This means that you aren’t limited by the presets at all. In Silver Efex you also have a whole lot of control over the look you give the image with all the adjustment options. Please note compression is used on all images to keep the website working fast. I love the 64 presets it offers, and the I love the filter that is called ‘verfijnd proces’ in Dutch (I think it would be ‘refined process’ in the English version?). Silver Efex is the most comprehensive and in my opinion best black and white conversion tool I’ve ever used. And if you ask me just Silver Efex is worth the 149 euro DXO asks for the whole collection. Silver Efex is the real star of the Nik Collection. Below I’ll try to explain what each app does and give you some examples of the improvements. The different plugin can be used as stand-alone apps or as Lightroom or Photoshop Plugin. The Nik Collection 5 consists of the following ‘apps’ or plugins: The new version 5 of the plugin collection is a lot more than just a set of filters. They have great deals on Nik Collection and other DXO software.Ĭalling the Nik Collection 5 a digital filter would be unfair by the way. Interested in Nik Collection 5? Click this link to visit the official DXO shop. You can buy the new Nik Collection 5 here in the DXO online store. Good to know you can also download a free trial version to see if it works for you.įor this review I’ve tested the Nik Collection on my M1 Mac Mini (16GB) running MacOS 12.5.1 and Adobe Lightroom Classic version 11.5. The Nik Collection 5 can be bought at the DXO website for 149 euro. This plugin collection is now owned by DXO and they have just released their last version 5. Having spent time to create a good looking photo, making sure it is sharp, good colours and doing some editing afterwards I don’t like it when that is all thrown away by some terrible filter.īut luckily there are alternatives in the form of the Nik Collection 5. That always feels a bit like a kick in the teeth. My experience with filters is mostly people posting images I shot for them on Instagram and putting some god-awful filter over it. That may be a strange way to start a review of a filter collection like the new Nik Collection 5, but let me explain.

I’m not a big fan of digital filters / plugins.

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