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Peter Dam
Controlling and fine-tuning colors often means dealing with a lot of layers and masks. However, with the U-point technology available in the Viveza software plugin from Nik Collection, this task becomes considerably easier. The Viveza 2 plugin works with Photoshop, and other editors like Affinity Photo, Capture One, and Lightroom. …
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Peter Dam
Nik Collection 3 is the latest to feature from DxO, introduces Perspective Efex while adding re-editing features. Read our Nik Collection 3 Review
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Peter Dam
Often when a photo comes straight from the camera, it looks flat and not just up to our expectations or what our experience was when we took it. Instead of leaving the photo sitting on your hard drive, you can make most images pop using Lightroom or Photoshop, but with …
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Peter Dam
Nik Collection is a series of plugins that you install on your computer or Mac. You use Nik Collection plugins to enhance your photos so they look better. The plugins are very powerful and give you great control of how you want to edit your photos. Learn more about how Nik Collection can improve your photo editing workflow.
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Peter Dam
Sharpening is one of the hardest post-processing steps to understand for many photographers. There are several pitfalls and obstacles to overcome in order to take your sharpening skills to a professional level. When should you sharpen, to get the best result? How does the output media affect the sharpening process? …
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Peter Dam
Great news for those of us who love to use Nik Collection as part of a professional photo editing workflow. In December DxO acquired the Nik Collection software from Google and now they have launched an update. It is mainly bug fixes and an update to ensure that it is …
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Peter Dam
As you probably know, the reason for Nik Collection being free is because Google has decided not to continue to develop or support this software. It doesn’t mean that you cannot use it. You can use it for as long as it continues to work on your PC or Mac. …
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Peter Dam
Affinity Photo Tutorials, Nik Collection Tutorials, Post-Processing
Download a FREE e-book: 25 Techniques All Photographers Should Master Switching from Photoshop to Affinity Photo can be a little daunting experience when you first think of it. However, the transition is easier than you think and well worth it.If you are using Nik Collection Plugins, you might wonder whether you …
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Peter Dam
Black and White, Nik Collection Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials, Post-Processing
What is it about black and white photography that is so amazing? And how can you create it? In a world full of color, we often get attracted to the colors that ‘screams’ the most for attention or the colors that have the greatest visual mass in a photo. But …