I love how quick and easy the Nik Software tools make it for me to quickly adjust and enhance my photos. I took this image mid day, in a combination of shade and bright sunlight, and Viveza 2 allowed me to quickly and easily correct the harsh lighting and dark shadows in the image.  Color Efex Pro 4 let me…

Discover the beauty of black and white photography using Silver Efex Pro 2 and Photoshop with professional photographer and instructor, Scott Stulberg. Learn how to create dramatic and moody portraits from your color images using darkroom inspired features from this unique plug in. Learn to fine-tune your images to perfection with the extensive set of global controls such as brightness,…

By Rob Cooper These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted pictures show the American West as you have never seen it before – as it was charted for the first time. The photos, by Timothy O’Sullivan, are the first ever taken of the rocky and barren landscape. At the time federal government officials were travelling across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the rest…

Join band tour photographer, Adam Elmakias, as he walks you through his editing process that he uses on his group images of bands. He will demonstrate how he uses Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2 and Viveza 2 to enhance his images. Follow along as Adam shares tips and tricks on how to get the great shots and…

The Monday Morning filter within Color Efex Pro 4 is a sublime filter used to enhance the mood of the image. It works by giving us control over the contrast, color, saturation, and the soft focus of an image. There is also the option of adding grain to the overall effect. What you are left with is a cool, softened…

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It still amazes me how using a few Nik Software filters in Color Efex Pro 4 can transform my images.  Here is an example where I used several filters to help draw the viewer’s eye to the subject, which is the butterfly, while at the same time softening and darkening the background to create a nice vignette.   Here are the filters…

Have you ever wondered what the differences are between the different Contrast filters within Color Efex Pro 4? In this informative video, Dan Hughes demonstrates all four Contrast filters: – Contrast Color Range – Contrast Only – Pro Contrast – Tonal Contrast Be sure to check it out and discover which filters work best on your own images!   Click here…

Professional Photographer, speaker and workshop leader, Cris Duncan, demonstrates how he uses several of the Nik Software products to enhance his landscape images that he took during his Find Your Focus workshop in Yosemite. Check out his series of videos on HDR Efex Pro 2, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 4 and Silver Efex Pro 2.   Click here to…

Every once in a while, we photographers undergo a technical shift that often causes a shift in one’s vision.  This phenomenon is usually set into motion by the purchase of either a new camera or new software.  On great occasion, the two forces come together like planets that change the tides and the tides of human awareness. I’d just traded…