7/4/2023 0 Comments Analog efex pro 2 serial![]() ![]() This rolls the dice randomly on this set of filters, so it’s a great way to see countless variations and without getting exactly the same one twice. If you look at the bottom of the sidebar you’ll see a Vary button. All the Double Exposure presets use this set of filters, but that’s not to say they use all of them. That’s because the filter is enabled for this preset but not used. You’ll see from the panel, though, that the Blur Strength is set to zero. You can create a circular blur towards the edges of the picture, which is what’s used here, or a horizontal blur to create a tilt-shift ‘miniature’ effect. It’s not strictly the same thing, but Analog Efex Pro uses ‘bokeh’ to describe its controlled blur/defocus effects. You can use Control Points to mask the effect in parts of the image you want left unaltered. At the bottom you’ll see and expandable Control Points section. This combines a kind of HDR and structure effect to bring out details in the shadows and make objects stand out clearly. The Detail Extraction slider at the top is interesting, though. You use it to tune the basics: Brightness, Contrast and Saturation. This panel is standard in just about all Analog Efex Pro presets. I’ll explain each one individually, how it works and the effect it has on the photo. These tools and their settings are in the right sidebar. ![]() It’s applied to the image with a single click, but this preset actually uses several Analog Efex Pro tools in combination. The one I’ve chosen for this walkthrough is ‘Double Exposure 2’. If you select this you’ll see a list of preset double exposure effects in the sidebar. In the left sidebar you’ll see a choice of different ‘Cameras’, and one of these is ‘Double Exposure’. I hope they give you a good idea of the range of effects available with Analog Efex Pro, and how easy it is to create, modify and share custom presets of your own.You can launch Analog Efex Pro as a standalone program, as an external editor for Capture One and other programs, or as a plug-in for Lightroom or Photoshop. Here’s a quick overview of the eight presets I created for this tutorial. There doesn’t seem any way to move presets between the Imported and Custom panels, but that hardly matters since they work in the same way wherever they’re stored. Imported presets are all displayed in the Imported panel. Now just locate the folder where the presets are stored, select them all (they have an ‘.np’ file extension on my Mac) and click the Open button. It’s at the top of the sidebar here, but that’s because the panel is expanded ready to receive the imported presets – normally, the Imported panel is collapsed and at the bottom of the sidebar. To import these presets (or any others), click the ‘+’ button (circled) alongside the Imported panel heading in the left sidebar. Just click on the download link below, unzip the file and then follow the instructions in the next step. It’s just as easy to import presets, and you can find out for yourself by downloading the presets I’ve exported. Each preset file is only around 5 kilobytes in size, and that’s because they’re simply a set of processing instructions. The export takes just a couple of moments. When you press this button, Analog Efex Pro prompts you to choose a location on your computer to save the presets to. To export my presets for sharing with other people, I need to press the Export All button (circled) at the bottom of the custom presets panel. The main window shows the ‘Cyanotype’ preset applied to a still life image. You use custom presets just as you use those that come built in – they’re simply stored in a separate panel. Here are eight custom presets I’ve created while I’ve been writing this series, displayed in the Custom panel in the left sidebar. In this part I’m going to show how to save presets you’ve created as external files you can share with other people – and how to import presets sent to you by others by downloading the free Analog Efex Pro presets I’ve created to go with this mini-series. Part 1 looked at Analog Efex Pro basics and how to apply preset effects, part 2 explained the Camera Kit and how to create effects of your own and part 3 showed how to create, save and work with your own Analog Efex Pro custom presets. This was written for the first version of Analog Efex Pro, but the tools and presets still apply for the latest DxO version. Note: Following many requests, I’m republishing this article with the download link restored but the content unchanged. It joins the existing plug-ins in the Nik Collection, now owned and distributed by DxO. ![]() Welcome to the fourth and final part of this mini-series on Google’s brand new film and camera simulation plug-in, Analog Efex Pro. ![]()
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