{"id":8096,"date":"2011-12-18T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T20:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=8096"},"modified":"2011-12-18T21:57:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:57:54","slug":"nik-color-efex-pro-4-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/12\/18\/nik-color-efex-pro-4-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"NIK Color Efex Pro 4 Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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This Great White Pelican image was created at Lake Kerkini, Greece with the Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens<\/a>, the 2X III teleconverter<\/a><\/a> (hand held at 185mm) with the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1\/1250 sec. at f\/8 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n

Lens\/TC\/camera body Micro-adjustment<\/a>: -4. Central Sensor\/Rear Focus\/AI Servo AF active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. To enjoy viewing a larger sized image, click on the photo. Then click on the enlarged version to close it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

NIK Color Efex Pro 4 Tip<\/h3>\n

As stated in Capture and Beyond Workflow Lessons That You Cannot Afford to Miss<\/a>, it is important to take care of your RAW files so that when you learn new techniques or learn to work with new software you can go back and re-work some of your favorites. Though I had never optimized this image before the other day it surely benefited from a visit to Color Efex as you can see by viewing the animated GIF below. <\/p>\n\n\n
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In the before and after images above note that 50% Tonal Contrast has given the image some pop, White Neutralizer has eliminated the sickly color cast, and Detail Extractor has restored density and detail to the white feathers. I just love the way that White Neutralizer makes the BLUEs in an image sing. As I have been saying, NIK Color Efex Pro has made huge changes in my workflow, made my life easier, and vastly improved the quality of my images. <\/p>\n

Working more and more each day with the plug-in, I have been making some neat and time-saving discoveries. Recently I came up with a great way to run Tonal Contrast at 50% and White Neutralizer at 100% in one fell swoop (thanks to Denise Ippolito<\/a> for the Save Recipe revelation) and to follow that up with Details Extractor as needed. It is a real time saver. Here is how I do it:<\/p>\n