Another neat Camera is Wet Plate, which mimics the look of 19th century Wet Collodian photography. You are limited to just one image, but you can move around to highlight different aspects and get some attractive prints by using this effect. Multi Lens is an an easy way to make a triptych or quadtych (a single image with three or four panels). As our screen shot shows, you have quite a lot of control over the shape and quality of the bokeh, as well as the bokeh style: this program is like an onion, revealing many new layers as you delve into it. The Vintage Camera option is also great for adding some tasteful old-school vignetting and bokeh (background blur) effects. ‘Motion’ is particularly interesting as you can get some nice-looking motion blur effects, but don’t get too carried away or your image can look a bit contrived. Click the arrow next to Classic Camera and up pops a lot of more options. We started off with ‘Classic Camera,’ but there are many more Cameras to try.
You can also control other aspects of the digital grain's appearance from here, so it is well worth a play. Simply move the Grain per Pixel slider up and down for a very grainy look, or a much harder and cleaner one. The grainy look is fundamental to a lot of analogue photography and it is easy to add grain effects to digital images using Analog Efex Pro. You can control over the shape of the vignette (circular or rectangular) according to the format of the image along with the amount and size, so it’s well worth experimenting with. You can add numerous Control Points to an image, or duplicate and drag to another part of the image.Īlso useful are the Vignetting tools, which are a quick and easy way to add a classic portrait effect – the corners are darkened to focus attention on the main subject. From here you can also adjust contrast, brightness, detail and so on, via sliders. To make specific local adjustments, use the Control Points: simply click and drag them on the part of the image you wish to target, in this case the statue’s face. The Global Adjustments include things like brightness and contrast. Classic Camera 4 works well as a foundation for our shot from a Japanese temple.Īs with Silver Efex Pro, you can either apply global adjustments which affect all the image, or local adjustments, which just work on specific parts. The Classic Camera collection is a good starting point, but as we will see there are many more. By default, the category Classic Camera appear first. With the image opened in Analog Efex Pro, you can immediately see the effect of whichever ‘Camera’ (a collection of analogue presets) is selected along the left-hand side. Choose Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments. Before opening the image in Analog Efex Pro, however, I worked on the overall exposure, shadows and highlights, along with noise reduction and sharpness. See 1) Getting startedĪs with Silver Efex Pro, which you can learn about here the best way to work with Analog Efex Pro is to open it from a compatible raw image editor, in this case Lightroom.
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It is a powerful and sophisticated creative suite, rather than just a collection of filters and retro effects, so here’s how to get started with the program – best of all you can try for free for 30 days. The latest version of Analog Efex Pro, part of the Nik Collection by DXO, is one of the best ways to add some beloved creative effects from the glory days of film photography to the latest digital images. Looking for a fun and creative editing challenge during the lockdown? Here’s how to use Analog Efex Pro, a great way to add old-school film effects to your digital photos.
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