Nik Software Color Efex Pro 2.0 Rick Sammon Edition 12 Filters, Plug-in Software for Macintosh & Windows.

The nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Rick Sammon Edition is a collection of 12 filters, hand picked by Rick Sammon. These 12 filters offer a wide range of professional photographic enhancements, from the B/W Conversion and Midnight Sepia filters, to the Vignette Blur filter, and the critically acclaimed Sunshine filter. In this collection Rick Sammon provides video lessons that include step by step instructions ranging from installing the filters to demonstrating how Rick uses some of the filters.

Unlock Your Creativity With nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Filters. Many photographers would like to be considered artists by their family, friends & peers. Before Adobe Photoshop & the many other photo-imaging products were introduced, most photographers had to rely on in-camera techniques & add-on filters to produce creative photographs.

These days, image-editing programs with built-in artistic & creative filters have changed all that; they can transform even a dull shot into an artistic image. By adding plug-in filters, the creative horizons of the photographer are expanded even further.

For unlimited creative options, once a filter is applied, you can fade the filter (if the option is available in your program). If not, fade the filter by creating a duplicate layer, applying the filter to the top layer and then reducing the opacity of the top layer (which fades the filter effect and lets the non-filtered layer below show through). Before you save a filter image, you also can adjust brightness, contrast, levels and curves for even more creative variations.