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User Guide

Chapter 1

Introduction

Introduction to Nik Software Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0 and the User Guide

Chapter 1 : Introduction

Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0 User Guide

Versions

Nik Software offers three versions of Color Efex Pro 3.0, with the

same functions and interface in all versions. The Complete Edition

contains 52 filters, the Select Edition contains 35 filters, and the

Standard Edition contains 15 filters.

What’s in the User Guide

In addition to providing installation instructions, the User Guide

shows you how to choose, control, and selectively apply filters, both

with U Point-powered Control Points and the updated Selective Tool.

The User Guide also points out differences between Color Efex Pro

3.0 and Color Efex Pro 2.0.

Introduction

The typographical conventions used in this manual are:

Welcome to Nik Software Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0, the most advanced set

of filters for digital photography.

•ColorEfexPro3.0processesanduserinterfacecomponents

appear in Initial Caps, with first instances in Bold Caps . (In

context-appropriate cases, later instances also appear in

Bold Caps .)

Digital photographers have come to appreciate and take advantage

of unprecedented levels of control over their images. They enjoy

more options than ever to enhance, stylize, and otherwise improve

upon photographs. All of this additional control, however, has led

photographers to increasingly complicated choices of adjustments,

filters and blends, and away from the art of control.

•Specificcontrolinputsappearin Bold Italic . Control inputs

can be menu items, buttons, or sliders. Where first instances

coincide with specific control inputs, the term appears in

Bold Italic .

Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters are designed to make photographic

enhancements not only easier, but better. Based on continuous

feedback from professionals in Nik Software’s photographer

community, Color Efex Pro 3.0 is a suite of proven controls to

help photographers save time, get professional results and de-

complicate the art of enhancing their images.

Chapter 2

What’s New in 3.0

New Features and Functionality in Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0

Chapter 2 : What’s New in 3.0

Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0 User Guide

The new, completely resizable interface is a professional

photographic tool: color-neutral with a medium-gray background

and a strong focus on efficient workflow. Color Efex Pro 3.0 groups

major controls close together for greater efficiency, letting you

achieve excellent results in less time. (Please see Chapter 5: Color

Efex Pro 3.0 Interface.)

U Point-powered Control Points

What’s New in 3.0

U Point technology lets photographers achieve exactly what they

envision in an easy, fast, intuitive manner. U Point-powered Control

Points in Color Efex Pro 3.0 let you easily and selectively control

where each filter is applied to the images, without the use of

complicated selections or masks.

Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0 offers many enhancements and improvements

over Color Efex Pro 2.0, in four general categories:

Additionally, some new filters in Color Efex Pro 3.0 provide unique

functionality based entirely on U Point. (Please see Control Points

in Chapter 5.)

•Interface

•UPoint ® -powered Control Points

•SelectiveToolInteraction

Selective Tool Interaction

•NewFilters

Interface

Originally, the Selective Tool was used to specify when to apply a

Color Efex Pro 2.0 filter selectively to an image. As the popularity of

Color Efex Pro 2.0 grew, photographers discovered that the Selective

Tool offered more convenient access to filters than the Filters menu.

Color Efex Pro 2.0 users will notice the extensively reworked

interface in version 3.0, the result of both deep study into the

look and feel that professional photographers expect in modern

applications and requests from Nik Software users.

Color Efex Pro 3.0 makes this access more convenient by giving you

the choice of selectively applying the filter in the Filter Interface.

This lets you launch the Color Efex Pro 3.0 interface from either the

Selective Tool or the Filters menu. (Please see Interaction with Color

Efex Pro 3.0 in Chapter 6.)

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