Nik 2018 Software Essential Training

Course details

The Nik Collection by DxO is a series of seven unique plugins containing powerful functionality that can help you add striking effects to your photos. In this course, instructor Tim Grey helps you get up to speed with each piece of software in this collection. Tim kicks off the course by going over basic workflows with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, as well as discussing the interface, presets, and other basic concepts. Next, Tim explores each of the individual software applications in the collection: Color Efex Pro, Viveza, Silver Efex Pro, Analog Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro, Dfine, and Sharpener Pro. Learn how to use these plugins to add various creative filter effects, apply targeted adjustments to specific areas of a photo using control points, and much more.

Learning objectives
Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and Photoshop Elements workflows
Working with presets
Adding multiple filters in Color Efex Pro
Applying global adjustments in Viveza
Applying film effects in Silver Efex Pro
Applying lens distortion in Analog Efex Pro
Adjusting overall tonality with HDR Efex Pro
Reducing noise with Dfine
Applying output sharpening with Sharpener Pro

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Nik overview

1. Getting Started with the Nik Collection

02 - Workflow from Lightroom
03 - Workflow from Photoshop
04 - Workflow from Photoshop Elements
05 - Working as a standalone application
06 - General interface overview
07 - Understanding presets
08 - Loupe and histogram displays
09 - Zooming and panning
10 - Before and after views
11 - Undo and reset
12 - History
13 - Introduction to control points
14 - Finalizing your adjustment

2. Color Efex Pro

15 - Overall workflow
16 - Adding multiple filters
17 - Changing filter order
18 - Saving recipes
19 - Refining or removing a filter
20 - Using control points

3. Viveza

21 - Applying global adjustments
22 - Targeted adjustments with control points

4. Silver Efex Pro

23 - Starting with a preset
24 - Applying global adjustments
25 - Selective adjustments
26 - Selectively restoring color
27 - Adding color filters
28 - Applying film effects
29 - Color toning effects
30 - Adding a vignette
31 - Burning the edges
32 - Adding a border effect

5. Analog Efex Pro

33 - Camera categories and presets
34 - Creating a custom tool combination
35 - Basic adjustments
36 - Applying lens distortion
37 - Adding bokeh effects
38 - Zoom and rotate blurs
39 - Adding motion blur
40 - Double exposure
41 - Light leak effect
42 - Adding dirt and scratches
43 - Photo plate effects
44 - Lens vignette effect
45 - Applying a film type
46 - Multilens effects
47 - Frame options
48 - Levels and curves adjustments

6. HDR Efex Pro

49 - Assembling the initial HDR image
50 - Applying a preset
51 - Tone compression settings
52 - Adjusting overall tonality
53 - Color adjustments
54 - Selective adjustments
55 - Finishing adjustments
56 - Saving the final image
57 - Tone mapping a single image

7. Dfine

58 - Measuring noise
59 - Reducing noise
60 - Using control points
61 - Noise reduction by color range
62 - Additional refinements

8. Sharpener Pro

63 - Raw presharpening
64 - Applying output sharpening
65 - Control points for sharpening