I’m a longtime photographer but an absolute beginner when it comes to post processing, though, so I’m not entirely sure what I’m after.DxO Nik Collection 4 brings major improvements to Silver Efex Pro (shown here) and Viveza, but there are workflow improvements across the board for Adobe users too. I feel like over time some of the most impressive black and white images I’ve seen have been processed with Silver Efex Pro, so I’ve always been interested in that one in particular. Alternatively, I had expected them to enhance FilmPack with Nik features. I had thought they'd have done more of that by now, but I guess the code bases are just too different. If DxO really wanted to sell me Nik, it should. On the other hand, FilmPack is fully integrated with PhotoLab, which I much prefer when I use Silver Efex, I have to send it a rendered TIFF (or JPEG), so if I later tweak something else in the raw conversion, I have to re-do the Silver Efex. Trying FilmPack's film stocks subjectively seems to me less useful / less helpful. Maybe FilmPack 5 Elite is more powerful.Īnd call me unimaginative, but I find trying Silver Efex's presets often a useful way to start, a way to get ideas about what I might or might not like. Nik Silver Efex has more controls, and more range of control, than FilmPack 5 Essential, which is the version I have (a give-away from DxO, maybe to existing customers, a year or two ago). ![]() Hat does Nik Silver Efex Pro do that can't be achieved with FilmPack Elite integrated into PhotoLab 3 Elite? I know FilmPack has more film emulations than Silver Efex Pro, but perhaps it or PL lacks some other features? If DxO really wanted to sell me Nik, it should have told me what extra it offered me, but it never has, so I reached the logical (but possibly incorrect) conclusion that Nik had nothing to offer someone who already had PhotoLab Elite and FilmPack Elite. Just curious (I don't have any personal interest in B&W), but what does Nik Silver Efex Pro do that can't be achieved with FilmPack Elite integrated into PhotoLab 3 Elite? I know FilmPack has more film emulations than Silver Efex Pro, but perhaps it or PL lacks some other features? The latter is more powerful / flexible, and also easier to experiment with and dial in. But IMO, FilmPack is no substitute for Nik Silver Efex. I'm also a long-term DxO user, and I even have the more limited ('Essential', I think) version of DxO FilmPack 5, so I can use it from within PhotoLab, which is nice. I use DxO FilmPack for those sort of effects, and that is fully integrated with PhotoLab. I'm a long term DxO user, but have never seen any point in getting Nik. Just curious, what Nik features interested you? Are the same or equivalent features available in FilmPack, or already part of PhotoLab? No, the only integration between them is via one-way file export. I thought the free trial version I messed around with did have it integrated, but I didn't get as much time with it as I had hoped, plus a couple of months have passed. In fact, it is built right in, so if you have an FP licence, its tools are available directly while editing a raw image in PhotoLab. ![]() DxO built the U-point technology into PhotoLab (that was what changed it from DxO Optics Pro), and that is fully integrated. It has never been integrated with the DxO products, other than by file export. Note that the Nik Collection was designed to complement the Adobe products. ![]() I’ll still buy PL, though, and maybe add the Nik Collection later.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |