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DxO Nik Collection

With the launch of the DxO Nik Collection 3, the Collection now consists of eight different plug-ins, including four of the best creative tools for photographers you can buy today. Silver Efex Pro is still unrivalled for its black and white photography effects, Color Efex Pro has a dazzling array of photographic effects, Analog Efex Pro is superb at evoking classic analog film and darkroom effects and HDR Efex Pro makes HDR merging and editing easy enough for anyone to get great results straight out of the box. The new plug in, Perspective Efex, corrects perspective distortion and more.

Improve autumn colours with Color Efex Pro’s Contrast Colour Range filter

September 12, 2016 by Rod Lawton

It’s that time of year when autumn leaves produce a riot of colour, and you’ve only got a short window of time to get out there and get pictures. But the results don’t always match your expectations, and this shot is a prime example. The reds and yellows of the leaves were striking, but they […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Color Efex Pro, Nik Collection

Try Color Efex Pro 4’s Photo Styliser for a rich, warm landscape

January 20, 2016 by Rod Lawton

Color Efex Pro, part of the DxO Nik Collection, is a terrific plug-in with an amazing array of filter effects, each of which has its own controls. Some of them have uses which are obvious straight away, but some… well, not so much. So now and again I have a trawl through the list to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Color Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Warmth

How to batch process special effects with the DxO Nik Collection

January 16, 2014 by Rod Lawton

Color Efex Pro batch processing

If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time dabbling with one special effect, moving on to another image, trying another effect and keep on experimenting without a specific aim in mind. Wouldn’t it be better to put the effects you like already to some constructive use, rather than continually roaming your effects […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Apple Aperture, Batch processing, Nik Collection

Add some sunlight with Color Efex Pro!

December 15, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Color Efex Pro Sunshine filter

I’ve got to be honest. I’m compiling a list of my top ten worst Color Efex Pro filters (yes, there are some duds in amongst the great ones), and the Sunlight filter was on it. But in a spirit of fair play I thought I’d better find out for sure what it actually does and […]

Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Color Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Warmth

Who needs HDR when you’ve got Viveza 2 control points?

November 30, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Viveza 2 control points

Viveza 2 is part of the DxO Nik Collection, and I think it’s in danger of being overlooked in favour of the newer, flashier or more versatile plug-ins in the collection. Viveza 2 is designed to offer localised adjustments for your digital image using the ‘control point’ technology now found throughout the Nik Collection. Viveza […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Dodging and burning, HDR, Nik Collection, Viveza

Do more with Color Efex Pro’s Old Photo effect

November 21, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Color Efex Pro Old Photo effect

Normally, if you want to create any kind of black and white effect with the DxO Nik Collection, you’d go straight to Silver Efex Pro. However, Color Efex Pro has some black and white effects of its own. The effects are different to Silver Efex Pro’s, so although the tools aren’t quite as sophisticated, you […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Color Efex Pro, Film simulation, Nik Collection

Pimp your pictures with the Color Efex Pro Bi-Colour filter

November 14, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Google Nik Collection Color Efex Pro Bi-Colour filter

Color Efex Pro‘s Bi-Colour filter adds a colour gradient to your pictures, adding a subtle wash of one colour to the base and one to the top. It’s not an effect you’ll use every day, but don’t dismiss it straight away because there is a type of shot where it really comes to life, and […]

Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Color Efex Pro, Graduated filters, Nik Collection

Boost your landscapes with HDR Efex Pro

November 10, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Boost landscapes with HDR Efex Pro

HDR Efex Pro isn’t just for special effects. It can enhance your images in much more straightforward ways, improving the tonal balance, sky detail and colour saturation. I like to use it on landscapes, where professionals can wait for hours for the right lighting, but the rest of us have to grab shots when we […]

Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Graduated filters, HDR, HDR Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Structure, Warmth

How to apply the Zone System in Silver Efex Pro

November 8, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Silver Efex Pro Zone System

The Zone System was invented by legendary landscape photographer Ansel Adams. He hit upon the idea of splitting the full range of tones in a black and white image into eleven distinct brightness zones, which he then went on to define very carefully. I’m paraphrasing this from the Wikipedia entry: Zone 0: Maximum black, no […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro, Zone System

Top tips for creating and saving Analog Efex Pro custom presets

November 2, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro custom presets

Google’s brand new Analog Efex Pro plug-in is the latest component in Google’s Nik Collection. It comes with a selection of preset camera and film effects to reproduce the look of traditional analog photography, but I’ve been spending some time trying them out and using the Analog Efex Pro Camera Kit (see part 2 of […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Analog Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Presets

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