Here, I have an image open with the Wet Plate camera settings, with a number of presets on the left, with all the fine-tuning options on the right, much like all the other Nik plugins. The image above shows the interface of Analog Efex Pro.

The Analog Efex Pro Interface (click to enlarge) Each of these are well done and allow control over the major components of the effects, so you can go as wild or as subdued as you like. The difference here is that the filters are extremely well executed and allow for a tremendous amount of control over the final product.Īnalog Efex Pro features several camera modules, from the relatively nice film like look of the Classic Camera section, to the beautifully done Wet Plate camera, which allows you to get the look of images from the 1800s to the crazy intentionally poor image quality from the Toy Camera and Vintage Camera sections. While I haven’t had extensive time to go through Analog Efex Pro, it looks to be a rather robust image plugin that can provide vintage camera filters to your images, much like many mobile apps allow. Sloppy updating aside, it’s exciting that Google-owned Nik has decided to simply slide in a new piece of software for free! If you have this error, it can be fixed by reinstalling the Microsoft Visual C++ package here.

Unfortunately, for Windows users, the update wasn’t perfectly executed, with many (myself included) having a curious error appear when launching Photoshop, about a missing DLL file.

The new plugin is free to all owners of the Nik Collection, and if it hasn’t auto updated on your machine, it should appear there soon. There, atop the menu, without any interaction from you, sits a new plugin called Analog Efex Pro.

If you already own the Nik Collection of plugins for Photoshop, Lightroom or Aperture, you may have been surprised by a curious addition to your filters menu. Analog Efex Pro – Stealthily Added to your Nik Collection