Nik Silver Efex Pro Review

#1 Dick Kane

Well worth my time spent reading the article!!!!!!!!!!!

8:40 pm - Tuesday, July 29, 2008

#2 Patricio

I had a copy and this plugin simply Rocks!

It has all the power of VIVEZA, and devoted to B&W;Conversions.

It compares with B&W;Styler but inproves it with the U-Point technology. These are the imprescindible tools for serious digital black and white photography.

9:45 pm - Friday, August 1, 2008

#3 Dan Klooster

I downloaded the Aperture compatible trial. Features are great! Easily the best feature set for digital B&W;. But.... I found many adjustments were painfully s-l-o-w, particularly compared to Aperture's normally super fast handling of large RAW files. Seems like some tweaking and a update may be required before I plunk down my hard earned dinero.

5:35 pm - Friday, August 8, 2008

#4 Jeff Austin

A number of us complained to Nik about the slow performance when launched from Aperture. They released 1.001 earlier this week which fixes the problem according to the email I got from them and also another Aperture user who applied the update. From what I have heard, it is very fast now. Will be testing it myself in a day or two.

7:13 pm - Wednesday, August 13, 2008

#5 Steve Franklin

Nikon user so familiar with Capture NX and all the `U-point' stuff - this can be very slow software and I was interested to see how this performed on my iMac (4Gb RAM).
No problems - delighted in all aspects, A3+ prints from Epson 2880, gloss and matte, are excellent.
A very easy and intuitive package for B&W freaks.

11:32 pm - Saturday, March 7, 2009

#6 jan

color photography is a delight to the eye...
black and white photography is a delight to the soul.
when I decided to go digital I knew it was basically a color medium and maybe I would get a few b%w exhibition quality prints now and again..

Someone saw my work and said "try Silver efex pro"....I am thrilled with this sofrware...I love knowing I can make a b&w to rival my best chemical darkroom prints....feel like I have my soul back in place!

5:35 am - Saturday, April 25, 2009

#7 RW Boyer

Just ran across your review and wanted to say I generally agree with your assessment but found the grain engine, while the best digital yet, still lacking in some aspects - I hope they continue to refine it a bit and revamp the parameters used to control it.

Just a note regarding edge burning - you can use the vignette control with the square shape to accomplish what you desire (all edges at once) for the same effect.

RB

3:43 am - Tuesday, June 23, 2009