2016. ![]() On this photo, a little bit of Detail Extraction actually benefits it greatly. You’ll see that her eyes are a little too dark, so we’ll fix that next. For the photo I’m workin with, the #2 preset in the middle row works out quite well. ![]() You really just have to click through them and see what looks best for your particular photo. This adjustment doesn’t offer much guidance on what you’ll get with each option. Therefore, start here, and then make adjustments afterwards. So if you start by adjusting exposure or curves or vignetting, you may end up negating those with the film type. The Film Type adjustments have a lot of effects built into them already. It also gives us an easy way to “reset” the image without having to go back and manually adjust a bunch of settings to neutral. This allows us to add effects, instead of takin them away. Start by selecting that to load up a basic B&W conversion. Now, it’s time to continue to explore Nik Collection‘s editing processes to make the most creative silver halide print! Starting with a Neutral Image In part 1 of this article, we explored what a Silver Halide print is, how to prepare a file in Adobe Photoshop for Analog Efex Pro, and how to create a neutral B&W starting point in the filter. This is a series of posts I've written for the DxO Blog, which I am posting an excerpt of here for your enjoyment. ![]()
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