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Light leaks

Old and cheap film cameras have poor seals and badly-fitting backs that may let light through on to the film inside. This produces pale streaks across the image or at the edges and has become associated with an ‘old camera’ look. Some programs now replicate light leaks digitally in a variety of colours, patterns and orientations.

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)

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

How to get great black and white in DxO PhotoLab… but you’ll need FilmPack 5

January 20, 2019 by Rod Lawton

DxO PhotoLab can create superb black and white imagery, both in terms of image quality and in creative control, but you need to get the DxO FilmPack 5 Elite add-on to do it. This does make things more expensive, and it does feel a bit like you’re paying for some things that other programs offer […]

Filed Under: PhotoLab, TutorialsTagged With: Analog, Black and white, Borders and frames, Contrast, Film simulation, Grain, Light leak, Textures, Toning, Vignette

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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