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November 21, 2009 |
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 I’ve already reviewed NIK Color Efex 3.0 a number of months ago on Take Great Pictures.com (http://www.takegreatpictures.com/Articles/Details/params/object/12065/default.aspx), yet I felt it important to do an update on it. The reason is simple. Sometimes you try a new tool, you are excited about the possibilities, yet over time you don’t really use it. Other times, the tool becomes a part of your normal workflow, and such is the case with Nik Color Efex 3.0 for me. Here’s a great example why. I shot this portrait of a dancer (above), working with the natural light coming in from the large studio windows. My intention was to create a painterly image, with soft directional light. Once I brought the image into Photoshop, I still felt there was a need for more atmosphere to create the look I had in mind. So I opened Nik, and looked at a number of filters I thought might help me out. I tried several, but here are two solutions that I thought worked quite nicely, Film Effects (I used Fuji 160C) and Polaroid Transfer.   For additional photography tips, see Allen's photoblog, A Better Photograph.com. Posted: 5/21/2008 3:05 PM
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