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DXO Releases Nik Collection 9. A first look review of the new suite.

DXO Releases Nik Collection 9. A first look review of the new suite.

Thomas Fitzgerald
DxO, Software

DXO has just released the latest version of their venerable photography plug-in suite. Nik Collection 9 adds a whole host of new features, including some across-the-suite changes and some new filters within the individual applications. There are some very useful new changes, including AI and depth masking, as well as blend modes in some of the applications. I had access to the beta version for a few days, and here is my first look at the new suite. There is actually quite a lot going on in this, so I’ll do my best to cover everything, but I may have missed a few things.

Some Quick Tips for Nik Silver Efex 8

Some Quick Tips for Nik Silver Efex 8

Thomas Fitzgerald
DxO, Lightroom, Technique, Tips

Nik Silver Efex is one of the longest running Lightroom and Photoshop plug-ins out there, and I think it was one of the first plug-ins I ever bought. This was years ago before the suite was owned by DXO and even before they were owned by Google before that. In recent versions, some aspects of the software have changed quite a bit. As I haven’t covered it in quite a while, I thought I would share a few random tips for using the latest version.

Cool Feature of the Nik Software Suite – Copy and Paste Nik Settings directly in Lightroom

Cool Feature of the Nik Software Suite – Copy and Paste Nik Settings directly in Lightroom

Thomas Fitzgerald
Software, DxO

With the recent release of the Nik 5 plug-in collection], I have been using the software a bit more lately, and one of the cool things in the suite, is something that you may not be aware of. I don’t think this is actually a new feature in version 5, as I believe this was in 4 too, but there is some pretty impressive Lightroom integration with the suite. Specifically, you can copy and apply settings for the Nik plug-ins to other images directly in Lightroom.

Nik Collection 5 released

Nik Collection 5 released

Thomas Fitzgerald
DxO, Software

DXO Labs today announced the release of Nik Collection 5. The suite of Plug-ins contains major upgrades to ColorEfex and AnalogEfex which include a new user interface as well as anew grain tool and the companies clear view technology. The suite also now comes with DXO Photolab 5 Essential, bringing Raw editing and DXO’s renowned optics correction to the suite.

Nik Collection 4 Released

Nik Collection 4 Released

Thomas Fitzgerald
Software

DXO labs has just released an updated of the venerable Nik Collection, which includes a number of new features. The biggest updates within the “Nik Collection 4” bundle are Silver Efex and Viveza, both of which are significant updates with new interfaces and under the hood changes, including much more control over u-points.

How to use Nik Plug-ins (Silver Efex Pro, Colour Efex Pro, Viveza etc) Non-Destructively in Capture One

How to use Nik Plug-ins (Silver Efex Pro, Colour Efex Pro, Viveza etc) Non-Destructively in Capture One

Thomas Fitzgerald
Capture One, Software

When DXO announced the latest update to the Nik Collection suite of plug-ins last week, one of the key features is that it now offers a non-destructive workflow when working with Lightroom. When you edit an image in one of the suite’s plug-ins from Lightroom using a Tiff, you can re-edit the image later and have all of your settings loaded on the original image. Well, I’m happy to report that this feature also works with Capture One. Here’s what to do…

Luminar as a Nik Software Alternative

Luminar as a Nik Software Alternative

Thomas Fitzgerald
Post Processing, Software

Last week Google announced that it would no longer update the Nik software suite that it acquired some time ago. The Nik collection has long been a staple of many photographers over the years and it offered some excellent tools for both creating black and white images with Silver Efex Pro, and also for enhancing colour images with Colour Efex. I have been using the software since it was owned by an independent company, and I even paid the full price for it back in the day. While I’m sad to see it go, I hadn’t been using it for a while anyway, as my main go-to plug in now is MacPhun’s Luminar.