DxO releases Nik Collection 7
Tools for making selections get upgraded and performance boosted, in an update to the plug-in suite
One of the most highly regarded plug-in suites on the market, Nik Collection gets new selection tools and speed bumps in version 7. Comprising seven separate plug-ins – Color Efex, Silver Efex, Analog Efex, Viveza, Dfine, Sharpener and HDR Efex, each with a different purpose – the Nik Collection plugins can be used standalone or integrated with editing software such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Affinity Photo, and DxO’s own PhotoLab (see p94). Leading the changes for version 7 are changes to Color Efex, which now incorporates three Nik Viveza filters that previously formed the heart of the separate Viveza plug-in, while the HSL, ClearView and Grain tools now become dynamic…