5/31/2023 0 Comments Open image viveza 2![]() Noise and clean up corrections need to be done first before applying the beautiful color and light effects that the Viveza plug-in adds. Brown’s Edit Layers with ACR script to get rid of noise in the sky and blue water. (It gave a great result since it lets you pinpoint exactly where the problem areas will be.) The tone-mapped image was processed in Photoshop and the first thing done was to use Dr. The final result was processed with PhotoMatix Pro 4. It was very windy and I had to really work hard to get a good HDR shot since the tree leaves and waves were moving so much. This image was taken on the road up to the incredible Waipi’o Valley – it represents how the Big Island of Hawaii felt and looked to me while I was there. I only used the plug-in after I had processed an image in Lightroom (or ACR) and could not get back to make adjustments*. I have owned Viveza since it first came out and never used it that much since I thought it was like Adobe Camera Raw. In his excellent workflow, that is discussed in my earlier blog, he talked about using Nik’s Viveza 2 plug-in, a powerful plug-in to selectively control color and light in your photographs. ![]() (See my blog “ Digital Landscape Effects with Nik Software.”) Don Smith runs a great website called Nature’s Best by Don Smith Photography. A while back I listened to a really good webinar at the old Nik site called Incorporating Nik Software into your Daily Workflow with Don Smith.
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