{"slug":"nik-4-contrast-tools","title":"对比度也有大学问，Nik插件4大对比度调整工具的区别与用法","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2018-08-26","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247487291&idx=1&sn=5632763b1d878fa19db3c78180bef98e&chksm=eb81f15fdcf6784929d8fd1db71f9c0f84f0e6596734630aa468021d5363807d6240bda75f68&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"h","x":"Thomas看看世界","xe":"Thomas Chu Photo"},{"t":"p","x":"每周一篇教程，让摄影不再难学","b":false,"xe":"One tutorial every week — making photography easy to learn"},{"t":"p","x":"Nik Collection的Color Efex Pro插件集中，一共有5款跟对比度调整有关的滤镜，分别是：对比度滤镜名称，色彩对比度，淡对比度，色调对比和黑暗对比度。","b":false,"xe":"The Color Efex Pro set in Nik Collection includes five contrast-related filters: Contrast Only, Contrast Color Range, Pro Contrast, Tonal Contrast, and Dark Contrasts."},{"t":"p","x":"其中黑暗对比度滤镜，效果过于重口味，摄影后期中极少应用。而另外4款和对比度有关的滤镜，许多朋友常常搞不清楚他们究竟有什么用？又有哪些功能上的特点和区别？今天托马斯会和大家详细的分享。","b":false,"xe":"Dark Contrasts is far too heavy-handed and rarely used in serious post-processing. But many people are confused about what the other four contrast filters actually do and how they differ. Today Thomas will walk through them in detail."},{"t":"h","x":"1","xe":"1"},{"t":"h","x":"对比度滤镜名称","xe":"Contrast Only"},{"t":"p","x":"首先打开PS，可以选择滤镜 - Nik Collection - Color Efex Pro 4，打开Color Efex Pro 4调色滤镜集。界面最左侧是一连串滤镜的列表。从里面我们可以找到“对比度滤镜名称”，英文版中叫Contrast Only。","b":false,"xe":"First open Photoshop and go to Filter - Nik Collection - Color Efex Pro 4 to launch the Color Efex Pro 4 grading filter set. The far left of the interface shows a list of filters, where you'll find \"Contrast Only\"."},{"t":"img","f":"img-02","w":248,"h":113},{"t":"p","x":"对比度滤镜名称一共有5个调整滑块，分别是亮度，对比度，只是对比度，柔和对比度，以及饱和度。","b":false,"xe":"Contrast Only has five sliders: Brightness, Contrast, Contrast Only, Soft Contrast, and Saturation."},{"t":"img","f":"img-03","w":257,"h":349},{"t":"p","x":"其中亮度，对比度，饱和度的功能，跟Photoshop以及其他软件中一模一样，这里就不详细介绍了。对比度滤镜名称的核心滑块，是“只是对比度”以及“柔和对比度”，下面我会以这张格陵兰的照片为例进行演示。","b":false,"xe":"Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation work exactly as they do in Photoshop and other software, so I won't go into detail. The core sliders of this filter are \"Contrast Only\" and \"Soft Contrast\", which I'll demonstrate with this photo from Greenland."},{"t":"img","f":"img-04","w":444,"h":594},{"t":"p","x":"如果大家平时仔细观察的话，会发现我们后期再提升对比度的时候，照片的饱和度也会大大加强。","b":false,"xe":"If you pay attention in everyday editing, you'll notice that when we raise contrast in post, the photo's saturation also increases significantly."},{"t":"img","f":"img-05","w":246,"h":227},{"t":"p","x":"比如这张照片，对比度提升67，画面色彩也变得更加浓郁了。","b":false,"xe":"In this photo, for example, raising contrast by 67 also makes the colors much richer."},{"t":"img","f":"img-06","w":447,"h":592},{"t":"p","x":"如果我只想改变画面的明暗反差，而不影响物体的颜色，我就可以调整“只是对比度”滑块。","b":false,"xe":"If I only want to change the tonal contrast without affecting the colors, I can use the \"Contrast Only\" slider."},{"t":"img","f":"img-07","w":243,"h":228},{"t":"p","x":"我把“只是对比度”同样提升到67%，可以看见画面虽然反差更强了，但饱和度并没有像调整“对比度”那样，大大的变浓。这就是“只是对比度”的好用之处。","b":false,"xe":"Here I raised \"Contrast Only\" to 67% as well. You can see that although the contrast is stronger, the saturation does not intensify the way it does with the regular \"Contrast\" slider. That's what makes \"Contrast Only\" so useful."},{"t":"img","f":"img-08","w":443,"h":592},{"t":"p","x":"“柔和对比度”，顾名思义，就是对比效果会更加的柔和细腻。普通的对比度强化，亮的一起变得更亮，暗的一起变得更暗，明暗之间的边界会很明显、强烈。","b":false,"xe":"\"Soft Contrast\", as the name suggests, produces a gentler, more refined contrast effect. With ordinary contrast, all the bright tones get brighter together and all the dark tones get darker together, making the boundary between light and shadow harsh and obvious."},{"t":"img","f":"img-09","w":1080,"h":659},{"t":"p","x":"而“柔和对比度”，会对靠近明暗边界的地方少加一些反差，对远离明暗边界的地方，多加一些反差，这样画面从暗到亮之间会有一个过渡，因此看起来更加和谐。","b":false,"xe":"\"Soft Contrast\" adds less contrast near the light-dark boundaries and more contrast farther away from them, creating a gradual transition from dark to bright that looks more harmonious."},{"t":"img","f":"img-10","w":1080,"h":653},{"t":"h","x":"2","xe":"2"},{"t":"h","x":"色彩对比度","xe":"Contrast Color Range"},{"t":"p","x":"“色彩对比度”滤镜，英文版中叫Contrast Color Range，是一款针对画面中的互补色，进行对比度强化的滤镜。","b":false,"xe":"The \"Contrast Color Range\" filter strengthens contrast between complementary colors in the frame."},{"t":"p","x":"“色彩对比度”的调整面板如下，其中亮度和对比度滑块也是和普通的一样，核心是“颜色”以及“颜色对比度”滑块。","b":false,"xe":"Its adjustment panel is shown below. Brightness and Contrast work as usual; the core controls are the \"Color\" and \"Contrast Color Range\" sliders."},{"t":"img","f":"img-11","w":251,"h":343},{"t":"p","x":"在RGB色环中，我们把一种颜色180度对面的颜色，叫做他的互补色。比如红色是青色的互补色，蓝色是黄色的互补色。","b":false,"xe":"On the RGB color wheel, the color 180 degrees opposite a given color is called its complementary color. For example, red is the complement of cyan, and blue is the complement of yellow."},{"t":"img","f":"img-12","w":1000,"h":892},{"t":"p","x":"“色彩对比度”滤镜会提升我们所选颜色的亮度，压暗其互补色的亮度，从而提升颜色之间的反差，下面我会以这张巴基斯坦照片为例。","b":false,"xe":"The \"Contrast Color Range\" filter brightens the color you select and darkens its complementary color, increasing contrast between colors. I'll demonstrate with this photo from Pakistan."},{"t":"img","f":"img-13","w":523,"h":381},{"t":"p","x":"如果我们颜色选择色环条中的黄色，颜色对比度提升至49%。","b":false,"xe":"If we pick yellow on the color bar and raise the color contrast to 49%..."},{"t":"img","f":"img-14","w":254,"h":202},{"t":"p","x":"你会发现照片中黄色亮度大大提升，蓝色（黄色的互补色）亮度大大降低。","b":false,"xe":"...you'll see the yellows in the photo become much brighter while the blues (yellow's complement) become much darker."},{"t":"img","f":"img-15","w":518,"h":399},{"t":"p","x":"如果我们的颜色滑块选择蓝色呢？","b":false,"xe":"What if we select blue with the color slider?"},{"t":"img","f":"img-16","w":246,"h":182},{"t":"p","x":"那么画面中就变成了蓝色提亮，黄色压暗。","b":false,"xe":"Then the frame flips: blues are brightened and yellows are darkened."},{"t":"img","f":"img-17","w":521,"h":407},{"t":"p","x":"在这些对比度相关的滤镜中，下面都有“阴影”和“亮点”滑块，类似Photoshop里面的高光和阴影，可以对画面的暗部和亮部进行保护。","b":false,"xe":"These contrast-related filters all include \"Shadows\" and \"Highlights\" sliders at the bottom, similar to the highlights and shadows controls in Photoshop, which protect the dark and bright areas of the image."},{"t":"img","f":"img-18","w":441,"h":593},{"t":"p","x":"例如上面的照片，如果我颜色选择黄色，颜色对比度提升到200%。","b":false,"xe":"For example, in the photo above, if I select yellow and push the color contrast to 200%..."},{"t":"img","f":"img-19","w":247,"h":240},{"t":"p","x":"画面中的色彩反差虽然大大加强，但暗部有点欠曝，亮部有点过曝。","b":false,"xe":"...the color contrast is greatly enhanced, but the shadows look underexposed and the highlights slightly blown out."},{"t":"img","f":"img-20","w":445,"h":596},{"t":"p","x":"如果我提升“阴影”和“亮点”滑块，就会在最后的效果中，保护高光区域和阴影区域不会溢出。","b":false,"xe":"Raising the \"Shadows\" and \"Highlights\" sliders protects the highlight and shadow regions from clipping in the final result."},{"t":"img","f":"img-21","w":242,"h":273},{"t":"img","f":"img-22","w":446,"h":594},{"t":"h","x":"3","xe":"3"},{"t":"h","x":"淡对比度","xe":"Pro Contrast"},{"t":"p","x":"淡对比度滤镜是Nik中的一个神器，英文版叫Pro Contrast，一共有3个滑块。","b":false,"xe":"Pro Contrast is one of Nik's secret weapons, with three sliders in total."},{"t":"img","f":"img-23","w":556,"h":956},{"t":"p","x":"校正色板：可以自动探测照片的色偏取向（如偏黄，偏蓝等等），右移滑块可以通过增加补色的方式，减弱照片当前的整体色彩倾向。","b":false,"xe":"Correct Color Cast: automatically detects the photo's color cast (yellowish, bluish, etc.); moving the slider right weakens the overall color cast by adding the complementary color."},{"t":"p","x":"校正对比度：可以增加照片整体的明暗对比。","b":false,"xe":"Correct Contrast: increases the photo's overall tonal contrast."},{"t":"p","x":"动态对比度：本滤镜的核心功能，可以智能的调整照片中各个物体的内部对比度，同时保护高光和阴影区域。","b":false,"xe":"Dynamic Contrast: the core feature of this filter. It intelligently adjusts the internal contrast of individual objects while protecting highlights and shadows."},{"t":"p","x":"淡对比度滤镜的核心滑块就是“动态对比度”，相对于其他几款对比度滤镜，有2个强大之处：","b":false,"xe":"\"Dynamic Contrast\" is the key slider of Pro Contrast, and it has two major strengths over the other contrast filters:"},{"t":"p","x":"1. 动态对比度会着重强化画面的中间调区域，不容易产生过曝和欠曝。","b":false,"xe":"1. Dynamic Contrast focuses on the midtones, so it rarely causes over- or underexposure."},{"t":"p","x":"2. 动态对比度会自动识别画面中的物体，局部进行调整，在增加画面反差的同时，会保留物体中细节并进行强化。","b":false,"xe":"2. Dynamic Contrast automatically recognizes objects in the frame and adjusts them locally, preserving and enhancing internal detail while boosting overall contrast."},{"t":"p","x":"更多关于“淡对比度”滤镜的知识，可以查看教程《你还在用S曲线吗？试试更厉害的Nik淡对比度滤镜吧。》","b":false,"xe":"For more on the Pro Contrast filter, see the tutorial \"Still Using S-Curves? Try Nik's Contrast Filters Instead\"."},{"t":"h","x":"4","xe":"4"},{"t":"h","x":"色调对比","xe":"Tonal Contrast"},{"t":"p","x":"“色调对比”滤镜，英文名“Tonal Contrast”，其效果更像Photoshop中的清晰度，主要是用来强化照片中的细节和纹理。","b":false,"xe":"The \"Tonal Contrast\" filter behaves more like Clarity in Photoshop — it mainly enhances detail and texture."},{"t":"p","x":"选择“色调对比”滤镜后，界面右侧出现了色调对比滤镜的控制面板，从上到下依次是：","b":false,"xe":"After selecting \"Tonal Contrast\", its control panel appears on the right side of the interface. From top to bottom:"},{"t":"p","x":"亮点滑块：控制照片亮部的细节和反差强度","b":false,"xe":"Highlights slider: controls detail and contrast strength in the bright areas"},{"t":"p","x":"中调滑块：控制照片中间影调的细节和反差强度","b":false,"xe":"Midtones slider: controls detail and contrast strength in the midtones"},{"t":"p","x":"阴影滑块：控制照片阴影区域的细节和反差强度","b":false,"xe":"Shadows slider: controls detail and contrast strength in the shadow areas"},{"t":"p","x":"饱和度滑块：控制照片的整体饱和度","b":false,"xe":"Saturation slider: controls the photo's overall saturation"},{"t":"p","x":"对比度种类：控制滤镜的整体效果","b":false,"xe":"Contrast type: controls the overall character of the filter"},{"t":"img","f":"img-24","w":640,"h":744},{"t":"p","x":"一般来说我会先试试各种“对比度种类”，一共有5个可选项：","b":false,"xe":"I usually start by trying the different contrast types — there are five options:"},{"t":"p","x":"标准：默认的色调对比效果，细节和反差都比较适中","b":false,"xe":"Standard: the default tonal contrast look, with moderate detail and contrast"},{"t":"p","x":"高反差：会强化物体的边缘反差","b":false,"xe":"High Contrast: strengthens edge contrast around objects"},{"t":"p","x":"精细：类似HDR的低反差细节提取效果，强度较小","b":false,"xe":"Fine: an HDR-like low-contrast detail extraction, at low strength"},{"t":"p","x":"平衡：类似HDR的低反差细节提取效果，强度一般","b":false,"xe":"Balanced: an HDR-like low-contrast detail extraction, at medium strength"},{"t":"p","x":"强：类似HDR的低反差细节提取效果，强度较大","b":false,"xe":"Strong: an HDR-like low-contrast detail extraction, at high strength"},{"t":"p","x":"当我把对比度种类改成“高反差”，可以看见该模式下，照片中的明暗分界线反差极大。","b":false,"xe":"When I switch the contrast type to \"High Contrast\", you can see the light-dark boundaries in the photo become extremely punchy."},{"t":"img","f":"img-25","w":640,"h":368},{"t":"p","x":"而“精细”、“平衡”、“强”三种效果，会在提取细节的同时保持较低的对比度，使得照片有一种类似HDR的效果。","b":false,"xe":"\"Fine\", \"Balanced\", and \"Strong\" extract detail while keeping overall contrast low, giving the photo an HDR-like look."},{"t":"img","f":"img-26","w":640,"h":360},{"t":"p","x":"大部分图片，对比度种类选择“标准”即可。","b":false,"xe":"For most images, the \"Standard\" contrast type is enough."},{"t":"img","f":"img-27","w":640,"h":682},{"t":"p","x":"接下来我会调整亮点、中调、阴影和饱和度这四个滑块。默认值是25%、50%、25%、20%，我的习惯是把他们全部清零，一个一个的重新调整观察。","b":false,"xe":"Next I adjust the four sliders: Highlights, Midtones, Shadows, and Saturation. Their defaults are 25%, 50%, 25%, and 20%. My habit is to zero them all out and re-adjust one by one while watching the image."},{"t":"p","x":"首先把“亮点”滑块右移到100%，红线左边是调整前，右边是调整后。可以发现云层亮部的细节大大强化，亮部区域的对比度也增加，甚至过曝了。","b":false,"xe":"First, move the \"Highlights\" slider all the way right to 100%. Left of the red line is before, right is after. You can see detail in the bright parts of the clouds is greatly enhanced and contrast in the highlights increases — even to the point of overexposure."},{"t":"img","f":"img-28","w":640,"h":364},{"t":"p","x":"如果把“亮点”滑块左移到-100%，云层亮部的细节则被几乎抹平，亮部区域的对比度也减弱。","b":false,"xe":"Move \"Highlights\" all the way left to -100%, and detail in the bright clouds is almost flattened out, with highlight contrast weakened."},{"t":"img","f":"img-29","w":640,"h":337},{"t":"p","x":"在运用到皮肤等柔性物体上时，我们一般反而需要减弱照片的细节强度，就可以左移这些滑块。本图我对亮部细节轻微加强，亮点滑块右移到10%左右。","b":false,"xe":"On soft subjects like skin, we usually want to reduce detail strength instead, which means moving these sliders left. In this image I only slightly boosted highlight detail, moving the Highlights slider to about 10%."},{"t":"p","x":"“中调”控制了照片中间亮度区域的细节程度和对比程度。右移中调滑块，照片中间调区域的细节对比大大强化。比如下图红框中的云雾，原来是灰白一团，现在里面的细节变化也显示出来了。","b":false,"xe":"\"Midtones\" controls detail and contrast in the middle brightness range. Moving it right greatly strengthens midtone detail and contrast. In the image below, the clouds in the red box were originally a shapeless gray-white mass; now their internal tonal variation is revealed."},{"t":"img","f":"img-30","w":640,"h":317},{"t":"p","x":"俗话说得好，过犹不及。增加色调对比，类似提高清晰度以及HDR的效果，强度太高的时候，照片会显得很脏很假，因此需要控制适度。这里我中调提高到30%左右。","b":false,"xe":"As the saying goes, too much is as bad as too little. Adding tonal contrast is like raising Clarity or applying HDR — push it too far and the photo looks dirty and fake, so moderation matters. Here I raised Midtones to about 30%."},{"t":"img","f":"img-31","w":640,"h":358},{"t":"p","x":"阴影滑块控制照片较暗区域的细节对比程度，右移到100%，照片暗部（如山体、树木等）细节夸张。","b":false,"xe":"The Shadows slider controls detail contrast in the darker areas. At 100%, detail in the dark regions (mountains, trees, etc.) becomes exaggerated."},{"t":"img","f":"img-32","w":640,"h":335},{"t":"p","x":"这里我把阴影滑块控制在40%，此时山体的细节就较为清晰了。虽然此时照片的最暗部已经欠曝溢出，不过我会在后面进行校正。","b":false,"xe":"Here I set Shadows to 40%, at which point the mountain detail looks fairly clear. The darkest parts of the photo are now clipped to black, but I'll correct that later."},{"t":"img","f":"img-33","w":640,"h":356},{"t":"p","x":"我们在调整对比度的时候，也会影响到照片的色彩。所以Nik插件在这里增加了一个“饱和度”滑块，和Lightroom或者PS中的饱和度作用类似，控制照片整体颜色的鲜艳程度。这张照片比较暗淡，所以这里我饱和度提高了20%。","b":false,"xe":"Adjusting contrast also affects the photo's colors, so Nik adds a \"Saturation\" slider here, similar to the one in Lightroom or Photoshop, controlling overall color vibrancy. This photo was fairly dull, so I raised saturation by 20%."},{"t":"img","f":"img-34","w":640,"h":356},{"t":"p","x":"上面调整完成之后，山体的细节已经符合我的预期了，但是照片的暗部如树木却变成漆黑一团。观察直方图，果然阴影已经欠曝溢出了。","b":false,"xe":"After these adjustments, the mountain detail matches what I wanted, but the dark areas like the trees have turned into a black mass. Checking the histogram confirms the shadows are indeed clipped."},{"t":"img","f":"img-35","w":640,"h":337},{"t":"p","x":"最下面的阴影和亮点滑块就是为了保护照片的暗部和亮部而设立的。右移阴影滑块，可以保护照片的暗部不过暗。右移亮点滑块，可以保护照片的高光部分不过亮。","b":false,"xe":"The Shadows and Highlights protection sliders at the bottom exist precisely to protect the dark and bright areas. Moving the Shadows slider right keeps the dark areas from going too dark; moving the Highlights slider right keeps the highlights from blowing out."},{"t":"p","x":"这张照片根据直方图，我把阴影提高到35%左右，直方图中的暗部溢出消失了。","b":false,"xe":"Based on the histogram, I raised Shadows to about 35% for this photo, and the shadow clipping in the histogram disappeared."},{"t":"img","f":"img-36","w":640,"h":350},{"t":"p","x":"以上就是Nik中主要的跟对比度有关的4款滤镜，你明白他们的用法和区别了吗？","b":false,"xe":"Those are the four main contrast-related filters in Nik. Do you understand their uses and differences now?"},{"t":"h","x":"欢迎关注@Thomas看看世界，","xe":"Follow @Thomas Chu Photo,"},{"t":"h","x":"每周学会一个摄影技能。","xe":"and learn one photography skill every week."}],"titleEn":"Contrast Demystified: Nik's 4 Contrast Tools Compared"}