![]() ![]() So if you are tired of fiddling in Photoshop to produce a black and white image, or are using the black and white mode of your digital camera, I can highly recommend using Silver Efex Pro 3 as an alternative that will not only streamline your workflow but produce great results with only a few clicks.Why Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 Beats Lightroom I find that many filters are pretty good as-is for my tastes for 80% of my shots. ![]() Below those are further fine tuning controls for filtering a specific color, and then if you go into the Toning control area you can tweak to your heart's content if you really want to. In the right column in the Silver Efex Pro 3 window are controls for adjusting brightness, contrast and structure. ![]() My second favorite filter is "Antique Plate I," which is the filter I used in the FINAL image above. My favorite filter is "high structure," but it is not good for close-up portrait shots. In the left column are all the different filters one can apply to an image. I use the Silver Efex Pro 3 plugin for Aperture 2.0 (also available for Lightroom & Photoshop). What you first see when you load an image into Silver Efex Pro 3 via the Aperture plugin. I was thinking of just leaving the photo on the cutting room floor.until I popped it into Silver Efex Pro 3: I did not like the strange lighting that came from the various awkwardly placed floodlights illuminating the runway. When I first reviewed this image, I liked the pose by the fashion model. The ORIGINAL is the Fine JPG version straight out of the camera. I shot in RAW + Fine mode on my Nikon D300. In the above ORIGINAL and FINAL comparison, I used a photo I made at a recent fashion show. It is absolutely simple to make a black and white version of photos for clients who request both color and black and white images. Silver Efex Pro is an amazing tool for crafting black and white, sepia and in between photographs. I have Scott Bourne to thank for introducing me to this wonderful piece of software. It is nearly completely responsible for me being excited about making black and white images. On the right is the fully processed RAW image after using Silver Efex Pro 3. ![]()
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