It nicely evened out the tone, subdued the colors, and looked pleasing to me. While I have rarely use the color filters, I did here. Color Efex Pro 4Ĭolor Efex Pro 4 has a dizzying amount of plugins. Additionally, there are several plugins that do film simulations, convert to black and white, sharpen, correct or alter perspective, do HDR, sharpen, or to provide color filters. Suites and moreĭxO Nik Collection 4 comes in three core plugin suites: Color, Analog and Silver Efex Pro. I would rather have instant access to the adjustments without the need to scroll down. You need to scroll down below the Control Point box on the right to access the controls. These adjustment parameters don’t appear until you use the control point. When I first began using a control point, I initially had difficulty finding the adjustment parameters. It allows you to change the hue or even the color of specific areas, again using control points (more on this later). Viveza is considerably more powerful than that, however.

Above, I am using a control point to lower the highlights of the door in the back.

Viveza is great at making targeted adjustments, so I often begin with this. I’ll begin with Viveza 3, simply because it was the first Nik plugin that drew me in. Here, I felt that the back door was a little bright, so you can see that I have a control point with circle around the door.

Beginning with Viveza 3 for balancing out some of the highlights.

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