http://morethanwords.be/blog/viveza-2-for-lightroom/ Lightroom, Photoshop & Photography Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://morethanwords.be/blog/viveza-2-for-lightroom/comment-page-1/#comment-4445 Rob Cole Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:30:48 +0000 http://morethanwords.be/blog/?p=1561#comment-4445 Yes, I love the ability to make targeted adjustments via U-point, and the Structure feature in Viveza 2 is awesome - so far (after admittedly brief evaluation) it seems better than the Clarity feature in Lightroom or CaptureOne, and better than Tonal Contrast in ColorEfexPro. I haven't compared it to Topaz Detail or any others. My only problem with using the Nik Suite/Photoshop over Capture NX2/ColorEfexPro3 is that the Nik selections/masks can not be shared in Photoshop (e.g. you can't export masks created in one plugin for use in another plugin or some other Photoshop function). This is why I love doing local adjustments in NX2 - you can select a target then apply Noise Reduction AND Saturation adjustments to the same target, as example. On the other hand, my only problem using NX2/ColorEfex is that there is no equivalent to the Structure function in NX2. I can usually simulate clarity by using the tone curve, sharpening, and high-pass filter, but the one-slider clarity adjustment sure makes it easy. I'm guessing all I need to do is buy the Nik Suite for Photoshop in order to get Nik to put the Structure feature in Capture NX(3) ;-} Yes, I love the ability to make targeted adjustments via U-point, and the Structure feature in Viveza 2 is awesome – so far (after admittedly brief evaluation) it seems better than the Clarity feature in Lightroom or CaptureOne, and better than Tonal Contrast in ColorEfexPro. I haven’t compared it to Topaz Detail or any others. My only problem with using the Nik Suite/Photoshop over Capture NX2/ColorEfexPro3 is that the Nik selections/masks can not be shared in Photoshop (e.g. you can’t export masks created in one plugin for use in another plugin or some other Photoshop function). This is why I love doing local adjustments in NX2 – you can select a target then apply Noise Reduction AND Saturation adjustments to the same target, as example. On the other hand, my only problem using NX2/ColorEfex is that there is no equivalent to the Structure function in NX2. I can usually simulate clarity by using the tone curve, sharpening, and high-pass filter, but the one-slider clarity adjustment sure makes it easy. I’m guessing all I need to do is buy the Nik Suite for Photoshop in order to get Nik to put the Structure feature in Capture NX(3) ;-}

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