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.

Nik Software’s U Point® control points in Silver Efex Pro [...]

Every Photographer’s Compact
Care to dazzle your eyes with a suave green, or cool blue? And no, I’m not talking about eye shadows. Just as most women have some small makeup compact in their purse, or pouch – photographers, you should carry this nifty kit in your camera bag. It’s flat, compact [...]

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

Photos Just Keep Getting Sharper
Adobe has some great products, and I’ve enjoyed reviewing a number of their applications (Photoshop CS4, Lightroom 1 & 2, Acrobat 8).
For photography classes, or plain photo buffs, Adobe just released Photoshop Camera Raw 5.5, Photoshop Lightroom 2.5 and DNG Converter 5.5, available immediately for download at Adobe Updates.

For amateur and professional photographers, Lightroom 2 offers dynamic tools to organize, enhance and download photographs seamlessly in slideshows and websites.  Lightroom 2 does not provide the detailed functions present in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4, yet Lightroom 2 seamlessly integrates with Photoshop. For this article, Lightroom 2 easily downloaded and operated on a Mac [...]