A 16-bit TIFF from a 24-megapixel photo will be around 120MB and one from a 36-megapixel camera will be over 200MB. The downside is that it relies on double-size TIFF files twice the size of regular TIFFs, because they include two image layers not one. This is something that would previously have seemed impossible, but DxO’s solution makes it possible. The upside is that you can now return to your Nik Collection edits and re-edit them at any time. It uses a special ‘multipage’ TIFF format to store the original image, the processed image and the instructions used to create it. This was not possible with the Nik Collection plug ins because they are old-school ‘destructive’ filters whose complex and effects and controls cannot be recreated as simple processing instructions.ĭxO’s solution is ingenious. This limits the effects that are possible but it’s very space-efficient because it doesn’t create any new image files until you need them.
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Most non-destructive editing software uses processing ‘instructions’ to change the appearance of an image but not its actual pixels – not until it’s exported as a processed JPEG or TIFF file. How DxO Nik Collection 3 non-destructive editing works Anyone who has used the Nik Collection already will know that this was never possible before and represents something of a workflow breakthrough for the Nik Collection. And if I decide it’s the wrong frame, I can change that later too. For example, I’ve decided this landscape shot would work better with a frame, so I’ve added one. All the adjustments I made the first time around are still ‘live’ and I can change, remove or add to them at will. So here’s my image re-opened in Color Efex Pro.
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So I can simpy drag my new TIFF file on to the Color Efex Pro application icon. I can open it from any application, or even open it directly in Color Efex Pro (the Nik plug ins also work as standalone applications). I don’t have to re-open that image from Lightroom. The key thing about the Nik Collection 3 non-destructive edits is that they are stored in the TIFF files, not in the host application.
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A 16-bit TIFF will often give better results with very heavy image manipulation, but an 8-bit file will be half the size. For non-destructive editing it has to be a TIFF file.
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Lightroom will prompt you to choose a file format.
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You launch the Nik Collection plug-ins in the usual way from Lightroom, by right-clicking an image and choosing the plug in you want from the Edit in menu. This is how to create non-destructive edits in the Nik Collection from Lightroom