Go to the File menu, then go to the Automate sub-menu.

HDR Efex Pro 2, which offers image merging, is special because you don’t need to have the images already open in Photoshop*:

Processed photo returned to Photoshop Launching HDR Efex Pro 2 Image: Chris Gorman Processing in the Nik Collection (Silver Efex Pro 3). Access to the Nik Collection from the Photoshop filter menu. See the Workflow chapter in the pages of the associated programs. You can also process your images in the Nik Collection through Photoshop from your host application, such as DxO PhotoLab or Adobe Lightroom Classic. * This procedure applies to both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Save or Save As (to create another file), then exit Photoshop.Your processed image is displayed in Photoshop.The plugin applies processing and then closes.Click on OK (or Apply for Silver Efex Pro 3 and Viveza 3).Perform your processing and corrections.The image will open in the selected plugin.Select one of the Nik Collection plugins.Go to the Filter menu, then go to the Nik Collection sub-menu.Opening an image in the Nik Collection from the Filter menu (There are twelve other film types that I am not showing here).In Photoshop, there are several ways to access the Nik Collection plugins, starting with the Filter menu, then the reversible workflow with smart objects and filters, and finally the special case of HDR Efex Pro 2.

What follows is a 'neutral' B&W conversion with no grain added and then five samples which mimic Kodak ISO 32 Panatomic-X, Agfa APX 100, Ilford FP4, Kodak Tri-X 400, Fuji Neopan 1600 and Kodak TMax 3200. The original photo was taken using Kodak Ektar 100 which is a pretty fine grain film. Also, I have not used all of these film emulsions so I cannot say if they are accurate or not but I wanted to show a few samples generated by the software.Īpart from the adding the grain, no other tweaking was done either in Lightroom or Silver Efex Pro. This post is not a review of the grain engine.

One of the features of the plug in is a 'grain engine' which ' accurately recreates your digital photographs to look like a traditional black and white image.mimicking the traditional silver halide process.' I have been playing with Nik Software's Silver Effects Pro plug in for Photoshop and Lightroom over the past few weeks.

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