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Powerful Tools for Quick and Easy Photo Editing

Nik Software Color Efex Pro™ 3.0 filters are the leading photographic filters for digital photography. The Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters are widely used by many of today's professional photographers around the world to save time and get professional level results.

Now available with support for new Capture NX 2 from Nikon® Corporation, Color Efex Pro 3.0 provides tremendous creative possibilities matched to an easy-to-use yet powerful, photography-centric image editing tool. U Point® powered Selection Control Points found in Capture NX 2 offer the ultimate in precise control when applying filter enhancements to your image, without complicated selections or layers masks needed in other tools. And, as with every function in Capture NX 2, filters are applied non-destructively so that you can modify and adjust the filter’s impact on the image until you have it just right.

Updates to old favorites from Color Efex Pro 2.0 for Capture NX, such as the Classical Soft Focus, Darken/Lighten Center, Dynamic Skin Softener and Vignette filters are joined by nine exciting new filters including Film Effects, Glamour Glow, High Key, Tonal Contrast, Bleach Bypass, and more. See the full filter list with sample images here.

Whether you choose the Complete Edition or Select Edition, you’ll get traditional and stylizing filters that offer virtually endless possibilities to enhance and transform images quickly and easily. The result is nothing less than the most complete, most useful collection of photographic filters you can add to your toolkit.

Click on the Features tab above to learn more about Color Efex Pro 3.0 for Capture NX 2, download a free Trial version to use Color Efx Pro 3.0 on you own images for 15-days, or click here to see the software in action.

If you already own Color Efex Pro 2.0 for Capture NX and have upgraded to Capture NX 2, click here to find out details on how to upgrade to Color Efex Pro 3.0 for Capture NX 2.

Color Efex Pro 3.0 for Capture NX 2

Color Efex Pro 3.0 offers a comprehensive, powerful, and easy to use set of filters to satisfy demanding enthusiasts and professional photographers and complements the photography-centric features, built-in U Point® technology, and non-destructive workflow of Capture NX 2.
U Point® Technolgy

U Point powered Selection Control Points in Capture NX 2 make it easy to selectively add, modify and remove a Filter effect using convenient sliders. Award-winning U Point technology gives you ultimate control to selectively apply enhancements without the need for any complicated selections or layer masks.

To learn more about U Point technology go to U Point Technology | By Nik Software

True Non-Destructive Editing

Capture NX 2 is among the best editing tools available in the world that offers true non-destructive editing. This unique capability, anchored by an innovative Edit List in Capture NX 2, is never more important than when applying creative enhancements such as those found in Color Efex Pro 3.0. Now you can truly experiment and fine-tune until your image is exactly the way you want it.

New Filters

The new filters in Color Efex Pro 3.0 increase the traditional and stylistic range of the collection. New filters include Bleach Bypass, Cross Balance, Film Effects, Film Grain, Glamour Glow, High Key, Low Key, Polaroid Transfer, and Tonal Enhancer. Previously available filters have also been updated to provide even more options. Color Efex Pro 3.0 for Capture NX 2 has 52 filters, with a possibility of over 250 effects available. Click here for a complete list of filters.

TrueLight™ Color Engine

The 16-bit TrueLight™ Color Engine provides even better photographic enhancements by preserving the relationships between color, contrast, and detail. TrueLight provides more natural film-like images and allows users to achieve far better quality enhancements, with more natural and photographic results.

System Requirements

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* Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Windows Vista
* Pentium III 1GHz or better
* 512 MB RAM
* Capture NX 2 from Nikon® Corporation

mac_logoMacintosh

* Mac OS 10.4 and later
* G4, G5, Intel® Core™ Solo, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Xeon®
* 512 MB RAM
* Capture NX 2 from Nikon® Corporation

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