The first two sliders, brightness and contrast, you'll be familiar with already if you've used any sort of photo-editing software. When you're ready, you'll find the plug-in through "Filter", "Nik Software", then "Silver Efex Pro", and you'll see this: You'll want to straighten and crop your photo before you start up Silver Efex Pro. Let's have a look at how Silver Efex Pro works, and what you can do!įirst up, remember that this is a Plug-In, so once you've installed it, you start off with your normal Digital Workflow - if you shoot in RAW, fire up Adobe Camera RAW, make your usual adjustments, then open the image in Photoshop / Elements / Lightroom 2 or your compatible image-editing software. If you haven't got any of the above, I'd recommend you start off with Adobe Photoshop Elements or Lightroom 2, depending on your budget and needs, then you'd be good to go with Silver Efex Pro.
Silver Efex Pro is a Plug-In, that is to say that it's a piece of software that works from within Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom 2, Apple's Aperture 2, or any other Photo Editing software that is compatible with Adobe's plug-in filters. This is the most exciting piece of software I've used since I produced my first tone-mapped HDR's with Photomatix, it's that good. I love looking at black and white photographs, I love converting my colour shots to black and white, and since downloading this piece of software, I love Nik's Silver Efex Pro to do just that.
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