

The DxO Nik Collection 4 is available now from the DxO website (opens in new tab), and if you buy before June 30, the price for new users will be $99.99/£88.99 instead of $149/£133. If you don’t want the entire panel, but a specific filter you can go to Menu -> Filters -> Nik Collection and choose. If you close it and want to open it again without re-launching Photoshop, go to Menu -> File -> Automate -> Nik Collection Selective Tool. DxO Nik Collection 4 availability and pricing You can move it around your screen, minimize or close it without affecting Photoshop. The Last Edit function, previously available only in Photoshop, has now been extended to Lightroom Classic to make it easier to apply the last preset used to new images, and a new Smart Copy and Past feature lets you selectively re-apply the effect of a plug-in to several images at once without having to launch the plug-in interface. where you will find other tutorials and videos for the Nik Collection. Nik Collection 4 also brings a new workflow for Lightroom users. Since writing the 2nd edition of this book, DxO has purchased the Nik Collection. Though Viveza is not used in any of the tutorials in this book. 10 Meta Presets are supplied with Nik Collection 4, and it will be interesting to see where DxO takes this in the future. Nik also has an incredible plugin called Viveza, which is an amazing image correcting. For the first time, its possible to combine Nik Collection 4 plug-in effects from within Photoshop with a single preset. The Nik Collection 4 Meta Presets are a little like Photoshop actions, carrying out a pre-defined sequence of filter effects. Nik Collection 4 Meta Presets and Adobe workflow The remaining plug-ins stay pretty much as they are, though they all benefit from new Adobe workflow options and Meta Presets in Photoshop. This elevates Viveza from a simple dodging and burning tool to something rather more powerful – and it too offers more selective Color Tolerance settings. These three tips can make a significant difference to your photo editing and improve your results. Viveza traditionally been a stripped back local adjustment tool rather than a creative plug-in, but this changes with Viveza 3, which now comes with ten creative presets and the ability to create your own. You place a control point where you want to make an adjustment, and the tones under the control point are then used to. Viveza 2 control points combine adjustments and masks all in one.

In Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. Viveza 2 is designed to offer localised adjustments for your digital image using the ‘control point’ technology now found throughout the Nik Collection.
NIK TUTORIALS VIVEZA UPDATE
(Image credit: DxO) (opens in new tab) Viveza 3 update After completing the installation, launch your image editing application.
NIK TUTORIALS VIVEZA PRO
A Color Control Point in conjunction with the Color Picker lets you fix the sky.Viveza also gets an update, and Viveza now offers presets and the same improved control point technologies in Silver Efex Pro 3. I used a single CCP in Capture NX 2 and used the “Color Picker” to sample the color from the upper left sky and fix the overpolarized image. The upper right corner is just WAY too dark.įortunately, if you use Capture NX 2 or Nik Viveza 2, a Color Control Point can quickly and easily come to the rescue. I not only overpolarized the sky, but I failed to notice that the polarization was uneven. Take, for example, the following shot: Courthouse rock, with an obviously overpolarized (and uneven) sky

This can be a particularly easy thing to mess up, especially when you are using a moderately wide lens. Uneven polarization is when one part of the sky is darkened more than other areas. However, you have to be very careful when using a polarizing filter to avoid uneven polarization. The plugin applies processing and then closes. Click on OK (or Apply for Silver Efex Pro 3 and Viveza 3). The image will open in the selected plugin. Select one of the Nik Collection plugins. Inspirational content and educational video resources for the Nik Collection have been created to illustrate some of the basic filter application and enhancement techniques possible with Nik. Why are the corrections not applied to the control. As someone who shoots a fair bit of landscapes out west, a polarizing filter is one of my favorite tools. After opening your image in Photoshop: Go to the Filter menu, then go to the Nik Collection sub-menu. Nik Viveza (and other Nik Collection apps) doesnt make localized changes when using control points.
