Nik Collection

nik collection is a great suite of tools to give your photographs a unique touch by applying filters and effects with personality. Sechs applications offer different features that together will make your images look practically professional. These tools consist of an array of plugins you can use from the filters tab in adobe photoshop. There are eight independent modes in nik collection where you can find many different effects. The first block analog efex pro comes with nine filters to give your pictures the look and feel of a traditional camera. All you have to do is click on them and they'll be applied to your image, although you can also add 'scratches and dirt', cartoon, and movie filters to make your pictures look properly old school. Ppcolor efex pro is the second tool in this package offering up to 55 different effects to set control points and highlight the different elements that compose the photo. You can adjust contrast and reduce color noise separately thus improving the photo quality so you don't notice the graininess. With hdr efex pro you can create hdr photos combining the different features of this effect and changing the tone tone compression and color settings. This option recovers any lost highlights reduces shadows and adjusts tone to achieve the perfect level of naturalness and balance. It is possible with sharpener pro to selectively improve your image's sharpness by applying control points to focus on a particular image. Silver efex pro consists of a total of 38 black and white or sepia effects that help you achieve a modern or classic look depending. Finally, the last option in nik collection is viveza, a feature to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, shadows, and rgb hues to control the pictures warmth and get a more intense look.