It appears they have added their U Point technology to Nik Color Efex. They very intelligently target specific tones and colors, allowing you to create masks for your adjustments easily. They were available for Plug-Ins such as Nik Vivaza and Nik Define. I really enjoyed using control points in the original Nik Software. These are local adjustment tools for targeting specific areas of your image. They have also integrated their U PointTM technology. The sliders have received a much-needed refresh from the original software. Unfortunately, the software remained very similar to the first version.ĭxO says that Nik Collection 5 has been rebuilt from the ground up. Many photographers have relied on Nik for specific features for many years. Google had left it as a free download but was not going to be offering future support for it. I was initially happy DxO had decided to revive the abandoned Nik Collection software suite.

In fact, I have only purchased Nik Collection from DxO because the previous free version from Google had been crashing when using it as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Since DxO acquired Nik Collection from Google, I have been unimpressed with the updates they have rolled out. DxO recently announced the new release of Nik Collection 5.

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