Nik Software Complete Collection - Aperture Edition NIK-1398 User Guide
Product codes
NIK-1398
5
Sharpener Pro
™
3.0
User Guide
New Creative Sharpening Features
The new creative sharpening features offer photographers the
ultimate solution to enhance fine details and textures, drawing
attention to desired areas within the image.
ultimate solution to enhance fine details and textures, drawing
attention to desired areas within the image.
Selective Tool Interaction
Originally, the Selective Tool was used to specify when to apply a
Sharpener Pro 2.0 filter selectively to an image. As the popularity of
Sharpener Pro 2.0 grew, photographers discovered that the Selective
Tool offered more convenient access to filters than the Filters menu.
Sharpener Pro 2.0 filter selectively to an image. As the popularity of
Sharpener Pro 2.0 grew, photographers discovered that the Selective
Tool offered more convenient access to filters than the Filters menu.
Sharpener Pro 3.0 makes this access more convenient by giving you
the choice of selectively applying the filter in the Filter Interface.
This lets you launch the Sharpener Pro 3.0 interface from either
the Selective Tool or the Filters menu.
the choice of selectively applying the filter in the Filter Interface.
This lets you launch the Sharpener Pro 3.0 interface from either
the Selective Tool or the Filters menu.
Chapter 2: What’s New in 3.0
What’s New in 3.0
Sharpener Pro
™
3.0 offers many enhancements and improvements
over Nik Sharpener Pro
™
2.0, in four general categories:
• Interface
• U Point powered Control Points
• New creative sharpening features
• Selective Tool interaction
• U Point powered Control Points
• New creative sharpening features
• Selective Tool interaction
Interface
Sharpener Pro 2.0 users will notice the extensively reworked
interface in version 3.0, the result of both deep study into the
look and feel that professional photographers expect in modern
applications and requests from Nik Software users.
interface in version 3.0, the result of both deep study into the
look and feel that professional photographers expect in modern
applications and requests from Nik Software users.
The new, completely resizable interface is a professional
photographic tool: color-neutral with a medium-gray background
and a strong focus on efficient workflow. Sharpener Pro 3.0 groups
major controls close together for greater efficiency, letting you
achieve excellent results in less time.
photographic tool: color-neutral with a medium-gray background
and a strong focus on efficient workflow. Sharpener Pro 3.0 groups
major controls close together for greater efficiency, letting you
achieve excellent results in less time.
U Point Powered Control Points
U Point
®
technology lets photographers achieve exactly what they
envision in an easy, fast, and intuitive manner. U Point-powered
control points in Sharpener Pro 3.0 let you easily and selectively
control where each filter is applied and to the images, without the
use of complicated selections or layer masks.
control points in Sharpener Pro 3.0 let you easily and selectively
control where each filter is applied and to the images, without the
use of complicated selections or layer masks.