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Black and white in Capture One Pro

November 20, 2016 by Rod Lawton 2 Comments

Black and white in Capture One Pro

Maybe you wouldn't normally think of Capture One Pro as an image-editor. It's a superb RAW converter and general image enhancement tool, but most of the time you'd probably swap to a plug-in or an external editor for really detailed effects work – especially any that required localised adjustments. But I've been spending some time with Capture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Capture One Pro, Color Efex Pro, Featured, Google, Nik Collection, Phase One, Software, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Dodging and burning, Graduated filters

Budapest parliament

November 19, 2016 by Rod Lawton 1 Comment

Budapest parliament

It's all very well giving advice about how to achieve certain effects using this software or that software, but it always strikes me that no-one ever talks about WHY you should use a particular effect with a particular subject. Books and magazines are very tied up with the mechanics of photography but rarely stray into the stuff that really matters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Graduated filters, Soft focus, Warmth

Improve autumn colours with Google’s Contrast Colour Range filter

September 12, 2016 by Rod Lawton 1 Comment

Improve autumn colours with Google’s Contrast Colour Range filter

It's that time of year when autumn leaves produce a riot of colour, and you've only got a short window of time to get out there and get pictures. But the results don't always match your expectations, and this shot is a prime example. The reds and yellows of the leaves were striking, but they were also too close together in tone to produce an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color Efex Pro, Featured, Google, Nik Collection, Software, Tutorials Tagged With: Colour tweaks

Google Nik Collection review

April 1, 2016 by Rod Lawton 7 Comments

Google Nik Collection review

Verdict: It's now free, amazingly, and you can download the Google Nik Collection here. But is it any good? Mostly, yes. Dfine and Sharpener Pro look weak and dated and Viveza is a bit of a one-trick pony, but Analog Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro and HDR Efex Pro and excellent and easily carry the whole suite on their own. This is a … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Dfine, Featured, Google, HDR Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Reviews, Sharpener Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Software, Viveza

The Google Nik Collection is now available free of charge!

March 24, 2016 by Rod Lawton 4 Comments

The Google Nik Collection is now available free of charge!

Google announced today that it's scrapping the $150 purchase price for the Google Nik Collection and that users can now download it free of charge. At first glance, this is pretty amazing news but, reading between the lines of Google's official statement, this may not be as great as it sounds: "As we continue to focus our long-term investments … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Google, HDR Efex Pro, News, Nik Collection, Software

Try Color Efex Pro 4’s Photo Styliser for a rich, warm landscape

January 20, 2016 by Rod Lawton 4 Comments

Try Color Efex Pro 4’s Photo Styliser for a rich, warm landscape

Color Efex Pro, part of the Google Nik Collection, is a terrific plug-in with an amazing array of filter effects, each of which has its own controls. Some of them have uses which are obvious straight away, but some… well, not so much. So now and again I have a trawl through the list to see what I can find, and I discovered the Photo Styliser is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color Efex Pro, Featured, Google, Nik Collection, Software, Tutorials Tagged With: Warmth

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