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Photography Tutorial · 2017-01-29

Nik Color Efex Pro Plugin User Guide

In today's video, Thomas shares the interface and features of the powerful Color Efex Pro 4 plugin for PS, and how to process a photo by stacking multiple Nik filters.

Tutorial video:

HD video link (open in a desktop browser for 720P):

https://v.qq.com/x/page/x0370gpt0bk.html

About Nik Collection:

Nik Collection is a free post-processing plugin suite; its Color Efex Pro 4 (color filter library) bundles over 50 filters photographers commonly use.

Nik Collection download links for China (v1.2.11):

Windows: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1o8jhgxk

Mac: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1hsJlkpQ

(If a link won't open, just refresh the page.)

Installation works like any other software, so we won't go into detail — there are plenty of guides online.

Thomas covers each Color Efex Pro filter's parameters and effects in dedicated tutorials, such as:

"Boost Photo Detail: Nik Tonal Contrast Filter Explained"

"Still Using S-Curves? Try Nik's Contrast Filters Instead"

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