The Official Nik Software Image Enhancement Guide: The Photographer's Resource For Professional Workflow Techniques [with Cdrom]

Improving your workflow helps you succeed as a photographer. Nik Software has created these award-winning plugins, designed for seamless interaction with Adobe(R) Photoshop(R), to manage specific, time-consuming aspects of image processing. Illustrated with vibrant full-color images, this book is the only official guide to getting the maximum benefit from each tool.

Learn to selectively control color and light without layer masks using Viveza (also available for Apple Aperture 2.1)

Measure noise and selectively reduce it with Dfine 2.0's noise reduction tool

Discover how to use Sharpener Pro 2.0 for razor-sharp detail in every medium

Learn how to incorporate Color Efex Pro 3.0's many filters and effects for retouching, color correction, and endless enhancements

Expertly convert your color images to black and white with the Silver Efex Pro plug-in

Bonus CD-ROM includes

Trial versions of Dfine 2.0, Viveza, Color Efex Pro 3.0, and Silver Efex Pro, and a watermarking trial of Sharpener Pro 2.0

Image source files from the book

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Designed to save time in the digital workflow, Nik Software's entire suite of products (Dfine 2.0, Color Efex Pro 3.0 and Sharpener Pro 2.0) were conceived with the single goal of helping photographers use products such as Adobe Photoshop easier while offering numerous editing capabilities not found within Photoshop. These powerful and highly successful digital imaging products have been written about extensively in trade magazines and publication's, however, to date no one has taken on the task of compiling techniques into a book on how best to utilize these highly popular products. The Official Nik Software Image Enhancement Guide: The Photographer's Resource of Professional Workflow Techniques is a product designed to resemble the way photographers think. The idea is to make sure the readers can apply techniques discussed in the book such as retouching, understanding the importance of light, and exposure, while learning all of the features and functionality of this family of products. The CD included with the book will have a trial version of Nik's most popular program, Color Efex Pro Standard Edition.The book will appeal to any and all owners of Nik Software products who have been asking for a book on this topic almost since the company's inception.