If you are new to Nik Collection or unsure what is it, you can begin with this introduction to Nik Collection. However, you can also use the plugins as part of your Photoshop workflow.

Others use it to get better control when they need to change the colors or tonality of a specific part of their image. Many photographers use DXO Nik Collection mainly to enhance details or structure. Nik Collection from DXO is often thought of as a set of plugins that you occasionally use to enhance your images. Instead of leaving the photo sitting on your hard drive, you can make most images pop using Lightroom or Photoshop, but with help from the DxO’s Nik Plugins, you can take control of the editing process to another level and get the most out of each photo – and the Nik Collection delivers, no doubt about it. Often when a photo comes straight from the camera, it looks flat and not just up to our expectations or what our experience was when we took it.

If you want to push it, you definitely can with these plug-ins. I have made many of the effects subtle, as I like not to overdo effects, but that is a matter of style. Before and after using Nik Collection plug-ins.

Output sharpening with dxo photolab 2