Dan “Dano” Steinhardt from Epson is joined by Josh Haftel from Nik Software and our very own Matt Kloskowski for a class filled with discussion and demonstration centered around the art of the black and white print. In this class you’ll learn about the key elements of a successful black and white photo and how to set up your digital…

The High Key filter in Color Efex Pro 4 lets you simulate the look of a high key image, while giving you maximum control over the tones, contrast, and saturation of the image. It can also enhance images that were created in the same (high key) style. A closer look at the filter controls will give you a better idea…

I’m so excited about our new HDR Efex Pro 2 that I had to use it for my Filter Friday image this week, along with Color Efex Pro 4 to create this long exposure image of sunset at the beach. I started with a 3 exposure image series, shot at sunset with a 10 stop Neutral Density filter to allow…

We had the opportunity to shoot promotional materials of Cui Baoqun, a national Chinese champion ping-pong player, for a television show called King Pong. He is incredible to watch play and a very nice guy. We shot at a Malibu beach location and applied, to this shoot, some of the information that we learned about Octodomes in our last lesson. We needed both Video…

  The Graduated User Defined filter in Color Efex Pro 4 is the last in the line of the graduated filter series. It simulates the use of traditional colored glass filters, commonly used to add color to your image. Using this particular filter enables you to achieve a splash of color without having to carry a large number of colored…

The need to shoot HDR is based on a limitation of the camera sensor to capture all of the information in a scene in a single exposure. The amount of information from shadow to highlight that can be captured in a single exposure is called the “dynamic range” of the camera. The problem is, in many situations the dynamic range…

Join Joseph Linaschke, professional photographer and the ApertureExpert (www.ApertureExpert.com) on a tour of Aperture and using Nik Software plugins. He will start with an overview of Aperture, including file naming and organization strategies, and an understanding of stacking — all important topics when managing files to use in external applications. He’ll talk about preparing files for sending to Nik plugins…

  The Graduated Neutral Density filter in Color Efex Pro 4 is the most notable and popular filter of the graduated series. Neutral density filters used on-camera not only allows the photographer the ability to reduce or change the intensity of light in an image, they also enable you to adjust the aperture and exposure time. This particular filter within…

Rick Sammon asked our Senior Product Manager, Josh Haftel, how he created the image on the back of the new HDR Efex Pro 2 box. “Josh Haftel is one of the talented photographers at Nik. When I saw his HDR shot on the Nik site I wanted to know how he did it. Well, here’s how . . . “ Click…

We have just released HDR Efex Pro 2, which enables everyone to quickly create exceptionally realistic to creatively stunning high dynamic range images. To help get you up and running with this exciting new software, we have listed some educational resources that you can access through our Nik Software website. HDR Efex Pro 2 – Webpage You’ll find everything that you need…