Beyond Color Control – Color Efects
The image color is great, but if an image fails to convey the mood or emotion, the story behind the image falls flat. One of the filters in Color EfexPro 3.0 may be just the tool for adding just the right effect to enhance the image’s story power.
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Consider Black and White
Not every photo looks its best in color.  Some images just look better in black and white.  Similarly, some stories demand dramatic black and white images.  The drama and contrast of a snow or desert scene is often highlighted in black and white.

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Eye Catching Color
Color.  The eye is naturally attracted to color, bright reds, vivid greens.  Stories have been written about color.  Songs have even been sung about color.  Remember the Simon & Garfunkel song Kodachrome?
Color control is vital to making a subject pop.  Nik Software provides a powerful color control solution with Viveza.  Nik Software’s U [...]

Powerful Workflow Tools
The Nik Software Complete Collection provides a powerful end-to end digital workflow solution. The Complete Collection includes:
• Dfine 2.0 - Noise Reduction
• Sharpener Pro 3.0 – Raw Pre-sharpening & Output Sharpening
• Viveza – Color and Light Control
• Color Efex Pro 3.0 – Image Enhancements
• Siliver Efex Pro - Black & White Conversion and Black & White Enhancements

Keeping the Subject Sharp
Does a busy background distract the eye from a photo’s subject and confuse the communicated story? If blurring a busy background makes the subject “pop” and enhances the story, try Alien Skin’s Bokeh.

Enhancing Image Sharpness
Adobe’s Photoshop CS4 is a sophisticated software program to enhance, and improve photographic images. It’s always interesting to come across various plug-ins that improve an already excellent product.
Alien Skin provides a Photo Bundle offering a range of plug-ins:

Blow Up
Bokeh
Exposure
Image Doctor
Snap Art

Alien Skin recently started offering a Photo Bundle at www.AlienSkin.com. This bundle includes five photography plug-ins:

Blow Up
Bokeh
Exposure
Image Doctor
Snap Art

Here’s a press release from Adobe.
Adobe has released its Photoshop Camera Raw 5.4 Release Candidate, available immediately as a free download from Adobe Labs at labs.adobe.com. The “release candidate” label indicates that this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all customers.