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| Color Efex Pro 3.0 offers three variations of black and white conversions
while Silver Efex Pro offers an endless amount
of conversion possibilities. Silver Efex Pro offers
similar filter controls found in the Color Efex
Pro 3.0 B/W Conversion filter, but utilizes new
advanced algorithms for enhanced quality. Silver
Efex Pro provides many tools including additional
18 emulated film types and multiple toning options that make
this a complete black and white conversion tool.
Silver Efex Pro also utilizes U Point® technology
to selectively control the tonality, contrast and
structure of your images. To learn more about Silver
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| While the Photoshop Black and White adjustment
tool can convert an image to black and white,
Silver Efex Pro was designed to create a
natural, photographic result on par with
a traditional silver-halide print. Silver
Efex Pro uses proprietary algorithms specially
designed to create the highest quality black
and white conversions from color digital
images and produces images virtually free
of artifacts. Silver Efex Pro also offers
unique tools such as U Point technology,
to selectively control tonality and contrast
without complex selections or masks, a powerful
state-of-the-art grain engine, tinting and
toning tools, as well as global dodging and
burning tools. Silver Efex Pro provides a
complete black and white solution in an easy-to-use
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| Silver Efex Pro works with 8- and 16-bit images; RGB, CMYK and LAB color spaces. Silver Efex Pro will not work with images in the Grayscale mode. |
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Yes, Silver Efex Pro can be used in
a batch process. Simply create a new action
in Photoshop’s Actions palette and
then access Silver Efex Pro via the Filter
pull-down menu.(Filters>Nik Softwaer>Silver
Efex Pro) Make the adjustments* for your
image in Silver Efex Pro and click OK.
After the image is processed, stop the
action. You can then use that action to
batch process multiple images at once.
*Control points used in
Silver Efex Pro when recording an action
will not be saved nor applied to any images
the action is run on. Control points cannot
be used in an action/batch process because
they are location and information specific,
and the result may differ between images.
We also recommend duplicating your layer
as part of your action, as Silver Efex
Pro can not automatically duplicate layers
when applied as a batch process.
Note: The Nik
Selective Tool is not recordable with actions,
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Yes, Silver Efex Pro is Smart Filter compatible. To use Silver Efex Pro as a Smart Filter, please perform the following steps:
- Open your image in Photoshop CS3.
- Select the layer that you would like to
apply Silver Efex Pro to.
- Access the Filter menu, and select the
option Convert for Smart Filters.
- Access the Filter menu again, roll over
Nik Software, and select Silver Efex Pro.
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| To prevent the Nik Selective
Tool from automatically opening when you
start Photoshop, click on the Settings button
on the Nik Selective Tool and then change
the setting "When Photoshop launches" to
the option "do not automatically open the
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| The Nik Selective Tool provides quick access to the Nik Software plug-ins and also automates the creation of layers and layer masks. |
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For the Macintosh users:
- Insert the CD or mount the downloaded
DMG file.
- Run the uninstaller application.
For the Windows users:
Click Start > Programs > Silver Efex
Pro > Silver Efex Pro Uninstall. |
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| Yes, there are training videos and lessons
available here.
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| The retail cost of Silver Efex Pro is $199.95 USD. To purchase Silver Efex Pro, please click here. |
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Styles can be backed up in one of two ways. You can either export individual styles that you created by hovering over the style that you created and clicking on the Export button found in the top-right corner of the style and saving to your desktop or other location, or by copying the entire Style Browser file to another location. The Style Browser file name is SEP.qss and can be found in the following locations:
Macintosh:
Macintosh HD : Users : <your user name> : Library : Application Support
: Nik Software : Silver Efex Pro :
Windows:
Windows users can either go to the Start
menu, click run and type "%Appdata%" and
then return (without quotes) or navigate to one of the following folders:
Windows 2000, XP : C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Application
Data\Nik Software\Silver Efex Pro\
Windows Vista: C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Nik Software\Silver
Efex Pro\
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Over 30 additional custom styles are
available to download for free, along with
instructions on how to import them into
your copy of Silver Efex Pro, by clicking
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When using Silver Efex Pro as an external
editor for Lightroom, Silver Efex Pro can support JPEG
and TIFF files*.
*Silver Efex Pro only supports TIFF files in 8 or
16-bit with no compression or LZW compression.
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Silver Efex Pro can also be manually added
as an external editor providing easy access to edit your
photos in Silver Efex Pro. Follow the steps below to
manually add Silver Efex Pro as an external editor.
- Open the Preferences in Lightroom.
- Click the External Editing tab.
- In the Additional External Editor section select a desired File Format, Color Space, Bit Depth, Resolution, and Compression.
Note: Silver Efex Pro is only compatible with
TIFF files (8 or 16-bit, with no compression or LZW compression).
- Click on Choose to
select an application. Navigate to the location of Silver
Efex Pro.
On Windows, the default installation location for Silver
Efex Pro will be:
C:\Program Files\Nik Software\Silver Efex Pro for
Lightroom
On Macintosh, the default installation location for Silver
Efex Pro will be:
Macintosh HD : Applications : Nik Software : Silver Efex
Pro for Lightroom
- Select the Silver Efex Pro file
and click Choose.
- Under the Preset drop-down menu, select Save Current Settings as New Preset… and name the preset.
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After Silver Efex Pro has been added to
Lightroom as an external editor, it can be accessed under
the Photo > Edit
In… menu.
Follow the steps below to access Silver Efex Pro.
- Highlight the image(s) that you wish to enhance with
Silver Efex Pro.
- Click the Photo menu.
- Roll over the Edit In sub-menu. A popup menu appears.
- Select Silver Efex Pro from
the popup.
- After selecting Silver Efex Pro, select whether to Edit
Original, Edit a Copy, or Edit
a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments.
Note: If Edit
a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments is selected,
the Copy File Options must be determined as well. Select
the File Format, Color Space, Bit Depth, Resolution and Compression
for the new file to be edited in Silver Efex Pro*.
*Silver Efex Pro is only compatible with TIFF and
JPEG files (8 or 16- bit with no compression or LZW compression).
- Click Edit and the
Silver Efex Pro interface appears, displaying the image(s)
specified in Step 1 above.
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