This is yet another important presentation that clarifies the use of control points. Control points have always been a feature that has been too easy to be misunderstand and underestimate, then move on to more traditional techniques, like luminosity masking. I’m guilty of that, and remember when they were first introduced, but I was so entrenched in the more traditional tools that it was only years later when I was drawn in by their appearance in DxO Photolab, that I “got it.” Fortunately, DxO took over the Nik Collection, and has continued to refine their implementation in a growing number of the tools, so there is no reason to think you have to embrace Photolab: you can use the Nik Collection with one’s raw editor of choice. I’m not sure I’ve found a case in which I didn’t discover that control points are so much faster to do than luminosity masking, while providing more natural looking results. Your tutorials and ebooks never fail to uncover a feature that I’ve overlooked or misunderstood. (I’m not suggesting that luminosity masking is “bad,” just that with the Nik Collection I can do most jobs better and faster…)
Thank you. That's very good of you to say. I think Control Points are under rated and a very versatile tool. Whilst you may prefer them to Luminosity Masks, at the end of the day they are just a form of Luminosity Mask which is why they work so well. Personally I loke to combine them with LM techniques in Photoshop.
thank you for the refreshers on Nik, I'm getting back into photography and forgot how good Nik is. How do you judge the upgrade, I have Google version and have heard there are issues with the DXO version
There has been a lot of change to Nik since the Google version. DxO has also fixed quite a few bugs that Google introduced. That said, some otf the tools are unchanged. I have a few videos reviewing the changes in different versions. Here's the one for Nik Collection 4 if you haven't seen it (ruclips.net/video/JfItpnWslSk/видео.html). There were quite a few bugs in that release but they also fixed them quite quickly with additional releases. I'll suggest what I always do which is to download the trial version. Just remember that it will remove earlier versions so keep your original installer handy.
Hello, not related to this topic but is there a way i can watermark videos in bulk. As in i setup watermark one time and it applies to every other video i choose, would really help thanks!
There are a couple of ways. This one demonstrates a very easy method using a custom brush (ruclips.net/video/9e2wO0uXDgU/видео.html). It uses Affinity Photo but you can do the same thing in Photoshop. The other method uses macros and automation in Photoshop (ruclips.net/video/FxBu4ZiBwM4/видео.html).
Thanks Robin for your video. I predominantly use exposure 7x but I see a couple of limitations. I have begun to use affinity photo, designer and publisher and really like them. When Black Friday comes around I will get photolab and be done as I think it produces the best results for what do. Thanks again
Probably not as a video this time. Although I was at the preview, I have had some personal commitments that prevented me from recording the video. I will try to cover it in an article on my Lenscraft website if I can.
Thanks Robin…I appreciate everything you do. Your ebook on Nik Color Efex pro has proved to be so useful. After general processing in ACR, it is often the next and final step.
Thanks. Color Efex is such a flexible and useful tool. I haven’t yet tried the new version but I’m looking forward to it. I also like the new Analog Efex design. It looks much better than the old version. I guess I’ve reached the point where I need to consider updating my Nik books.
Thank you Robin for very helpful Videos.
I'm glad it was helpful. Thank you
Very nice explanation Sir! Thank you for sharing this information.
You are most welcome. Thank you.
Thanks Robin, really useful
Thanks. That’s great to hear.
Brilliant Robin. Thank you very much. Very useful information for me.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
This is yet another important presentation that clarifies the use of control points. Control points have always been a feature that has been too easy to be misunderstand and underestimate, then move on to more traditional techniques, like luminosity masking. I’m guilty of that, and remember when they were first introduced, but I was so entrenched in the more traditional tools that it was only years later when I was drawn in by their appearance in DxO Photolab, that I “got it.” Fortunately, DxO took over the Nik Collection, and has continued to refine their implementation in a growing number of the tools, so there is no reason to think you have to embrace Photolab: you can use the Nik Collection with one’s raw editor of choice. I’m not sure I’ve found a case in which I didn’t discover that control points are so much faster to do than luminosity masking, while providing more natural looking results. Your tutorials and ebooks never fail to uncover a feature that I’ve overlooked or misunderstood. (I’m not suggesting that luminosity masking is “bad,” just that with the Nik Collection I can do most jobs better and faster…)
Thank you. That's very good of you to say. I think Control Points are under rated and a very versatile tool. Whilst you may prefer them to Luminosity Masks, at the end of the day they are just a form of Luminosity Mask which is why they work so well. Personally I loke to combine them with LM techniques in Photoshop.
Great tutorial Robin! Thank you.
Glad you liked it. Thank you.
Thanks Robin for a very useful tutorial
You're very welcome! Thank you.
thank you for the refreshers on Nik, I'm getting back into photography and forgot how good Nik is. How do you judge the upgrade, I have Google version and have heard there are issues with the DXO version
There has been a lot of change to Nik since the Google version. DxO has also fixed quite a few bugs that Google introduced. That said, some otf the tools are unchanged. I have a few videos reviewing the changes in different versions. Here's the one for Nik Collection 4 if you haven't seen it (ruclips.net/video/JfItpnWslSk/видео.html). There were quite a few bugs in that release but they also fixed them quite quickly with additional releases. I'll suggest what I always do which is to download the trial version. Just remember that it will remove earlier versions so keep your original installer handy.
Hello, not related to this topic but is there a way i can watermark videos in bulk. As in i setup watermark one time and it applies to every other video i choose, would really help thanks!
There are a couple of ways. This one demonstrates a very easy method using a custom brush (ruclips.net/video/9e2wO0uXDgU/видео.html). It uses Affinity Photo but you can do the same thing in Photoshop. The other method uses macros and automation in Photoshop (ruclips.net/video/FxBu4ZiBwM4/видео.html).
Thanks Robin for your video.
I predominantly use exposure 7x but I see a couple of limitations. I have begun to use affinity photo, designer and publisher and really like them. When Black Friday comes around I will get photolab and be done as I think it produces the best results for what do.
Thanks again
You're welcome. PhotoLab is a great product that I also use a lot.
Robin…do you think you will be doing a review on the new Nik Colour Efex 5? Would be useful if you did! 🤣😄😄😄
Probably not as a video this time. Although I was at the preview, I have had some personal commitments that prevented me from recording the video. I will try to cover it in an article on my Lenscraft website if I can.
Thanks Robin…I appreciate everything you do. Your ebook on Nik Color Efex pro has proved to be so useful. After general processing in ACR, it is often the next and final step.
Thanks. Color Efex is such a flexible and useful tool. I haven’t yet tried the new version but I’m looking forward to it. I also like the new Analog Efex design. It looks much better than the old version. I guess I’ve reached the point where I need to consider updating my Nik books.