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Silver Efex Pro

Software plug-in for creating authentic-looking black and white film looks, and part of the DxO Nik Collection. Silver Efex Pro can replicate the look of classic black and white materials and darkroom effects. It also offers 'control points' for localised dodging and burning.

Nik Collection tips: image effects, ideas and insights for the Nik plug ins

June 13, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Hand coloured black and white with a bi-colour filter

The best Nik Collection plug ins are so deep you might never completely get to the bottom of what they do. Here’s a series of tips and ideas for Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro, Analog Efex Pro and Viveza.

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection Tagged With: Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro

How to get started with Silver Efex Pro

June 10, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Silver Efex Pro is one of the best-known plug ins in the Nik Collection and widely regarded as the premier tools for fans of black and white photography. There are lots of really good ways to create black and white images in all sorts of software, but even now Silver Efex Pro has a magic […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Black and white filters, Borders and frames, Burn Edges (Silver Efex Pro), Contrast filter, Control Point, Curves, Dodging and burning, Film simulation, Grain, Histogram, Levels, Loupe, Nik Collection, Presets, Silver Efex Pro, Split toning, Toning, Vignette

DxO Nik Collection 3 review

June 3, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 5 stars The Nik Collection is an evergreen plug-in suite that’s as fresh, varied and exciting now as when it was first launched a decade ago. The new Perspective Efex plug-in is a major bonus and the new ‘non-destructive workflow’ is rather clever.

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Reviews Tagged With: Analog, Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Dfine, HDR Efex Pro, Nik Collection, Sharpener Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza

Silver Efex Pro 2 review

June 13, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Verdict: 5 stars For fans of black and white photography, Silver Efex Pro is just superb. It recreates the depth, intensity and ’soul’ of black and white in a way few other tools approach.

Filed Under: Nik Collection, Reviews Tagged With: Analog, Black and white, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro

Topaz B&W Effects basics: is it as good as Silver Efex Pro?

November 24, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Topaz B&W Effects basics

I admit that Silver Efex Pro, part of the Nik Collection, is my favourite black and white conversion plug-in, but I like to keep an open mind, and I thought it was about time I took a look at some others. I have reviewed Topaz B&W Effects in the past, but it’s been a while […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Black and white, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro, Topaz Labs

How to apply the Zone System in Silver Efex Pro

November 8, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Silver Efex Pro Zone System

The Zone System was invented by legendary landscape photographer Ansel Adams. He hit upon the idea of splitting the full range of tones in a black and white image into eleven distinct brightness zones, which he then went on to define very carefully. I’m paraphrasing this from the Wikipedia entry: Zone 0: Maximum black, no […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro, Zone System

Create your own films with Silver Efex Pro Sensitivity settings!

October 13, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Silver Efex Pro Sensitivity settings

You can use Silver Efex Pro perfectly effectively by choosing a preset and then modifying the settings as necessary using the tools panel. What you may not realise is that Silver Efex Pro simulates specific film types very closely. In fact, you can choose your film manually in the Film Types panel. And if that’s […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Black and white filters, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro

Exploring the Silver Efex Pro Film Noir effect

September 29, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Silver Efex Pro Film Noir effect

Silver Efex Pro comes with a large range of varied and powerful black and white presets, and one of my favourites is the Silver Efex Pro Film Noir effect. This does every bad thing we’re told to avoid with our high-quality digital images! It reduces the sharpness of the picture, adds a hefty dose of […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Nik Collection, Noir, Silver Efex Pro

Try out this Silver Efex Pro tutorial for subtle black and white portrait effects

September 22, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Silver Efex Pro tutorial

Successful black and white photography sometimes gets its power from strong contrasts and graphic shapes, and sometimes it relies on subtlety and control. Silver Efex Pro, now taken over by DxO in the Nik Collection, can do both. In principle, you should be able to do all these things in Photoshop, but in practice I […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro, Toning

How to bring out textures with the Silver Efex Pro Structure slider

September 15, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Silver Efex Pro Structure tool

The Structure tool is one of Silver Efex Pro‘s secret weapons. It helps to give black and white images that indefinable ‘bite’ that we’re always trying to recapture with our digital images. You can think of the Silver Efex Pro Structure control it as a kind of ‘coarse sharpening’, which acts over a slightly larger […]

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Filed Under: Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Black and white, Nik Collection, Silver Efex Pro, Structure

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