Just stumbled across this:
Free Effects for Photoshop – Perfect Effects 9 Free Edition – onOne Software
Free Effects for Photoshop – Perfect Effects 9 Free Edition – onOne Software
I downloaded this and tried working with it 3 times - each time it "quit unexpectedly"
Not a very good advert for onone
I have just taken a look at what it does and to be honest, I think I have all that it does in my Nik software. Took me a while to work out how to access it in PS
It keeps coming back to NIK software ... are the pp gods trying to tell me something?
It keeps coming back to NIK software ... are the pp gods trying to tell me something?
I certainly see your point and I think you are probably correct in that just about anything NIK can do you can probably duplicate in Photoshop. Probably... That being said, it would take me years to learn to do with PS what NIK does in a few clicks. Not too mention NIK would still be able to do in seconds what would take hours in PS. Finally, we come to "Control Points", which Adobe Software does not have; they have nothing even remotely similar, and Control Points are "The Game Changer".I'm not looking to start an argument, but I tried Nik Tools, and I have a different opinion. The only case where I think it does something that LR or PS may not be able to do is to HDR a picture. Other than that, it may do a few things I haven't figured out, but it looks simplistic and not very exciting to use for $150 + tax. That coupon does not work any longer as I tried. I asked for and got my money back on Nik Tools. Just not worth the money IMHO. But do what you like, some love it. I think LR does way more and combined with the CC Photoshop, you can't go wrong that way even though I hate paying a rental fee.
I love the Onone software. Use it in conjunction with Lightroom. I now do the majority of my post processing using it and have still to learn most of it.
There re are some excellent tutorials for it on YouTube which will give you an idea of what it's capable of.
Interesting that Chris has had this experience and the first time I have heard anyone say NIK is not worth the money.
The interesting thing for me is that it confirms what I always suspected; that I haven't yet mastered PS and LR. Until I do I think it is worth holding off buying anything else.
And a bummer that the coupon doesn't work anymore.
NIK touches pretty much every shot I consider worthy of putting on display.
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A free version of Perfect Effects 8 was how I got hooked on onOne products. I now use the full version of Perfect Photo Suite 9. Although Perfect Effects is the module I use most, the entire suite is useful to me. It started as a plug-in, used in conjunction with Aperture, but it may become my default photo editor, when Aperture goes by the wayside. A huge plus to purchasing the full version is access to the online training, and the free monthly preset offers. Some of those presets have proved to be absolute Godsends! Start with the free offer. You have nothing to loose and much to gain.