Plug In with Nik (eBook)

With his casual tone and insightful knowledge, John Batdorff takes readers through the Nik plug-in suite, including those for the mega-popular Viveza, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex, and HDR Pro, as well as those for noise reduction and sharpening.
This beautifully illustrated guide provides easy to follow instructions on processing your landscapes, portraits, or streetscapes from start to finish. John includes the benefits of each plug-in, how to use them, and how to incorporate them in your creative workflow. He also covers his favorite presets in action including the black and white filter, detail extractor, and classic soft focus from Color Efex Pro, how to create your own presets in Silver Efex Pro, and his top ten tips and tricks in Viveza.
The Nik Complete Collection includes all of the latest plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Aperture-Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 4 Complete Edition, Silver Efex Pro 2, and Sharpener Pro 3.0. These products feature Nik Software's incredibly powerful and easy to use U-Point technology for precise and natural enhancements and corrections without complicated selections or masks.

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Extend your photographic vision and harness the full power of Nik's Plug-In Suite (now re-branded as the Nik Collection by Google) with this beautifully illustrated guide that covers the full plug-in suite: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4 Complete Edition, Silver Efex Pro 2, and Sharpener Pro 3.0. Pro photographer John Batdorff provides easy-to-follow instructions for processing and enhancing your landscapes, portraits, and streetscapes with Nik from start to finish. Nik Collection by Google offers precise and natural enhancements without complicated selections or masks. John includes the benefits of each plug-in and how to incorporate each one in your workflow, whether you use Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, or Aperture, to create more dynamic photographs. In this guide you will learn to: recognize and reduce digital noise using Dfine; fine-tune your color images using Global and Selective adjustments in Viveza; combine existing presets; understand key adjustments for creating HDR images; and create your own presets in Silver Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro, and Color Efex Pro.