![]() These localized adjustments include basics adjustments like Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation, as well as specific adjustments like Texture Strength and Opacity, which are dependent on the plugin and filter selected. DxO has also improved their U Point technology for photographers that want precise and localized control over how the plugins manipulate the look of their images. With many photographers using larger and higher resolution displays to edit these days, DxO has also revamped the Windows version of the plugin suite’s interface so that it now scales appropriately across high res screens (HiDPI support was already included in previous Nik Collection releases for MacOS). While one can conceivably recreate these presets manually using the many filters included within Nik Collection if you so choose, having a one-click option to streamline up your workflow is always lovely. Created in collaboration with Dan Hughes, former Nik Software instructor and current photography lecturer at Rochester Institute of Technology, all of the “En Vogue” styles were formulated using the tools built into the various plugins. DxO is calling these new presets “En Vogue,” and like the 150+ presets that were already included with previous versions of Nik Collection, they allow photographers to quickly apply a creative look to their images with a simple click. While DxO hasn’t added any additional plugins into Nik Collection 2 (the suite includes Analog Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4, Dfine 2, HDR Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3, Silver Efex Pro 2, and Viveza 2), DxO includes 42 new presets spread across the four Efex Pro plugins, as well as bundling the Essential Edition of their own DxO PhotoLab 2 raw converter software with this release. While the bundled DxO PhotoLab 2 Essential Edition comes at no extra cost, we did notice a variety of graphical glitches in the raw converter’s interface while testing how the software interfaced with Nik Collection 2.Updated UI now scales to support high-resolution monitors.Introduces 42 new “En Vogue” presets, recipes, and tool combinations for the Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro, and Silver Efex Pro plugins.DxO’s U Point technology does a lot of the heavy lifting that’s traditionally required when creating masks to isolate specific elements on an image.DxO PhotoLab 2 Essential Edition is now included with Nik Collection 2 for photographers frustrated with Adobe’s software subscription model and are looking for an alternative raw editor.Compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and Adobe Lightroom Classic.We got a chance to test drive Nik Collection 2 before it’s public release to see how the updated plugins suite fared. In a move that will surely please many photographers wanting to move away from Adobe and their subscription software model, DxO is bundling DxO PhotoLab 2 Essential Edition, their French company’s own standalone Raw Converter, with the newly updated Nik Collection 2. ![]() With Nik Collection 2, DxO includes over 40 new creative presets along with support for high DPI displays on Windows.
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