![]() ![]() The Camera Selector allows you to pick from four different camera types that simulate styles of photography created by using a Classic Camera, Wet Plate technique, a Toy Camera, or a Vintage Camera. I do think that AEP provides a unique set of editing tools, so I'd like to share my thoughts with you about how AEP is different from the other plugins in the Nik suite, how I process an image using AEP, and finally a few recommendations for you as an AEP user. There's no doubt that you can start and finish your image in AEP, but I find myself incorporating it into my workflow much like Color Efex Pro 4: I use certain effects to achieve a desired goal, but still doing most of my editing in Lightroom or Photoshop. I don't think of AEP as a one-stop processing solution, but more in terms of another tool at my disposal. The best part is that if you currently own the Nik Collection, Analog Efex is free and might already be installed on your machine. ![]() ![]() If you love the vintage look of film, of a wet plate, or that distorted look that a Holga-type camera can provide, you'll enjoy creating digital images using Analog Efex Pro. ![]() Google has joined the ranks of plugin developers providing effects that embrace our analog past. Google's Nik Collection has a new addition to its suite of powerful, professional-grade plugins, and like its highly successful predecessors, Analog Efex Pro (AEP) will undoubtedly be known as the grandfather of nostalgic effects. You just need the patience to try different things and learn what you like.Plug In with Nik: A Photographer's Guide to Creating Dynamic Images with Nik Software What I love about NIK’s software editing tools is that many different types of photographers can use them according to their own tastes. Sometimes after I apply a film effect, I want to go back and re-adjust contrast or brightness, because of what the film effect has done to my original adjustments. I zero out the grain settings on the film types and don’t use dust and scratches… What I did here was simply apply the plate effect and balance the film type adjustments with the basic adjustments. Almost everything degrades image quality in some way. Since I spend so much time (and money) trying to get excellent image quality, a piece of software like this is hard for me to use. Lens distortion and vignette, dust and scratches, film types, light leaks, motion blur and bokeh, the list goes on. But the vintage look adds something that I really like.Īnalog Efex Pro has a lot of effects that can make photos look older, or like they were taken with old film cameras. It just wasn’t that great as a straight travel photo. It was taken in September 2014 with the EOS 6D and EF 35mm f/2 IS. I did a similar edit on this photo of the West Point Lighthouse near Seattle. So after running it through NIK Software’s Analog Efex Pro 2, does it have more to offer? Well, the “wet plate” effect adds some detail to the sky and the old sepia film effect helps create a vintage look. Nothing wrong with the composition or image quality, it just didn’t catch my eye. I never did anything with it because I didn’t see anything eye catching about the photo. I shot this photo with the Canon EOS 7D in May 2013 from a ferry heading to Seattle. ![]()
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