with Jonathan Vaines – 1st, 8th & 15th July 2025 – 10am until 11.45am (uk)
The NIK 7 Collection Masterclass
Are you a looking to make your images different to those of other photographers?
Have you heard of the NIK 7 Collection but don’t know what its all about?
Or maybe you already have the NIK 7 Collection but don’t really know what it can do?
Do you use NIK but want to open its full potential?
This online class delivered by Zoom over 3 weeks is designed for photographers that want understand and fully utilise the NIK 7 Collection. We will cover:
- How to denoise and pre-sharpen – gain the knowledge to do this easily and effectively every time
- How to make powerful Monochromes – using the power of Silver Efex
- Create effects and build your own style – with Color Efex
This online class is limited to 30 students to allow plenty of time for questions and personal help from Jonathan.

What you will learn
- How to use ALL the modules with NIK 7 Collection
- The selective way to work with control points and selections
- How to use the luminosity selection features
- Build your own presets and develop styles for your images in Color and Silver Efex
- Make powerful and speedy edits in Viveza
- Work creatively with Analog Efex
- Output image ready for print with balanced output sharpening
- How to enhance detail in your subject
Week 1
Viveza – The editing module
Define and RAW Sharpen – Work in a controlled environment using denoise and pre sharpening in one combined layer.
Color Efex – start to become creative working with the 61 built in effects and develop them into your own recipes.
Week 2
Silver Efex – gain full control of monochrome editing with the world most popular mono editor
Week 3
Analogue – Edit with textures and techniques to give images a unique artistic feel
HDR – Bring images together to work with a wider dynamic range
Output Sharpener – to give you confidence that your subject is correctly sharpened for your required output of print, projection and more.


Meet the Instructor – Jonathan Vaines
We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Vaines to the Photoclub247 team as our resident Photoshop & Printing expert.
He is an internationally recognised photographic judge and teacher, known for his innovative creative approach and post-processing expertise.
Jonathan regularly teaches Photoshop online, both in groups and one to one sessions. He is also an Educator for the Royal Photographic Society and runs processing workshops for them.
Based in Bedfordshire, UK, he empowers photographers around the world.

Book your place NOW!
£55.00 GBP | €65.25 EUR* | $71.05 USD*
* Your purchase will be processed & charged in £ GBP – prices shown for € EUR & $ USD are provided only as an estimate
Places limited to 30 students