![]() ![]() Although I don't subtract structure very often, it is sometimes advantageous to subtract some structure from a face or faces in an image. With the help of the control point system, you can easily select certain areas in your image to add or subtract structure. Viveza 2 is the plugin from DXO Nik Collection which allows you to enhance colors in your photos. What Is Viveza 2 Plugin from Nik Collection. New Control Selectivity sliders have been added to elevate specific areas of your image, and the new Control Lines tool incorporates linear gradient filters into your workflow. Download a FREE e-book: 25 Techniques All Photographers Should Master. Nik Collection 6 offers some pretty impressive new features, including the ability to apply any of your last 15 edits to a new image with a single click. I added global structure to each and most (at least on my monitor) have benefited, some having benefited to a great degree.Īnother PLUS factor in using NIK Viveza Structure (as well as with all NIK controls) is that you do not need to globally edit with the structure slider. I’ll use Viveza 2 as a standalone plugin, instead of using Viveza from Photoshop CC in this tutorial. I have made an experiment and copied several dozen images posted on this site, opening them in Photoshop CS6. Think of Structure as occupying the visual territory that lies between Unsharp Mask and High Pass. When Structure is applied, luminosity contrast increases, more so in shadows than in highlights where very high values stop just short of compromising shadow detail. Nik Silver Efex: Darkroom-inspired controls for the ultimate in black-and-white photo editing. Nik Color Efex: Countless striking filters for color, tone, contrast, and more. One of eight powerful plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom offering endless creative possibilities. These tools help you enhance your images creatively and technically. Shape color, manipulate tones, be bold, and inject passion. Structure accentuates texture somewhat, which can enhance noise as well as detail, but not as much as Unsharp Mask. The Nik Collection 6 includes eight powerful plugins that can be used as standalone apps. In contrast to High Pass, Structure enhances contours with a line that is not as pronounced as Unsharp Mask (Structure is almost incapable of producing artificially hard contouring.) and thinner than High Pass (Structure can’t be used for enhancing planar contrast like high values of High Pass.). Like Photoshop’s High Pass filter, Viveza’s Structure provides a single slider but offers more options with the inclusion of negative values for soft focus effects. This is a description of Viveza Structure controls borrowed from John Paul Caponigro Illuminating Creativity at The course bundle he’s giving away includes 4 courses: Basics of Using the Nik Collection, Learning Viveza 2, Learning Analog Efex Pro, and Learning Silver Efex Pro. The structure slider of NIK Viveza has become one of my favorite image post processing tools.
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