Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >> >>> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >