Creating black and white images with Nik Silver Efex

Silver Efex is a dedicated black and white photo editing plugin for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop that's part of DxO's new Nik Collection v6. In this video, I share tips for preparing color raw images for Silver Efex, an overview of what makes Silver Efex unique, plus example images I've created with it.

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Nik Collection v6 (with Silver Efex)
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📕 CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
1:54 Opening image from Lightroom
3:07 Interface overview
4:19 Non-destructive editing
5:20 Preparing color raw file
6:51 Color filters
7:48 Film types
9:50 Film grain
11:09 Lightroom grain comparison
12:00 Tonality
13:14 Contrast
14:50 Structure
16:51 Tonality protection
20:53 Selective adjustments
23:38 Finishing adjustments
24:52 Zone system
26:22 Re-editing images
27:16 Cropping
28:07 Final thoughts
30:01 Free trial

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