Nik Software Color Efex Pro™ 3.0 filters are the
leading photographic filters for digital photography. The award-winning
Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters are widely used by many of today's professional
photographers around the world to save time and get professional level
results. Whether you choose the Complete Edition, Select, or Standard Edition,
you’ll get traditional and stylizing filters that offer virtually
endless possibilities to enhance and transform images quickly and easily.
Patented U Point technology provides the ultimate control to
selectively apply enhancements without the need for any complicated
masks, layers or selections. Control color, light and tonality
in your images and create unique enhancements with professional
results. With 52 filters and over 250 effects found in
Color Efex Pro 3.0 you can perform high quality retouching,
color correction and endless creative enhancements to your
photographs.
Updates to old favorites such as Classical Soft Focus, Darken/Lighten Center,
and Vignette filters are joined by exciting new filters Film Effects, Glamour
Glow, High Key, Selective Contrast, Bleach Bypass, and more. See the full
filter list with sample images here.
The result is nothing less than the most complete, most useful collection of
photographic filters you can add to your toolkit.
Click on the New Features tab to learn about the new
enhancements found in Color Efex Pro 3.0, download a free Trial
version to take advantage of Color Efex Pro 3.0 with full functionality
for 15-days, or click here to see the software in
action.
Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 has been significantly
updated to provide photo enthusiasts and professional photographers alike with
the most powerful yet easy to use set of photographic filters ever created.
DSLR owners will revel in the wide range of quick and easy fixes to
dramatically improve their photos with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Professional wedding, nature, commercial, and portrait photographers will
appreciate the speed of workflow and advanced features designed to support
uniquely creative styles and deliver class-leading power.
U Point-powered Control Points make it easy to selectively add,
modify, and remove a filter’s effect. Award-winning U Point technology gives you
ultimate control to selectively apply enhancements without the need for any complicated
masks, layers or selections.
The new filters in Color Efex Pro 3.0 range from creative
enhancements and special effects to re-touching tools and over
30 conventional film emulation filter effects. New filters include
Film Grain, Film Effect, Glamour Glow, Selective Contrast,
High Key, Low Key, Polaroid Transfer, Cross Balance filters,
and more. Previously available filters have also been updated
to provide even more options. Click
here to see a complete list of filters, descriptions and before/after samples.
The new
resizable interface lets
you easily accommodate large monitor configurations, preview
before and after results, and quickly access the entire range of unique
tools to match your workflow.
Unique among photographic filter software on the market
today, the Color Efex Pro 3.0 Selective
Tool allows you to quickly and easily brush any filter effect into your image. Layers and masks are created automatically, so you are free
to create and experiment unfettered.
Color Efex Pro 3.0 is Smart Filter compatible which allows you to
go back and "fine tune" images even after effects have been applied.
Color Efex Pro 3.0 is compatible with Lightroom & Aperture’s ability to
work on multiple images at once. When more than one image is opened, "Previous" and "Next"
buttons appear that allow photographers to easily copy and paste settings between images
to maintain consistency.
Color Efex Pro 3.0 has been integrated into Nikon’s
flagship image editing application Capture NX 2. For example, where U Point® technology
has been incorporated into the plug-in for Photoshop and Aperture (to allow
precise selective control over filter enhancements), Capture NX 2 already
has the ability to selectively apply enhancements via U Point powered selection
control points.
This makes for a more seamless experience, and fits well with
the photography-centric feature set and non-destructive workflow of Capture NX 2.
This tight integration dramatically simplifies the art of enhancing images and offers
photographers a complete photo editing solution.
Adobe Photoshop
See the new resizable and efficient user interface in Color Efex Pro 3.0.
Apple Aperture
See how to access and use Color Efex Pro 3.0 as a plug-in for
Apple Aperture 2.
Use U Point-powered Control Points to specify where an image’s effect is applied without using masks and selections.
Learn how to blend the colors in an image quickly and easily using traditional Graduated filters.
See how to use the Remove Color Cast filter to neutralize unwanted color casts.
Learn how to clean up images and create bright, crisp whites, without affecting other colors in an image.
Learn how to create soft, smooth skin quickly and easily using one of the most popular filters in Color Efex Pro.
Learn how to quickly control the contrast and color in an image with the powerful Pro Contrast filter.
Learn how to create a unique high contrast, low saturation effect used by photographers and film makers alike.
Find out how to stylize portrait images by adding a soft, dreamy effect using the new Glamour Glow filter.
Find out how to take your digital photographs through a variety of film types using the new Film Effects filter.
Adobe Photoshop
Learn to use Color Efex Pro 3.0 as a Smart Filter in Adobe Photoshop CS3, providing the ability to fine tune your filter enhancements at any time.
Apple Aperture
Speed up your workflow and learn how to enhance several images
in one Color Efex Pro 3.0 session with the new multiple image
editing capabilities in Color Efex Pro 3.0.
View a complete list of filters, filter descriptions, and before/after sample images.
Download the complete User Guide (PDF) for Color Efex Pro 3.0 (DE, EN, FR, ES).
Download the Quick Start Guide (PDF) for Color Efex Pro 3.0 (DE, EN, FR, ES).
Tony Sweet
Maryland, USA
“The new interface in Color Efex Pro 3.0 is really GREAT! This
software is essential for the creative professional and novice alike.
Color Efex 3.0 is a home run and I highly recommend it to everyone.”
Martin Grahame-Dunn
Seville, Spain
"Today I began a review of Color Efex 3.0 and it took my breath
away from the point I opened it in Photoshop! The functionality is
superb and the complete dashboard is a joy to use. The addition of
control points enabling subtle feathering of effects will also make the
entire process more understandable. I really cannot see any reason why
this product should not be in the digital toolbox of all professional photographers!"
Mike Strickland
Disney Photo Services: Orlando, Florida
“Color Efex 3.0 is simply the best thing going. Working within
the new interface is the greatest thing I have seen in all of the software
I have tried recently. In my opinion anyone who is remotely a competitor
of Nik Software will not thank you for producing this. But I say thanks
and I’ll use this every day single day."
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