

The redesign of the Nik Collection 4 has made the interface even more intuitive for the user. We can eliminate haze with just one click and reveal more natural objects, edges, details, and transitions. It works similarly to the Dehaze slider in Adobe Lightroom by removing haze, but it also enhances local contrast. Clearview to give black-and-white photos punchĪlso added to Nik Collection 4 is a new slider that uses revolutionary ClearView technology. Users can selectively re-apply the effect of a plugin to one or several images directly in Lightroom without launching the software suite’s interface. It will be a great boon to wedding photographers who have created a look and feel to be applied to several images but forgot to make a preset after editing the first image.Īnother time-saver for portrait and wedding photographers is a new Smart Copy & Paste feature.

Nik Collection 4 has extended the same functionality into Adobe Lightroom. In Nik Collection 3, a new feature added meant that the last preset used in one of the Nik plugins while using Adobe Photoshop could be re-applied.

That means photographers can concentrate on the essentials-expressing their creativity.īetter workflow with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop They also allow users to directly access all available presets, filter for type and favourites more seamlessly, and identify tools more efficiently through its newly redesigned palettes. Both plugins now feature a modern interface that is more beautiful and functional than ever. The first noticeable change in Nik Collection 4 is the total revamp of the look and feel of two of the products, Nik Viveza, dedicated to tone and colour local adjustments, and Nik Silver Efex, the solution for black-and-white conversion. The update gives us some powerful new tools and an even more user-friendly experience. I’ve been fortunate enough to get a sneak preview of the latest version, Nik Collection 4. DxO bought the rights to the software in 2017, and since then, we have seen some impressive developments. In 2012, Google acquired the company, and for a few years, it was possible to download the suite for free. By the early 2000s, the black and white editing tool, Silver Efex, had become the go-to tool for photographers. Twenty-five years ago, a small software company, Nik Software, brought out a photography editing suite.
