Nik Software Viveza Aperture Plug-in Released
Nik Software have today released the Viveze Plug-in for Aperture 2.1. The plug-in was one of the original plug-ins listed by Apple as being in development upon the release of the Aperture Edit Plug-In SDK.
I will be interested in looking further at the features of the plug-in, and to be honest, the descriptions do not really tell me how the plug-in differentiates itself from the features already available in Aperture.
A 15 day trial is available to allow you to try out the plug-in and it is available for purchase direct from the Nik Software Web site at $249.95. Yes, this is another Aperture plug-in that is more expensive than Aperture itself, as the Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter plug-in costs $299.95.
The following feature list has been taken from the Nik Software Web site.
Viveza
Viveza provides photo enthusiasts and professional photographers alike with the most powerful yet easy to use tool ever created for selectively modifying color, light and tonality in photographs.
U Point® Technology
U Point powered Control Points enable you to selectively control the light and color of every photograph without the need for any complicated selections or layer masks. Use one Control Point or as many as you need to dial in exactly the effect you want. Enhancements are automatically and naturally blended throughout your image for spectacular results.
Smart Filter Enabled
Viveza is compatible with “Smart Objects” in Adobe Photoshop which permits you to fine-tune enhancements after they’ve been applied, without adding additional layers. When Viveza is used as a Smart Filter, you can create and later edit Color Control Points with no loss of quality of image details.
Incredible Speed
U Point technology brings a new level of precision and efficiency to photographic image editing. By placing a Color Control Point on any part of the image you wish to alter, and moving a few simple sliders, you can achieve incredible results in a fraction of the time required by other tools.
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kremalicious said,
Wrote on May 14, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
indeed, Viveza with it’s U-Point technology is very impressive although the price is a bit hard. The sad thing is that Aperture always creates a psd file and the plugins will make destructive adjustments on that file. but this is how the plugin architecture in Aperture 2.1 works…
Maybe you’re interested in my overview article about the other 10 plugins. some of them are already available too and were released before Viveza:
First overview: Aperture 2.1 adjustment plugins have arrived