- #Nik silver efex pro 2 skin#
- #Nik silver efex pro 2 full#
- #Nik silver efex pro 2 software#
- #Nik silver efex pro 2 free#
#Nik silver efex pro 2 skin#
Generally Reds and Yellows tend to affect skin tones in portraits. This allows you finer control over different parts of the image. Adjusting the sliders allows you to adjust the brightness value of each of the colours red to violet in the photo. If you are doing a black and white conversion from neutral this is a good place to start. I will select this for demonstration purposes. The top preset is "neutral" which means that none of the settings have been adjusted. Adjustments are on the right side of the window. Here you have presets on the left side (these include any custom presets you have created). In Photoshop you need to go into the Plugins menu. You can open SEP2 in Lightroom by right clicking on your photo and going to >Edit In>Silver Efex Pro 2 - assuming you have installed it correctly. This also gave me the opportunity to create a new tutorial. Given the strong shadows in this shot I felt it deserved a black and white conversion to see how it would look once the colour was removed. Her nose was running and her make up was peeling off - which I actually felt enhanced the feel of the shot. It was literally freezing and Karen was a real trooper during this shoot as we were both very cold. It should also be noted that this was dead of winter and this shot was taken on a beach in Northumberland.
#Nik silver efex pro 2 full#
The shot was taken using my Sigma 70-200mm/2.8 at wide open 2.8 aperture and full 200mm focal length which gives the very particular look that it is. I like the different shadows that are cast on the face and the combination of warm and cool tones.
I loved the photo at the time but at various points I have changed my opinions on it. There was also a long shadow being cast by a nearby pole on the model, Karen's face. I was using a warm gel on my beauty dish and flash (towards the front of the model) to match the sunset light, however as the light changed I liked the combination of both tones and decided not to remove or switch gels. There were multiple colours of light due to the warm ambient light becoming very blue as it passed behind icy winter clouds. It was taken close to sunset with very unusual lighting conditions. This is quite a controversial photo for me. (Scroll down to the bottom of the post to see the large version.
#Nik silver efex pro 2 free#
The fact that it is now free makes it even more of a must have. It is in my opinion much better than most similar products. This was the first Nik product I bought and I believe it cost about £150 then.
#Nik silver efex pro 2 software#
Nik software also have some great tutorials on their Youtube Channels which I would strongly recommend.įor me the real "jewel in the crown" of the Nik Collection is Silver Efex Pro 2 (SEP2). That said they still work fine with the current versions of Lightroom and Photoshop and best of all they are now free (I previously paid about £500 for them). The current status of Nik and their plugins is not clear as they have not been updated for a while. (Note it is not a typo they really spell efex with one "f", I'll apologise in advance for any instances where I use two "f"s) Nik Silver Efex Pro 2Ī couple of years ago Google acquired Nik Software amongst much controversy due to many photographers believing that the acquisition would lead to the end of development of their much loved tools. Further to my previous photography tutorials I thought it would be useful to cover how I would do a basic black and white conversion using Nik Software's excellent Silver Efex Pro 2.
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