![]() ![]() Since then, the French software company has been steadily adding new features and some its own algorithms to the Nik Collection toolbox.Īvailable immediately, Nik Collection 4 is priced at $149 for new customers, with upgrades available to existing customers for $79. Initially developed by Nik Software and later purchased by Google, the Nik Collection was acquired by DxO in late 2017. The Nik Collection first appeared over a decade ago, and some of its component plug-ins can be traced back as far as late 1999, when the first version of Nik Color Efex was released. And 2021 is no different, with Nik Collection 4 now making its debut. Here’s how it works.Every year around the start of June, French software company DxO releases a new version of Nik Collection, a suite of eight image processing tools that can be used either as standalone apps or plug-ins for third-party software like Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. This is a new feature in the DxO Nik Collection 3 release, which lets you return to your editing steps in the Nik Collection plug-ins, even after you’ve saved and closed the image. The DxO Nik Collection 3 non-destructive workflow and how it works.It has a large collection of photographic filters and effects which can be combined into ‘recipes’. Get an HDR effect from a single image in Color Efex ProĬolor Efex Pro is another of the plug-ins in the DxO Nik Collection.More Nik Collection articles | More Analog Efex Pro articles.DxO Nik Collection 3 review | Analog Efex Pro review.Once you’ve got the image looking how you want it to, you can save it back to your host software or take it further by adding other tools and effects from the Camera Kit list in the left sidebar. But there are two ways to adjust the result – you can use the Brightness, Contrast and Saturation sliders to adjust the image’s overall appearance, and you can use Control Points to change the effect in different areas. These two effects work in unison, you can’t control them individually, so you have to judge just how far to push the Detail Extractor slider. This really useful for images which look just a little flat and lifeless. The Detail Extractor slider also has the effect of increasing local contrast and clarity, to give images a much grittier, more textured appearance. However, you should watch out for edge halos around hard object edges against bright skies (circled in this screenshot). It has the effect of bringing up shadow detail while bringing back highlights – exactly why you might try to achieve with HDR software – but it does it in a very naturalistic way. It has two actions, which increase in strength as you push the slider. There’s almost nothing to know about the Detail Extractor slider. ![]() I’ve selected only the Basic Adjustments tool in this list, so that’s the only toolbar showing in the right sidebar. When you use the Camera Kit, you choose the panels you want to see by selecting them from the list in the left sidebar. If this is your first time with this software, see this guide on how to get started with Analog Efex Pro. The tools and options have increased since then, but the principle is the same. Here are some instructions on how to use the Analog Efex Pro Camera Kit from version 1 of the software. For this, you need to swap from the camera categories in the drop-down presets menu, top left, and choose Camera Kit. ![]() The presets in Analog Efex Pro use this panel and others to create their ‘looks’, but it is possible to use the Basic Adjustments panel on its own. It’s called the Detail Extractor, and it’s a single slider within Analog Efex Pro’s Basic Adjustments panel. ![]() Here’s a third.Īnalog Efex Pro, part of the DxO Nik Collection has an excellent tool that’s easily missed but lies at the heart of many of this software’s striking analog film effects. One solution is a graduated filter, which isn’t always practical, another is HDR software, which seems like an extreme solution to a simple problem. It’s often difficult to know the best way to handle images with a high brightness range, especially in outdoor photography under bright skies. Here’s a before and after showing the original image (left) and the edited version after using the Analog Efex Pro Detail Extractor. ![]()
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