The plugin has a rich set of filters used for the imposition of multiple photographic effects and guided the pen provides a natural and intuitive way to edit digital photos and a new module Selective allows photographers and graphic designers to apply filter effects to dynamically determined by the stroke width and intensity.

The use of effects is simplified by the ability to preview images of large areas. Implemented a better control to manage the bright and shaded parts of the image, there may be limitations on the imposition of the filter. In addition, Nik Color Efex Pro can significantly improve the performance of processing batches of images as well as any of the filters with the same parameters can be immediately applied to a group of images.

All this works very fine and helps to create real scenic effects, especially if you love to shoot still lifes, landscapes and portraits. The very extent of application of each filter varies very flexible, you can adjust not only the force of impact, but the brightness, grain or tone. Gradational filters can stretch and rotate the image as you like, which makes it possible to find the best option for landscape, bustling front of the camera is not on the street and picking up the filters in a relaxed atmosphere, sitting at the computer.

In the fourth version of the plugin many new filters including Film Grain, Film Effect, Glamour Glow, Selective Contrast, High Key, Low Key, Polaroid Transfer, Cross Balance. Also, a new-style interface plug DigitalFilmTools with the possibility of increasing the window size and the ability to view images of "before" and "after." Also worth noting is the new Selective Tool, which allows you to apply effects only to the selected image area.

Color Efex Pro eliminates the need to use this photo filters to travel, because it contains such a utility that will allow a home PC to perform the following operations: soft-effects, color saturation and change the overall tone of the picture, contrast, gradational, and two-color filters, multiple lights and mitigate the effects of the contours. When transferring images to black and white can be used to it because the color filters, as is usually done when shooting black and white film to highlight the desired tonal element.Pri shooting still life, landscape and portrait paintings, you can create these effects.

Flexibility to vary the degree of application of each filter can be controlled not only the force of impact, but the brightness, graininess, tone. Gradational filters can stretch the image and rotate arbitrarily, which makes it possible to find the best option for the landscape, sitting at the computer. Some plug-in filters, such as gradation, and two-tone, you can create and save yourself. Nik Color Efex Pro operates smoother and more elegant of the filters, which are by default in the program Photoshop, and this can be a source of inspiration and the perfect complement for processing images to the existing graphical tools.

What's New in Color Efex Pro 4:
• Combinations of filters - you can use multiple filters simultaneously, adjusting transparency, electoral adjustment.
• A brand new filters: 8 noDetail Extractor, Dark Contrast, Vintage Film Efex, Natural Image Borders, and others - a total of 8. Details in the table
• Improved filters - 10 filter were changed and significantly improved for a more natural photographic results, and includes brand new features: improved algorithms and new controls added more to the table
• Vizualizatsmya presets - one click at a point you can quickly explore the creative possibilities of each filter
• Recipes filters - customize and share with other combinations of filters, using the recipes.
• Historic browser - will intuitively to quickly compare the previous changes and different versions of the previously obtained results.
• GPU processing and multi-core optimization - makes full use of advanced video card processors, as well as all the cores on the processor
• Improved user interface allows you to flexibly and quickly to control the actions of filters, scale, hotkeys, etc.
In the Color Efex Pro 4 now 55 filters (previously 52), part of which has been updated completely. The names of plugins in this table parevedeny, but the real names of presets in the program in English and listed in the table below.