Move the cursor here and there to see how the photograph is changing. There are three other options for adopting the diameter size: Brightness, Contrast and Structure adjustment. Adapt the size of the diameter to the area of the sky. You can find it on the right side of the panel, click on the icon and move one Control Point to the area you would like to adjust in this case it’s the sky. Nevertheless, this would take some time.Īnd this is when the function Add Control Point comes to the scene. It would not be problem for Photoshop, I would make two versions, where I would crop the sky from one and used it for the other photograph. In the further step I realized that I’d rather leave the sky the way it was in the Underexposed version of the photograph, but would like to keep the building in the Neutral version. Control Points in Silver Efex 2, unbelievable function! But when I take a closer look at the rest of the photograph, the building itself is too dark. Which one do you like best? It depends on everyone’s consideration and taste. If you’re running out of inspiration, you can often easily find it with the first views. So, I start clicking the presets and focusing only on the sky. It would be a shame to not to pay attention to the sky first and point out the dynamics of the photograph. I truly managed to catch the move of the clouds in this photograph which is a 224 second exposure with the use of two B+W filters. Does it seem too complicated to you? It is not. At first, I click these different options to see, how various settings work for particular parts of the photograph. In the program Silver Efex 2 you can find different pre-defined presets in the left corner of the panel. In the article about importance of patience in Black and White Photography we said how important it is to leave the photograph to settle it down a little in our head and then get a better idea about what we expect to achieve from the color into black and white conversion. Try to imagine the final result prior to the conversion itself We have to continue working with this neutral version, since this result is not satisfactory and I need to get as maximum out of the conversion. The photograph is converted into a neutral version immediately after opening the program. This is how you adjust the version of the photograph with all the adjustments you’ve made before in Lightroom. I always choose the option “Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments”. A table with editing options opens where you can adjust the original photograph or the one that has already been adjusted.
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Once opened the photo in Lightroom, click on the right mouse button and choose “Edit In” and then click on “Edit in Silver Efex Pro 2”. Now we can move on to converting from color into Black and White using Silver Efex Pro2 We’ve already done the first inevitable adjustments of the photography in its color version and we’ve exported it into the TIFF format with 300 pixels per inch. I have described the basic adjustments used for conversion from color to black and white in my previous article.
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If you are not familiar with this program, don’t hesitate to test it by downloading the 15- day Free Trial. Thanks to its set of features such as Dynamic Brightness, Fine Structure, Soft Contrast, Amplify Whites/Blacks or Grain Engine makes work with this program incredibly fast and effective. It offers powerful set of darkroom-inspired features. Silver Efex is the world’s leading black and white software. You can also find a plug in version for Photoshop, Lightroom or Aperture. I accidentally found this program right at the beginning when I discovered my passion for black and white photography and I’ve been using it ever since and I won’t say a bad word about it. Do your photographs seem to have little contrast, appear flat, your black is not black enough or, on the contrary: your white literally shines? I have prepared this tutorial for those of you photographers, who are interested in moving their conversions into black and white to a higher level.