[Leica] IMG: Nik Analog Efex Pro 2

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for that tip.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/31/2016 1:35 AM, Peter Klein wrote:
> Something else I just realized:  I think the presets assume that you are
> working on a full-size file. If you apply the effects to a screen-sized
> (reduced) version, the grain will be much too big.
> --Peter
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:32 PM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> I agree that many of the effects are too strong "out of the box."  But you
>> can adjust the amount of the effect you add. Also, if you like the tonality
>> of a particular B&W conversion, but not the grain, you can turn the grain
>> off.  When you select a preset, it sets all the adjustments, but then you
>> can re-tweak them, and even save your adjusted version as a new preset.
>>
>> I'm not sure how useful all this will be.  I'm already used to getting
>> things the way I like them in Capture One. But a useful preset can save a
>> lot of time. So I want to give the Nik tools a try. I know that many
>> people, including our Tina, swear by Silver Efex Pro in particular, and I
>> heard good things about the sharpener app as well.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I will see in due course, as I said elsewhere I only downloaded it today.
>>> Will
>>> need to see what I can do with it. It doesn't seem very good though. I had
>>> imagined a better imitation of various films, with perhaps some additional
>>> digital trick.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> On 30/03/2016 21:23, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> Yes, that's the same image, Peter.  I was looking for some strong
>>> contrast, but
>>>> did not like all of the grain "simulation" that resulted.  It, to me,
>>> is not a
>>>> very useful tool.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>> On 3/30/2016 3:19 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>>>> Really not sure what I think.
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks so different from the original (if that is the one called
>>> "Stripes and
>>>>> Inlets") that I am not sure whether it is even right to call it the
>>> same photo,
>>>>> the effect is is so strong. I have never played with the tool so don't
>>> know
>>>>> anything much about the effects it has, but surely film wasn't like
>>> that!
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27/03/2016 17:15, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>>> With all of the talk about the free Nik offering, I decided to try
>>> one of their
>>>>>> tools that I had not used previously.  I took a digital image of a
>>> descending
>>>>>> sky diver and converted it to its film equivalent, using Nik Analog
>>> Efex Pro 2.
>>>>>> Here  is the dramatic conversion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dramatic+Conversion.TIFF.html
>>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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