How to Create Perfect Black and White Images

How to create the perfect Black and White Images, that is a bold title ! the simple truth for me is using Nik Collections Silver Efex Pro software. You may have seen a number of my videos where I use Silver Efex Pro to create wonderful Black and White images. In this video I am going to show you the new Nik Collection Silver Efex 7, as DXO have recently reached out to me to see if I would be interested in trying the new version, and after using it I was delighted to find that, yes, DXO have in fact improved the software, providing many more sliders and a good deal more functionality, so I would like to show the latest version.

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[garnieross]

Every Nik product is phenomonal. I have Nik 7. Silver Efex is wonderful. I agree as to moving beyond a two dimensional look.

[josecarlosmora]

Increible, deberias repetir mas videos sobre esta herramienta, gracias.

[malcolmdillaway]

Excellect video explaining black & white conversion with DXO many thanks

[michaelwplant]

Hi Jamie, this is a great tutorial, one that I will highly recommend to people I know..

[ASMPHOTO]

Thank You Jamie - have to watch this couple of times. Have older version of Nik, it’s time for me to upgrade. Hope you are doing great!

[christianpetersen]

Thank you Jamie. I ‘liked’ immediately I heard your slow methodical voice. I guess this works with mono IR photos too? Does in work with Capture One? Subbed.

[garnieross]

Export the image from LR as a color image as Silver Efex has more to work with. Don't convert to B/W before exporting to Silver Efex.

[ianforber]

I should know the answer to this given that Ive been using SFX for ages but does the choice of film type override the global (and local?) adjustments? My workflow tends to be applying a preset, fiddling a bit with global and local adjustments and then choose a film type (almost always Agfa Scala). Do you think it would be better to apply a preset, choose a film type and only then make adjustments to whatever the preset and film type have done to the file?

[dipakkothari]

Excellent as always! Learnt a lot. I tried to purchase with 10% discount, I did not get the discount. Is there any code do I have to use it? Please advise.

[avnerbenzvi]

the only NIK 6 tool i use is silver effects, I'm not sure i need upgrading to NIK 7 i can't see any difference to NIK 6 Silver effects (aqm i wrong???)

[insightvideo]

Using NIK presets is like having someone else putting you shot together for you. Would you have someone else determine your exposure? How about someone else putting together your composition for you? That’s what happens when you apply someone else’s presets. They make the creative processing decisions for you. Not a big fan of presets and pre-constructed settings. Sorry.