Silver efex pro is simply the best and most essential blackandwhite plugin on the market. We are proud to host this workshop featuring instructor janice wendt, nik softwares education and training manager. Silver efex pro 2 benefits from years of research and development along with feedback from top professional photographers from around the world. Not only does it work well and offer high end results that top photographers around the world are using but it is a lot of fun to work with. The top five nik color efex pro filters for superb. Nik software has released version 2 of its silver efex pro black and white conversion plugin for adobe photoshop, lightroom and apple aperture. Nik collection 2 s silver efex pro is the ultimate blackandwhite plugin with unique algorithms and a range of creative tools and adjustments such as brightness, soft contrast, amplify whites, and an advanced grain engine for creating lifelike film effects that accurately recreate.
Review and basic workflow by david saffir whether youre considering using sep2 for the first time, or upgrading, youll find that the software is welldesigned it has an intuitive interface, good balance between presets and customization, improved editing options, runs faster, and produces excellent image quality. I created these presets for my personal use and over the years ive made adjustments here and there as new versions of silver efex pro have been released. This software was originally designed by nik software, inc. Nik collection by dxo presets 200 unique presets for. System utilities downloads silver efex pro by nik software, inc. I dont want to have to do all this every time i want to apply this effect, so i m saving it as a new preset. Hes editor and publisher of photoshop user magazine, editor of lightroom magazine. In silver efex pro 2 you use control points, part of nik software s proprietary u point technology. The long exposure flattened out the water and gave the cloud the effect i. Color efex pro filters for creative effects nik collection dxo.
For instance, color efex pro s graduated fog preset can lend an eerie atmosphere to an early morning shot. However, since the release of my 2011 book on black and white from snapshots to great shots, ive had many. Silver efex pro 2 tour customer support dxo support. Of course you may post photographs containing colorkey effects too.
This is the 4th video of a series where i demonstrate the suite of plugins from nik software. Pierre pichot 2 free presets for nik collection silver. I was a fencer in my early twenties and really enjoyed it. Installing presets into nik silver efex pro 2 youtube. Right click on the zipped file, open with your unzipping program. To install flypaper nik color efex presets see below for additional information for analog presets once youve downloaded your presets youll have to unzip them. Phase ones latest capture one 20 software package is a powerful tool, but we do have a reservation or two. This is located in the fourth tab on the right side of the screen and you can adjust the grain, sensitivity of the grain to a particular colour. Silver efex pro 2 offers a powerful set of darkroominspired features, including the revolutionary u point technology that enables you to finetune your images with precise selective enhancements. Use hdr efex pro s sinister preset to add a really dramatic look to an image. John batdorff explains his approach to using silver efex pro while orienting you to seps interface and rich set of creative tools. That will launch silver efex pro with your image active.
Much awaited by the nik software community, this first by dxo version focuses on fixing bugs that up until now could disrupt the user experience, as well as on ensuring full compatibility with the latest mac os and. These are 38 of my favorite custom silver efex pro presets that i use on a regular basis when im editing in the latest version of sep 2. Recently, nik software released a major revision, silver efex pro 2 sep2. Silver efex pro was the nik tool i used the most, by far. Id guess you could do equally well with other products, however, nowhere near as easily or in as short a time, and for the price. Creating blackandwhite photos is more than a case of just desaturating a color image. Find here 2 free presets for my favorite tool for street photography. Admittedly i was pleasantly surprised by how well they were received. Janice has been called the image whisper for her ability to use nik software to bring life and emotion into. The clever bit is that the adjustment only affects tones similar in brightness and color to the pixels underneath the control point itself. Film itself has started to see a comeback and programs such as silver efex pro 2 also boast a film setting. One of these applications, color efex pro, has the ability to dramatically enhance the. Seeing those foils makes me think i could pick it up again and be better than i was as a kid.
Google makes the entire nik collection of plugins for. Silver efex pro 2 is the first nik software product to take full advantage of the latest graphics processing units gpus. If youre using photoshop as your host application, you can first open an image and then choose filter, nik collection, silver efex pro 2 from the menu. Scott is the president of kelbyone, an online educational community for photographers, photoshop and lightroom users. Signature series silver efex pro 2 presets john batdorff. Silver efex pro 2 has 38 presets that you can use as starting points for your.
The preset library is a collection of available styles for silver efex pro 2, with thumbnails showing each styles effect on the active image. A brief guide to silver efex pro 2 lightroom plugin. Discover the beauty of black and white photography with silver efex pro 2, the worlds leading solution for creating stunning images. Presets specially designed for travel, landscape and nature photography. Ill be using them in lightroom but they also work in photoshop and aperture. Nik collection 2s silver efex pro is the ultimate blackandwhite plugin with. Nik software offers some excellent tools for digital photographers and silver efex pro 2 to me is their flagship plugin. Silver efex pro 2, like most nik software products, includes a suite of predefined presets that let you process your images with a single click. On a mac, its the archive utility see the little green logo in the screenshot. Im really pleased to announce the release of my signature series silver efex pro presets. Download a free 15day trial of nik silver efex pro. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog. Nik collection by dxo presets 200 unique presets for photoshop. Learn how to use silver efex pro 2s preset and history browsers in this tutorial video.
Join ben long for an indepth discussion in this video using nik softwares silver efex pro 2 plugin, part of photography foundations. Of course, youll do this by creating images and exploring all the creative possibilities sep has to offer. Nik software announces silver efex pro 2 for adobe. Download your complimentary color efex pro 4 presets below.
Silver efex pro from nik software is a dedicated black and white plugin for use in adobe photoshop, lightroom and aperture. Very happy with how silver efex handles the raw files from both my x100 and xe1. Create custom film types with silver efex pro life after photoshop. My goal when using presets is to create a starting point for my images. In photoshop, once your image is open, you can choose to have a selective tool palette open automatically on startup or not or you can simply choose nik software silver efex from the filter drop down menu. Silver efex pro reproduces the look of many classic black and white films, but the silver. Silver efex pro adds grain to create a portrait thats full of character, while pinhole and antique plate presets invoke a feeling of years gone by. Nik softwares silver efex pro 2 is a major upgrade to an already great product and introduces many new features that offer you even more control over an images detail, contrast, and tonality, making it easy to transform color files into stunning blackandwhite photographs. Silver efex pro 2 is part of the nik collection, which includes seven. It seems nuts that a product so many folks want is tossed in the trash. The upgraded version includes a history palette and better control for adjusting detail, contrast, and tonality.
With jeffs presets for hdr efex pro 2, you will be creating stunning natural hdr images in no time at all i have spent the past two years creating and refining these hdr efex presets so that photographers can produce the highest quality output with the least amount of effort. Please dont post color photographs, or, work them over with. And with the sunlight preset in color efex pro, you can bring out the sun, even on a cloudy day. Simple video demoing the install process of a preset into silver efex pro 2. The software can also be called nik silver efex pro, nik. I own the nik suite but started out with just lightroom and silver efex pro. With 40 brand new creative presets, u point editing on raw files, support for hidpi displays, and dxos advanced. Analog efex pro 2 is a plugin that duplicates the look and feel of classic cameras, films and lenses.
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Most of the time i find these presets to be a little overdone, but nevertheless they can be a good way for users to explore the software controls. Costing around 199 euro, the main new features of version 2 include an intuitive history browser, structure and fine structure, soft contrast, gpu processing, dynamic brightness, neutral image borders, specially developed. If youre managing your images with adobe bridge, you can select an image, and then choose tools, nic collection, and silver efex pro 2. At the end of the contest we will make also all presets used available to our readers. A control point is the centre of a circle within which you can make tonal adjustments. Those photographers will love nik software s new silver efex pro plugin for adobe photoshop and apple aperture 2. This research and feedback has helped silver efex pro 2 evolve bestinclass black and white conversion algorithms, making it possible to create amazing black and white images in seconds. New nik collection 2 by dxo the most powerful photo editing.