Are they still relevant? Let’s find out one by one in our Nik Collection 3 review. These plug-ins have been available for a long time, and belong to an earlier era. Nik Collection 3 includes all of the previous suites, including Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Dfine, HDR Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro, and Viveza. The Earlier Features Still Part of the Collection It only works with the latest plugin you have accessed. Once you edit it (flattened one), you will lose access to the ability to edit it again in the previous plugin. So, a tiff from Color Efex Pro can only be edited in Color Efex Pro and not in any other plugin. However, you can only edit the image in the same plugin only. Now you can save files and edit them again later. Nik Collection 3 has added a non-destructive editing capability to the mix. It is one of the simplest ways to create a shallow depth of field in any of the pictures that you can create. With a few preset actions, and gradual gradient blurs, you can put the focus of the shot properly. To fix this, the volume deformation feature exists, which works well.Īmong the simple and magical parts of Perspective Efex is the ‘Miniature Effect’. In group photos, the people at the edges can have lens distortions making their bodies appear deformed, especially when clicked with a wide-angle lens. There is another additional feature – volume deformation corrections. However, the hardest part for most photographers is to actually find out, that an image has perspective issues that need fixing. If you struggle with distortion issues in your images, Perspective Efex gives you enough control to fix almost anything. Perspective can fix perspective errors from any position using these few tools available in the plugin. There are other options like ‘Force Verticals Only’, ‘Force Horizontals Only’, ‘Rectangle’, and ‘8 Points’. To see the full impact, we turn the ‘Crop’ tab off’ and see what has happened to the image. We also have the option to select only one of the three: ‘Verticals & Horizontals’, ‘Verticals only’, and ‘Horizontals only’. Please use the ‘Ratio’ sliders to more accurately recover the proportions of the image.’ When we hit Auto, we can see magic with straight lines and the image seemingly having transformed. There is a warning below that mentions ‘EXIF data present in this image did not allow for a fully automated correction. Again, when we go to the Perspective tab, there is an Auto option available. Perspective Efex – Working with vertical correction tool in use When you click auto, it fixes automatically or asks for the original file (in case you are using JPEG or a copy). You have to choose between auto and manual. The same option is available in Perspective FX in Nik Collection 3 on the top. Most of the software simply reads out the EXIF data and corrects distortion based on the lens data. Perspective fixing is a common feature these days in most post-processing software. What’s New in Nik Collection 3? Perspective FXĪ new plug-in by the name Perspective Efex is the newest member of Nik Collection. Nik Collection is primarily a suite of plugins for Adobe’s Photoshop, Lightroom, and Bridge, Phase One’s Capture One, and now also for Affinity Photo. Silver Efex is one of the finest plugins from Nik Collection 3 What is Nik Collection Read on to find out more about this in our Nik Collection 3 Review. Download Free eBook: 25 Techniques All Photographers Should MasterĪre you planning on buying the new version 3 of Nik Collection? Want to know if it is worth it or not, will it fit your workflow? Why should you go for this version and not continue using the free version earlier released by Google, and so on? Google made the Nik Collection free before DXO bought it and re-released it.
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