This was all done using Viveza 2, so a separate sharpening step wasn’t even necessary.Īs you’ll see later in this article, I have a snapshot of the screen in Viveza where I had 45 control points scattered throughout the image. When you hover over to see the before image, notice how much sharper and brighter the taxi is now. To finish it off, I did a global structure adjustment which made the grill and lights really stand out. I then brightened up the headlights, white walls on the tires and the taxi light dome. In some cases desaturated specific areas. I then went around the edges creating a lot of control points to darken up the street and buildings. I did the same thing for the chrome grill so that it would pop like it was new again. I created a control point group for the taxi itself, and then brightened it up so that the yellow had the same punch it had in real life.
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This image was cropped in Lightroom, and exported to Photoshop so I could use Dfine to remove the noise (it was a ISO 3200 image), and then imaged it only using Viveza 2. Viveza 2 helped it a lot, and in ways that never would have been possible in Viveza 1. This photo wasn’t especially good when it came out of the camera, but I’m a sucker for old cars so I really wanted to see if I could do something to help kick it up a notch. I also felt the image needed a little sharpening, so I just did a global structure adjustment.
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I also brightened her teeth, made her lips a bit more red, and warmed the tone of her skin to make it closer to her natural tanned skin tone. Next, I did some additional darkening on the dress and select portions of the background. I then when into Viveza 2 and did some global darkening. I started in Lightroom by correcting some blemishes and softening the skin a bit with a negative clarity adjustment brush. In the image above, I used the Lightroom add-in (included in Viveza 2). I’ve included a few before and after examples of images processed using all of the old and new features of Viveza 2. Sample Imagesīefore diving into the details, let’s take a look at a few examples of what Viveza 2 can do for those who may not be familiar with this product. It’s a brilliant concept that can save hours over traditional methods, it’s no wonder that I’ve become such a huge fan of Nik Software’s products. However, as I watched the videos I discovered that the magic behind Viveza and other Nik Software products is its great U-Point control technology which effectively builds complex layer masks just by you putting a point on your image and and adjusting the size of the area you want impacted by the changes. When I first learned about Viveza I thought it was odd that there would be a stand-alone tool for modifying some of the basic controls for imaging (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc…). See Nik Software’s home page for Viveza 2 for more information.
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If any changes occur in the final release, I’ll be sure to update my review after Viveza 2 is available for sale sometime in December 2009. The purpose of letting a small targeted audience use the pre-released builds is to identify the bugs and quirky behavior prior to the final release so that the developers at Nik Software can fix the bugs and the Program Managers can decide what to do about features that don’t necessarily work the way a customer would expect or hope. Features and user-interface elements are subject to change (both the addition of and remove of). I also must point out that I did this review using a PRE-RELEASED version of Viveza 2. I’ve already written reviews on Viveza for Photoshop and Viveza for Lightroom, so if you are unfamiliar with this product you may want to start with those reviews as this article assumes you are already familiar with its basic features.
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