DxO Nik Collection 2 review | dxo nik collection
TODAYSBESTDEALSDxONikCollection4isasetofeightplug-inswhichcanbelaunchedfromwithinPhotoshopandLightroombutcanalsoactasindependentstandaloneprogramsintheirownrightorlaunchedasexternaleditorsfromotherprogram.TheNikCollectionhasbeenaroundalong,longtime,andafterlanguishingforawhilewithGoogle(whichdidaddtheexcellentAnalogEfexProplug-in,tobefair),itwaseventuallyboughtoutbyDxO,whichhasbeencontinuingitsevolutioneversince.DxOhasaddeditsownPerspectiveEfextoolsinceittookover,butmostlytheseplug-inshavelo...
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DxO Nik Collection 4 is a set of eight plug-ins which can be launched from within Photoshop and Lightroom but can also act as independent standalone programs in their own right or launched as external editors from other program.
The Nik Collection has been around a long, long time, and after languishing for a while with Google (which did add the excellent Analog Efex Pro plug-in, to be fair), it was eventually bought out by DxO, which has been continuing its evolution ever since.
DxO has added its own Perspective Efex tool since it took over, but mostly these plug-ins have looked the same as they always did. The results are as good, as fresh and inventive as they always were, but DxO clearly felt the look and feel was starting to become dated.
As a result, with the Nik Collection 4, DxO has given two of the most popular plug-ins – Silver Efex Pro and Viveza – a major overhaul. This is partly cosmetic and partly functional, with new tools an...