Nik collection

I went ahead and bought the Nik Collection after reading favorable comments on it here. I'm impressed. I have the DxO filmpack which is pretty good. I might apply a film effect to 1 out of 30 or 40 pictures.

But this NikCollection I have to say does quite a bit. I see what everyone means about the control points being so easy to use. If you watch a few videos on the Nik collection it really helps to open up its power.

The output pre-sharpening is especially powerful. No wonder people get all these phobias about their new camera not focusing - the Nik sharpener makes photos that look like the ones you see that look tack sharp. It's intelligent with settings for screen, print, etc. I've read extensively about doing it LR but Nik seems to take it to another level. I don't think any amount of sharpening in LR will work this well IME.

I'm not sure about using multiple NIK modules (the Nik workflow) in LR though since it creates a new tif for every one. Using smart objects and layers in PS seems much better but I may not know how to use it in LR properly. I'd like to keep editing the same tif with subsequent modules (yes "destructively") rather than to keep creating new tifs.

I took several photos yesterday of sunflowers from seeds that my son and I planted. In fact I used my old D50. My warranty was about up on my D600 so I sent to Melville telling them to remove oil splatter.

The D50 is about 7 MP I think.

These were exported from LR 2048 px long edge and 120 ppi. It's said 72 ppi is enough for screen but a photographer whose work I respect uses 120 ppi.

edit: I took these using AP center-weighted AF-S with the 70-200mm f2.8. The D50 is not so easy to go full manual on.

-David

Enjoyed viewing the images.

Just an FYI, the PPI setting is irrelevant for web display.

Mike

They look nice indeed, especially using the venerable D50. You can use the Nik vignette tool to make great borders (frames) around your pictures. PM me for quick details. Also for CNX2 users, the Nik CEP3 is a wonderfu plugin if you can get a copy.

If you want to avoid multiple tiff, use the tiff file and choose edit original.
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'Photography is about feel of view, not field of view'
I view, I feel, I shoot

Thanks, always the best compliment for photos is when someone says they simply enjoyed looking at them.

-David

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Bajerunner wrote:

Enjoyed viewing the images.

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Mike, would you elaborate? I've read quite a bit about this and convention is 72 dpi for screen and 300 dpi for print.

The thing that confuses me is when exporting in LR is the part where you specify size such as 2048 long side dimension. That implies a certain size in dpi. But you still have the entry for dpi to the right of that. I can't quite reconcile those two settings.

David

PhotoKaz said:

PhotoKaz wrote:

Just an FYI, the PPI setting is irrelevant for web display.

Mike

http://photokaz.com

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Thanks Ernie, I was planning on emailing you and talking about the Nik collections. I always go back and forth about whether to put a frame around an image. Do you do that for all yours? I know people that do but I'm on the fence as to whether to use it or now. I'm out of town right now but I'll look at some more of those Nik borders when I get back.

best, David

Ernie Misner said:

Ernie Misner wrote:

They look nice indeed, especially using the venerable D50. You can use the Nik vignette tool to make great borders (frames) around your pictures. PM me for quick details. Also for CNX2 users, the Nik CEP3 is a wonderfu plugin if you can get a copy.

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Ernie Misner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erniemisner/

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Thanks. I'll avoid unnecessary trips to PS.

David

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OOPSOS wrote:

If you want to avoid multiple tiff, use the tiff file and choose edit original.
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'Photography is about feel of view, not field of view'
I view, I feel, I shoot
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wireless said:

wireless wrote:

Mike, would you elaborate? I've read quite a bit about this and convention is 72 dpi for screen and 300 dpi for print.

The thing that confuses me is when exporting in LR is the part where you specify size such as 2048 long side dimension. That implies a certain size in dpi. But you still have the entry for dpi to the right of that. I can't quite reconcile those two settings.

David

wireless said:

PhotoKaz wrote:

Just an FYI, the PPI setting is irrelevant for web display.

Mike

http://photokaz.com

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When displaying for web, basically for screen, you do not have any control over dpi. The user's computer and monitor will determine the dpi of the screen output. All you have control over is the 'd' in your image. The user's chosen graphic card resolution and monitor size will determine the 'dpi'.

My computer's card is set to 1920x1200. My monitor is 24". So I'm running a little under 100dpi. Someone using a full HD tablet is running at roughly twice that dpi.

wireless said:

wireless wrote:

Mike, would you elaborate? I've read quite a bit about this and convention is 72 dpi for screen and 300 dpi for print.

The thing that confuses me is when exporting in LR is the part where you specify size such as 2048 long side dimension. That implies a certain size in dpi. But you still have the entry for dpi to the right of that. I can't quite reconcile those two settings.

David

wireless said:

PhotoKaz wrote:

Just an FYI, the PPI setting is irrelevant for web display.

Mike

http://photokaz.com

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David, the ppi is only relevant when working with physical prints. The resolution on a monitor is different depending on what the user has their settings at. What is important for web is the image dimensions. A 1280 pixel wide image is going to use 1280 pixels on the users screen, assuming the browser doesn't scale it.

I put a bit more info here: http://photokaz.com/2012/06/image-resolution-irrelevant-web-display/

Mike