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Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection)

Analog Efex Pro is part of the DxO Nik Collection. It recreates the look of old films, darkroom processes and vintage cameras by combining image adjustments and filter effects as presets which you can apply with a single click or customise yourself.

Analog Efex Pro 3 review

August 19, 2022 by Rod Lawton

Verdict: 5 stars Analog Efex Pro 3 is a new and revamped version of the analog effects plug-in in the DxO Nik Collection. It goes way beyond most analog photography tools, offering not just film styles, grain effects and borders, but creative vignetting, bokeh, lens blur, lens distortion, double-exposures, motion blur and more to simulate a huge variety of ‘old camera’ looks. There are other good vintage/analog tools out there, but none that go as far as Analog Efex Pro, and version 3, introduced with Nik Collection 5, is streamlined, updated and even better.

Filed Under: Nik Collection, ReviewsTagged With: Analog, Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Bokeh, Borders and frames, Control point, Film simulation, Frames, Grain, Multiple exposure, Nik Collection (DxO), Plug-ins, Tilt shift

DxO Nik Collection 5 review

August 18, 2022 by Rod Lawton

Verdict: 5 stars Only a modest amount has changed here from Nik Collection 4, but it was already so good there was little room left for improvement. If your photography needs an injection of inspiration, style, or creativity, this is where you’ll find it. Even if you already have version 4, the new Color Efex Pro 5 and Analog Efex Pro 3 could make it worth upgrading.

Filed Under: Best software, Featured, Nik Collection, ReviewsTagged With: Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Color Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Dfine (Nik Collection), HDR Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Perspective Efex (Nik Collection), Plug-ins, Sharpener Pro (Nik Collection), Silver Efex Pro, Viveza (Nik Collection)

Preset picks: Analog Efex Pro Double Exposures

April 24, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Analog Efex Pro’s double exposure tool is one of the features that makes this program unique. Here’s a breakdown of how its Double Exposure presets work and how they combine double exposures with other effects.

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Light leak, Multiple exposure, Nik Collection (DxO)

The Detail Extractor in Analog Efex Pro is like a magic bullet for contrast issues

August 25, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Analog 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.

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog, Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), HDR, Nik Collection (DxO)

How to customise Analog Efex Pro presets

August 23, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro, part of the DxO Nik Collection, has some great vintage film effect presets, but you don’t have to use them exactly as they are provided. It’s very easy to customise and adapt these presets to give exactly the kind of look you want.

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Control point, Film simulation, Grain, Nik Collection (DxO), Presets, Textures, Toning, Vignette

How to get started with Analog Efex Pro

June 16, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro is one of the plug-ins in the Nik Collection. It works as a plug in with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop but it can also work as a standalone program or as an external editor with all sorts of other programs like Capture One, Exposure X and more. It’s designed to recreate the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog, Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Bokeh, Borders and frames, Film simulation, Light leak, Nik Collection (DxO), Non-destructive editing, Toning, Vignette

Free Analog Efex Pro presets (and how to install them)

April 19, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro preset export and import

Welcome to the fourth and final part of this mini-series on Google’s brand new film and camera simulation plug-in, Analog Efex Pro. It joins the existing plug-ins in the Nik Collection, now owned and distributed by DxO. Note: Following many requests, I’m republishing this article with the download link restored but the content unchanged. This […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Nik Collection (DxO), Presets

6 tips for getting an authentic analog film effect

November 29, 2016 by Rod Lawton

Modern cameras can reproduce the world with utter, clinical accuracy. The trouble is, it turns out that’s not what we wanted after all. A lot of the time, what we actually want is the faded, distressed, imperfect look of analog photography. So here are six top tips for getting that analog film effect ‘look’ with […]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Listicles, Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: ACROS (Fujifilm), Analog, Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Bokeh, Borders and frames, Corner shading, Film simulation, Grain, Textures, Vignette

Top tips for creating and saving Analog Efex Pro custom presets

November 2, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro custom presets

Analog Efex Pro is one of the plug-ins in the DxO 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 this Analog […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Nik Collection (DxO), Presets

How to use the Nik Collection Analog Efex Pro Camera Kit

November 1, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro is part of the DxO Nik Collection, the set of plug-ins for Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom Classic that DxO took over from Google. I rate this as the best set of plug-ins ever made, and practically a must-have for digital image-editing fans. It’s a tool for simulating the look of old films […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, TutorialsTagged With: Analog Efex Pro (Nik Collection), Bokeh, Borders and frames, Film simulation, Light leak, Nik Collection (DxO), Presets, Textures

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