Nik Software Ships Viveza 2 Photo Editing Software

Sunday, December 27, 2009

BY: Andy Stanton, DigitalCameraReview.com Contributor


Nik Software announced that it is shipping Viveza 2, the latest upgrade to its photo editing software. Viveza 2 utilizes Nik Software's U Point technology that allows precise control over color and light without the need to create complicated selections or layer masks. With U Point technology, users can quickly select areas of an image to adjust by pointing and clicking and then using simple to use mouse-controlled sliders to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, structure, shadows, red, green, blue, hue, and warmth.

Key features of Viveza 2 include:

  • Powerful Color Control Points, enabling precise selective control of color and light
  • New global image adjustments
  • New and powerful levels and curves adjustments
  • New shadow recovery-global or selective
  • New fine detail structure enhancements
  • Improved color rendering and increased precision of selections
  • Improved timesaving user interface, including improved slider controls, slider favorites, multiple zoom states, keyboard nudging, grouped Color Control Points, and multiple undo levels
  • Smart Filter support (for Adobe Photoshop)
  • Selective Brush tool (for Adobe Photoshop)
  • Multi-image support (for Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture)
  • New 64-bit support on Microsoft Windows

Viveza 2 retails for $199.95. It is available via electronic and boxed delivery directly from Nik Software or through specialty camera retailers. Registered customers who already own Viveza can upgrade for $99.95 at the Nik Software website. Customers who purchased Viveza after September 22, 2009, are eligible for a free upgrade to Viveza 2. To learn more or download a free trial version, visit the Nik Software website.

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