Perhaps the biggest of these is the migration to a new user interface bringing it into line with Viveza 3 and Silver Efex Pro 3. Let’s take a more detailed look at the changes to Nik Color Efex Pro which takes it from version 4 to 5. If you find that you need the features of the Elite edition, paying for an upgrade may still work out as good value. This is though the Essential edition (not the Elite edition) so do please check which edition is best for you. The other “new feature” when you purchase the Nik Collection 5 is that it comes with the excellent DxO PhotoLab RAW editor. Additionally, there are new lens and camera profiles added to Perspective Efex. When compared to version 4, the main changes in the Nik Collection 5 are to Color Efex and Analog Efex, both of which progress to a new version. Silver Efex Pro 3 – Black and white photography conversions and editing.Analog Efex Pro 3 – Classic film camera special effects.

Color Efex Pro 5 – A large collection of special effects filters with many uses.HDR Efex Pro 2 – Creating and editing HDR images.Perspective Efex – Perspective corrections and special effects.But you can also use the Nik Collection tools as stand-alone editors in their own right. These can be used as plugins to compatible host editors like Lightroom, PhotoLab, Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Today there 8 plugins in the Nik Collection 5. It was then purchased from Google by DxO which has continued to develop and support the collection. Originally developed by Nik Software, it was later sold to Google who developed it for a short time before retiring the product. The Nik Collection has been around for a long time.

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