Nik 2018 Software Essential Training

Create striking images using the Nik Collection by DxO. Learn how to leverage each of the seven plugins in the collection to add creative effects to your photos.

Introduction

• Nik overview

1. Getting Started with the Nik Collection

• Workflow from Lightroom
• Workflow from Photoshop
• Workflow from Photoshop Elements
• Working as a standalone application
• General interface overview
• Understanding presets
• Loupe and histogram displays
• Zooming and panning
• Before and after views
• Undo and reset
• History
• Introduction to control points
• Finalizing your adjustment

2. Color Efex Pro

• Overall workflow
• Adding multiple filters
• Changing filter order
• Saving recipes
• Refining or removing a filter
• Using control points

3. Viveza

• Applying global adjustments
• Targeted adjustments with control points

4. Silver Efex Pro

• Starting with a preset
• Applying global adjustments
• Selective adjustments
• Selectively restoring color
• Adding color filters
• Applying film effects
• Color toning effects
• Adding a vignette
• Burning the edges
• Adding a border effect

5. Analog Efex Pro

• Camera categories and presets
• Creating a custom tool combination
• Basic adjustments
• Applying lens distortion
• Adding bokeh effects
• Zoom and rotate blurs
• Adding motion blur
• Double exposure
• Light leak effect
• Adding dirt and scratches
• Photo plate effects
• Lens vignette effect
• Applying a film type
• Multilens effects
• Frame options
• Levels and curves adjustments

6. HDR Efex Pro

• Assembling the initial HDR image
• Applying a preset
• Tone compression settings
• Adjusting overall tonality
• Color adjustments
• Selective adjustments
• Finishing adjustments
• Saving the final image
• Tone mapping a single image

7. Dfine

• Measuring noise
• Reducing noise
• Using control points
• Noise reduction by color range
• Additional refinements

8. Sharpener Pro

• Raw presharpening
• Applying output sharpening
• Control points for sharpening