Professional Photographic Tools Quick Start Guide
The Complete Collection provides the most powerful and intuitive solutions to digital photographers’ workflows. From capture to print, the Complete Collection brings award-winning plug-ins for Adobe® Photoshop® and Apple® Aperture™ together to create exciting photographic results while saving time.
Installation Accessing The Plug-Ins Windows Accessing the Plug-Ins in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements 1. Close all open applications. 1. Launch Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or your image editing application. 2. Insert the Complete Collection CD. 2. Open an image. 3. When the auto-run installer appears, choose the plug-in to install. 4. The installer will appear, review the Read me, accept the License Agreement, and review the suggested installation location.
Workflow Apply Noise Reduction with Dfine 2.0 Workflow Control Color and Light with Viveza Apply Enhancements with Color Efex Pro 3.0 Apply Output Sharpening with Sharpener Pro 3.0 Dfine 2.0 Viveza Color Efex Pro 3.0 Silver Efex Pro Sharpener Pro 3.
Dfine 2.0 Step 1: Measure Noise The first step in reducing noise within Dfine 2.0 is to measure the noise present in your image. This process enables Dfine 2.0 to determine the characteristics of noise based on the details found within the current image or within a previously saved profile to ensure the optimal level of noise reduction is applied. Contrast Noise Color Noise Automatic The Automatic method allows Dfine 2.0 to determine where the noise structures exist for the current image.
Step 2: Reduce Noise Dfine 2.0 Workflow Dfine 2.0 Noise Reduction Workflow Once you have measured the noise inherent to your image, it is time to start reducing noise. You can choose from one Select Dfine 2.0 from the Filter menu or the Selective Tool. of two methods to reduce noise globally or selectively, based on colors or objects found within your image. 1. Measure the noise in the image with the different measuring methods. Control Points 2.
Viveza Color Control Points Color Control Point Controls Size Slider The Size slider affects the reach of the Color Control Point. By increasing this slider, you can affect objects similar to the object that the Color Control Point has been placed upon but that are further away from the Color Control Point. Decreasing this slider will make the Color Control Point affect only similar objects closer to the Color Control Point.
Control Point List & Details Viveza Workflow Control Point List Add Color Control Point For best results in Viveza, perform the tasks below in the given order: 1. Add a Color Control Point to the image to adjust the first, most obvious Click this button to add a Color Control Point. The mouse issue within the image. pointer changes indicating that you can place a Color 2. Add additional Color Control Points to the other objects that you would like Control Point on the image.
Color Efex Pro 3.0 Filter Display Modes Color Efex Pro 3.0 offers two Filter Display Modes: Image Image Only Only and Image & Filter List. Click on the Image & Filter List button to display the Filter List, which provides access to the filters available within Color Efex Pro 3.0. Additionally, Filter Category Tabs are available, providing recommendations for certain filters specific to a photographic style.
Control Points Color Efex Pro 3.0 Workflow U Point® Technology U Point Technology Start with characteristics that affect the entire image, such as color casts, contrast, and tones. Next, modify elements that affect only localized areas, such as blemishes and small distract- U Point technology lets you use control points to isolate ing objects. Finally, apply effects that add a style or mood to the image.
Color Efex Pro 3.0 for Capture NX 2 Selective Application of Filters Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 for Capture NX 2 is the most advanced set of filters for digital photography. Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters are designed to make photographic enhancements not only easier, but better. Now the powerful filters of Color Efex Pro 3.0 are available Selectively Applying Color Efex Pro 3.0 Filters All of the Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters can be applied for Capture NX 2.
Silver Efex Pro Filter Display Modes Silver Efex Pro offers two Filter Display Modes: Image Only and Image + Style Browser. Click on the Image + Style Browser button to display the Style Browser, which provides access to the preset styles available within Silver Efex Pro. Silver Efex Pro comes with over 20 preset styles to help create powerful, dynamic black and white images quickly and easily, and you can create your own styles for easily repeated © 2008 Suzette Allen high quality results.
Control Points Silver Efex Pro Workflow The Power of U Point® Technology For best results, perform the tasks below in the given order: U Point technology lets you use control points to isolate objects and areas in an image 1. Explore the Style Browser and if you like, choose a style to apply to your image. and selectively apply filter effects to them. Visit www.upoint.com to learn more. 2. Adjust the overall image with the Brightness, Contrast, and Structure tonality controls.
Sharpener Pro 3.0 Sharpening Photographs Nik Software Sharpener Pro 3.0 is designed to provide the most advanced and intuitive sharpening solutions for digital photographs. Sharpener Pro 3.0 offers two filters to enhance and sharpen your images quickly, easily, and with high quality, repeatable results: the RAW Presharpener filter and the Output Sharpener filter.
Control Points Sharpener Pro 3.0 Workflow U Point® technology lets you use control points to isolate objects and areas in an image and selectively apply filter effects to them. (For more, visit www.upoint.com.) Sharpener Pro 3.0 Sharpening Workflow Select the filter to apply to the image from the Filter menu or the Selective Tool. Selection Control Points in RAW Presharpener 1. Adjust the filter controls.
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