This filter looks pretty good, but if I want to quickly compare them, I'll just go ahead and hold down the option key while I click on the “eye” next to each layer and that'll show me just that layer. So this can be a real time saver if you're a Photoshop user and you want to just try out different looks without having to actually launch into the plug-in. At this point, what I'm really doing is just trying different favorite looks without having to go into the Nik interface. This time, I'll go for the Film Grain look. Once again, Photoshop duplicates the layer for me, renders the filter out and names the filter layer all without launching the Nik interface. I'll go back and try Cross Processing next. To try out a filter on this photo for my trip to Taipei, I'll click on the filter here… There's bicolor filters and you'll see over here on the right that it has duplicated the background layer, rendered that filter onto the new layer and even named it to match the filter preset. Now, if we open up the settings in here, I can actually choose to have the effect applied in the Nik Collection as you're used to seeing, or applied directly in Photoshop without even launching Nik, and that's the way I've got it set up now.
For example in Color Efex Pro 4, you'll see that I've favorited Bi-Color Filters, Film Grain, Cross Processing and High Key.
But if I expand it, you'll see a couple of things first there's the name of each plug-in plus a short description of what it does, but under three of them, Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro and HDR Efex Pro, you'll see that there's a drop-down menu revealing your favorites of each one of those filters. First of all, in its minimized form as you see it here, it's just a shortcut to get into any one of the plugins. This is no longer the first thing that you'll close when you open Photoshop! This new palette actually looks like it belongs in Photoshop and has a lot more functionality. We'll start in Photoshop with the Selective palette. The Nik Collection version 3 includes updates for Photoshop users, Lightroom Classic users, standalone app users and pretty much anybody who uses it, because there's even a new plugin included.
And I wanted to share with you the demo that I've been giving to the media for the past couple of weeks. DxO asked me to join them on their virtual press tour for the new Nik Collection version 3.
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