![]() ![]() The Bokeh Tool now contains both the elliptical style and a new linear style which acts like a Tilt Shift filter. One of my favorite new features is the Multilens which allows you to divide your image into various different configurations (see last image)! The Lens Distortion Tool has a new Defocus slider which can be used to shift the image out of focus. You can also add your own image to superimpose – some really creative possibilities with this one. By dragging out the corners of the square, the scale can be change and hovering near a side of the square, the rotation can be changed on the superimposed image. Double Exposure is another interesting filter – can either just click in your image and you get a square that superimposes your image on the original. Motion Blur has an interesting item called Add Blur Point that allows you to set the angle of the blur and the strength by dragging the blue dot around or using sliders, and several points can be added. Light Leaks, Dirt & Scratches and Photo Plate all have Control Points with a strength slider so the effect can be removed from certain object or areas. The control point sliders for the Basic Adjustments section includes all 4 sliders for easy localized adjustments. The biggest improvement is the addition of control points. The New Stuff: Nik has added several 6 new cameras called Tool Combinations – B&W, Color Cast, Motion, Subtle Bokeh, Double Exposure, and Multilens – each with presets. This easy to use plug-in is now even better! NIK has updated Analog Efex Pro to the 2 version and kept it free for all Nik collection owners. ![]() And then there's Perspective Efex, DxO's most recent addition, which offers powerful lens and perspective corrections, tilt-shift effects and advanced wide-angle distortion correction. You can use the Nik Collection 4 plug-ins with Photoshop, Lightroom and from within DxO PhotoLab – or use them as external editors with other programs like Capture One.HOW ABOUT THAT UPDATE TO NIK ANALOG EFEX PRO 2? ![]() ![]() HDR Efex Pro is pretty handy as an HDR merging/effects tool, and while Sharpener Pro and Dfine feel pretty dated now, they can still be useful for output sharpening and noise reduction respectively. Viveza gets the same treatment and is elevated from a relatively simple local adjustment tool into a much more powerful plug-in. Silver Efex Pro remains the best digital black and white plug-in ever and is updated in this version with a fresh, modern interface, a new ClearView option and more powerful selective control points. Analog Efex Pro is brilliant at analog/darkroom effects, while Color Efex Pro is a hugely powerful suite of filters for individual use or combined into 'recipes'. It consists of eight separate plug-ins which can also be used as standalone programs. Nik Collection 5 is perhaps the most comprehensive and inspiring collection of one-click effects, presets and 'looks' you'll ever see. It can also go toe-to-toe with Photoshop at every level. Photoshop costs too much? Well, if $120/£120 per year for the Photography Plan is too steep, get Affinity Photo! It's less than half that, and Affinity has never charged for an upgrade since the software was launched. We happen to think the Adobe Photography Plan is a really good deal, but if you're dead set on paying a one-off licence fee then we have the answer – Affinity Photo, Photoshop Elements, Luminar Neo, Capture One and DxO Nik Collection can all be licensed this way.Ģ. You don't like subscriptions? Fair enough. So what have we got against Photoshop? Don't get us wrong – it's a great program for designers, publishers, illustrators and a certain kind of photographic manipulation – but it's not necessarily the ultimate photographic tool everyone thinks it is. ![]()
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