Nik Software Complete Collection (for Photoshop, Lightroom 2 and Aperture) – The ultimate photographic plug-in package
The Nik Software Complete Collection offers five essential plug-ins and is the definitive software suite for controlling , managing and really getting creative with your digital images.
The Nik Complete Collection consists of five easy to use plug-ins for Lightroom 2, Photoshop, Elements and Apple Aperture and offers a whole new level of control and creativity over images, ensuring outstanding results from every photograph.
- Nik Silver Efex Pro - Create classic black and white images in a digtial environment
- Nik Viveza - Powerful, selective colour and light adjustment
- Nik Color Efex Pro 3 - Create more than 250 creative effects with a range of filters
- Nik Dfine 2 - Unprecedented colour and contrast noise control
- Nik Sharpener Pro 3 - Advanced image sharpening for output and creative detail
All five plug-ins within the Nik Software Complete Collection also feature award-winning U Point technology, enabling you to apply corrections and adjustments to specific sections of an image without the need for complicated masks or selections.
Features:
The Nik Software Complete Collection boasts numerous functions and features, including:
- Five essential plug-ins offering control, creativity and image management
- Compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom 2.0 and Apple Aperture
- Save over £280 when you buy the Nik Complete Collection suite
- Unique U Point technology allows selective image adjustments
- Combine traditional darkroom techniques with digital convenience
Plug-in Features:
Nik Silver Efex Pro:
- U Point technology - U Point powered control points enable you to selectively control the tonality and contrast of an image using convenient sliders. Award winning U Point Technology gives you the ultimate control to apply enhancements without the need for any complicated masks, layers or selectors.
- State-of-the-art grain engine - Accurately recreate a traditional black and white look in your digital photographs. Unlike other methods which merely overlay a grain pattern over your image, Silver Efex Pro recreates your image from grain, mimicking the traditional silver halide process.
- Black & White film emulation - Recreate the look of 18 of the most popular black and white film types, including the grain, colour sensitivity and tone curve for each.
- Advanced stylising - Enhance your images with a choice of 20 preset styles, including tints, toners and vignette effects or create your own presets.
- Powerful selective tool* - Brush filter effects into your image using any brush tool available in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Layers and layer masks are created automatically, enabling you to quickly and easily apply enhancements to precise areas in your image.
- Smart filter compatibility* - Fine tune black and white images even after the effects have been applied.
- Multi-image support** - Work on multiple images at once in Aperture. When more than one image is opened 'previous' and 'next' buttons appear, allowing users to easily copy and paste settings between images and maintain consistency.
- Multilingual - User guides for Silver Efex Pro software are available in English, French, German and Spanish
* Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Elements only ** Apple Aperture only
Nik Viveza:
- U Point Technology Colour Control Points - Selectively control light and colour in every photograph without the need for complicated selections or layer masks. Use one control or as many as you need to create exactly the effect you want, with enhancements automatically and naturally blended throughout your image.
- Smart Filter enabled - Viveza is compatible with Smart Objects feature in Adobe Photoshop which permits you to fine-tune enhancements after they have been applied without adding addiitonal layers. When Viveza is used as a Smart Filter, you can create and later edit Colour Control Points with no loss of quality or image detail.
- Powerful Selective Tool - Brush any light and colour changes into your image using Photoshop's brush tools. Layers and masks are created automatically, enabling you to quickly and easily apply any filter selectively.
- Quick and easy to use - U Point technology brings a new level of precision and efficiency to photographic image editing. Place a Colour Control Point on any part of the image you wish to alter and by moving a few simple sliders, you can achieve incredible results in a fraction of the time required by other tools.
- Multilingual - User guides for Viveza software are available in English, French, German and Spanish.
Nik Color Efex Pro Complete Edition:
- U Point Technology - U Point powered Control Points make it easy to selectively add, modify and remove a filter effect using convenient sliders. Award winning U Point technology gives you ultimate control to selectively apply enhancements without the need for any complicated masks, layers or selections.
- 52 professional image filters - Brilliance/Warmth, Burnt Sienna, Color Styliser, Contrast Only, Detail Styliser, Graduated Filters, Ink, Old Photo, Pastel, Polarisation, Remove Colour Cast, Saturation Styliser, Skylight Filter, Solarisation, Sunshine, B/W Conversion, Bi-Color Filters, Bi-Color User Defined, Bleach Bypass, Classical Soft Focus, Colorise, Contrast Colour Range, Darken/Lighten Centre, Film Grain, Flux, Graduated Natural Density, Graduated User Defined, Infared Thermal Camera, Midnight, Monday Morning, Paper Toner, Photo Styliser, Vignette, Vignette Blur, White Neutraliser, Cross Balance, Cross Processing, Duplex, Dynamic Skin Softener, Film Effects, Fog, Foliage, Glamour Glow, Graduated Fog, High Key, Indian Summer, Infared Film, Low Key, Polaroid Transfer, Pro Contrast, Reflector Effects, Tonal Contrast
- Multilingual - User guides for Color Efex Pro software are available in English, French, German and Spanish
Nik Dfine:
- U Point technology Colour Control Points - Nik's U Point technology allows you to pinpoint the specific areas of an image that you wish to apply noise reduction to, without affecting the rest of the image
- Three methods of selective noise reduction - Apply noise reduction selectively in the way that best suits your workflow: Colour ranges - reduce noise within individual colour ranges. This method works best when applying selective noise reduction in a batch process. Control Points - automatically isolate objects based on their unique characteristics. Control Points analyse the colour, tonality, detail and location of your selection, automatically determining where to apply certain effects. All Control Points within the active image communicate with each other, providing continuity of control over multiple objects throughout the image. Colour Noise or Contrast Noise Mask review modes are available. Selective Tool - Apply Dfine only where you want to, using Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements Brush Tool, automatically managing layers and layer masks.
- User-friendly interface - Dfine's resizeable interface lets you easily incorporate noise reduction into your workflow and quickly preview the results.
- Multilingual - User guides for Dfine software are available in English, French, German and Spanish.
Nik Sharpener Pro 3:
- U Point powered control points - Enables you to selectively control sharpness and detail within an image using convenient sliders. Award winning U Point technology gives you ultimate control to apply enhancements without the need for any complicated masks, layers or selections.
- Selective Tool - The Nik Selective Tool works in conjunction with the Brush Tool, enabling you to easily apply or brush on a 'sharpening effect' to any image. Sharpener Pro 3.0 automatically creates and manages layers and layer masks to save you time. (NB: This feature is not compatible with Apple Aperture)
- RAW Pre-sharpening filter - Enhance images converted from a RAW file format. Updated from Nik Sharpener Pro 2. This filter retains and enhances sharp details within images without amplifying noise and artefacts, compensating for the potential loss of clarity and detail caused through digital capture or digital noise reduction techniques.
- Sharpening soft proof - Inspect results on-screen in detail, eliminating costly test prints.
- Output sharpener - Tailor your sharpened images to your printer type (display, inkjet, continuous tone, half tone, hybrid) for optimum results. (available in Photoshop only).
- Output Presets - Save and access frequently used settings, quickly and easily for consistent, professional results.
- User-friendly interface - Resize to suit your preferences, Nik Sharpener Pro's interface features a Navigator Loupe which provides quick 100% and navigation views
- Smart Filter support - Fine tune enhancements with Adobe Photoshop Smart Objects post application. (available in Photoshop only)
- Multi-image support - Sharpen several images quickly by keeping more than one open at a time. (available in Aperture only)
- Multilingual - User guides for Nik Sharpener Pro software are available in English, French, German and Spanish
