Really great video! I DID have an older version of Nik Effects, and have yet to purchase the new version, but will be getting it shortly. What a robust piece of software 🙂. Your stuff looks great, personally I do like the effect of slightly bringing back a hint of color back into an image + selecting specific areas in an image to make adjustments to. Thx. Jamie... 👍😎
Have a look in the notes under the video, as I have a discount code which gives you 10% off, should you wish to purchase Nik 7, and thank you for your compliments
This is an excellent tutorial to start learning how to create a beautify, professional quality image, and the editing is esily done. It is so much easier and fun to use Nik editing programs. I love to convert digital inages to BW and I always use Nik Silver Efex software to do the editing. I abhor the laborous way using LR or Photoshop software. Thank you. I learned some things I never knew about and will definitely explore.
To be honest I’m a big fan of B/W but never worked with NIK however now you got me intrigued and wondering if it’s available for my humble iPad ? Thanks Jamie for your introduction
Excellent video, cleared up the workflow problem I was having with my B&Ws. Interesting you mention Laycock and Harry Potter - I think of it as the birth place of photography with Fox Talbot!
Excellent video - thanks! On the fence about getting the whole Nik collection as I'm really interested in B&W only but I may take the dive. I'm heading to Ireland in March so it may be worth getting just for B&W processing.
Thank you Jamie. I ‘liked’ immediately I heard your slow methodical voice. I guess this works with mono IR photos too? Does in work with Capture One? Subbed.
@@christianpetersen1782 hi, Silver Efex does work with mono IR images, however, you do loose the colour contrast capabilities, as the original image was not in colour. Capture One does not work as a plug in with the Nik Collection, you would need to export from Capture One as a tiff. PNG. Or DNG, then load that image into Silver Efex, that would work fine 👍
@@jamiermathlin I may be misunderstanding but SFX and the other Nik products integrate fine with C1. You choose “Edit with” on the file you want to process, choose SFX and a box will open inviting you to select which format to use (I always use TIFF), it then creates a TIFF version of the file and opens the file in SFX and once you’ve finished click save and it’ll return you back to C1. It also gives you the option to make the TIFF able to be re-edited (in which case you “Open with” rather than “Edit with”). Is that different than LR?
Excellent as always! Learnt a lot. I tried to purchase with 10% discount, I did not get the discount. Is there any code do I have to use it? Please advise.
@@jamiermathlin vey interesting. I have a real admiration for your work. You are probably using the vignette for speed in your videos, but using radial gradients to make vignettes gives much more control. I am binge watching your videos. Inspirational stuff!!
@@zyban99 Agreed, radials do perform a much vignette, but as you say I am always aware of the time 😀 I look forward to hearing from you regarding some of my othervideos 😀
Thanks for the questions, to answer: iPhones take wonderful pictures, however they use a process called computational exposure, which means that they actually take many photos when you press the button, and then they combine them and produce a great image. This helps with low light, however, as the sensor is very small the pixels have a very shallow light-well, what this means is that as each pixel is so small, the amount of light that is gathered by each pixel is much smaller, the iPhone pixels are 1.22µm whereas my Canon R5 has 4.39µm pixels, as you double the size of the pixels you quadruple the light gathering, this means that the Canon R5 pixels gather approximately 8-9 times the light per pixel, what this translates into is far more dynamic range, meaning that we can recover the shadows more easily, sadly the phone camera has minimal dynamic range, so it is challenging to recover shadows with detail, which is the main requirements for day-to-night processing. So sorry for the long answer but, No iPhones do not make good day-to-night images 😞
I should know the answer to this given that Ive been using SFX for ages but does the choice of film type override the global (and local?) adjustments? My workflow tends to be applying a preset, fiddling a bit with global and local adjustments and then choose a film type (almost always Agfa Scala). Do you think it would be better to apply a preset, choose a film type and only then make adjustments to whatever the preset and film type have done to the file?
Hi Ian, Choosing film types does not change the local adjustments, but it does change the global adjustment, as it is applied like a mask, meaning that as you move from film type to film type, no change is made to your local adjustments. Once you have used the film type, any changes you make to your local settings will affect the image under the mask, so if you remove the film type, the local settings will remain with your local changes. Hope that makes sense 😀
Does it work with the Affinity suite of photo editing software? I'm getting tired of being at the mercy of Adobe and there incessant push to force or con me into using AI
I understand where you are coming from, sadly Affinity does not have the same degree of masking capability that Lightroom does, and certainly does not have the capabilities offered by Photoshop. AI is an ever-growing element of all software these days and to some degree, it can be found in almost all software, most often not actually disclosed. The best way to approach AI or not depending on your view, is to use the processing software as a set of tools, and worry less about what you think the developer wants you to use, and concern yourself more with the tools you find creative and helpful. This is how I think, using some of the AI tools like denoise and remove tool, as well as generative fill, only when I truly need them 😀
the only NIK 6 tool i use is silver effects, I'm not sure i need upgrading to NIK 7 i can't see any difference to NIK 6 Silver effects (aqm i wrong???)
I will check the Freewell link, thank you. No is the answer to Luminar and Capture One as plug-ins, but of course, you can export out to file and then import to Silver efex 😀
Using NIK presets is like having someone else putting you shot together for you. Would you have someone else determine your exposure? How about someone else putting together your composition for you? That’s what happens when you apply someone else’s presets. They make the creative processing decisions for you. Not a big fan of presets and pre-constructed settings. Sorry.
No need to be sorry, I fully respect your view, no problems. What you may have seen in the video is that I made my own preset as well, that way all the changes I make can be saved for another time, thus saving me the time to redo everything. I tend to use the presets provided by Nik as a starting point and then go from there. However, the best way to do photography is 'your own way', so have fun :-D
I was like you until recently. Using both in Neo and LR, by applying a preset that I might sort of like, I can use it to speed up editing. I never use them as a final production.
well luckily everything in life is subjective and we all see things differently, if you do not like my style then I kindly request that you look elsewhere for creative inspiration :-)
@@jamiermathlin Sure and I totally understand that. And I'll certainly look elsewhere. Have fun....and try backing off the post production a bit lol.....
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Really great video! I DID have an older version of Nik Effects, and have yet to purchase the new version, but will be getting it shortly. What a robust piece of software 🙂. Your stuff looks great, personally I do like the effect of slightly bringing back a hint of color back into an image + selecting specific areas in an image to make adjustments to. Thx. Jamie... 👍😎
Have a look in the notes under the video, as I have a discount code which gives you 10% off, should you wish to purchase Nik 7, and thank you for your compliments
Thank You Jamie - have to watch this couple of times. Have older version of Nik, it’s time for me to upgrade. Hope you are doing great!
You can try it fro free, just to see if you agree it is better, follow the link in my comments for the trial version 😀 let me know how you get on !!
Increible, deberias repetir mas videos sobre esta herramienta, gracias.
Thanks for the comment, I will do more videos 🙂
This is an excellent tutorial to start learning how to create a beautify, professional quality image, and the editing is esily done. It is so much easier and fun to use Nik editing programs. I love to convert digital inages to BW and I always use Nik Silver Efex software to do the editing. I abhor the laborous way using LR or Photoshop software. Thank you. I learned some things I never knew about and will definitely explore.
Thank you Thomas for the comment. As you know I am a big Silver Efex fan😀
Every Nik product is phenomonal. I have Nik 7. Silver Efex is wonderful. I agree as to moving beyond a two dimensional look.
it is a very cool peice of software 😀
To be honest I’m a big fan of B/W but never worked with NIK however now you got me intrigued and wondering if it’s available for my humble iPad ? Thanks Jamie for your introduction
sadly it does not run on an iPad, you need a full OS, time to by a macbook air, good deals on used M1 !! 😀
Thanks Jamie. Another great video. Been using the software for a couple of months and this was a useful pointer for some features I hadn't used much.
You are very welcome Norman, thank you for the comment 😀
Excellent video, cleared up the workflow problem I was having with my B&Ws. Interesting you mention Laycock and Harry Potter - I think of it as the birth place of photography with Fox Talbot!
Hi Terry, yes Fox Talbot did some of the very early photography in Lacock, much more important than Harry Potter, well just......:-)
Excellent video, as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellect video explaining black & white conversion with DXO many thanks
I’m using Silver Efex as well, love it!
it is so great !!! 😀
Hi Jamie, this is a great tutorial, one that I will highly recommend to people I know..
Thank you Michael 😀
Excellent video - thanks! On the fence about getting the whole Nik collection as I'm really interested in B&W only but I may take the dive. I'm heading to Ireland in March so it may be worth getting just for B&W processing.
😀 have a great time in Ireland, and thanks for the comment, much appreciated 🙂
Superb video thanks for sharing
thanks for the comment 😀
Thank you Jamie. I ‘liked’ immediately I heard your slow methodical voice. I guess this works with mono IR photos too? Does in work with Capture One? Subbed.
@@christianpetersen1782 hi, Silver Efex does work with mono IR images, however, you do loose the colour contrast capabilities, as the original image was not in colour. Capture One does not work as a plug in with the Nik Collection, you would need to export from Capture One as a tiff. PNG. Or DNG, then load that image into Silver Efex, that would work fine 👍
@@jamiermathlin I may be misunderstanding but SFX and the other Nik products integrate fine with C1. You choose “Edit with” on the file you want to process, choose SFX and a box will open inviting you to select which format to use (I always use TIFF), it then creates a TIFF version of the file and opens the file in SFX and once you’ve finished click save and it’ll return you back to C1. It also gives you the option to make the TIFF able to be re-edited (in which case you “Open with” rather than “Edit with”). Is that different than LR?
colorizethis AI fixes this. Create perfect black and white images.
he he 😀
Best add on ever!
so true 😀
Excellent as always! Learnt a lot. I tried to purchase with 10% discount, I did not get the discount. Is there any code do I have to use it? Please advise.
I will check with DXO, as they provided me with the link for the 10% off.
@@jamiermathlin Thanx but I bought it. Appreciate it.
@@dipakkothari8393 I have now placed the code down below in the comments, sorry about that...
Fantastic
@@zyban99 thank you 😀
@@jamiermathlin vey interesting. I have a real admiration for your work. You are probably using the vignette for speed in your videos, but using radial gradients to make vignettes gives much more control. I am binge watching your videos. Inspirational stuff!!
@@zyban99 Agreed, radials do perform a much vignette, but as you say I am always aware of the time 😀 I look forward to hearing from you regarding some of my othervideos 😀
Would you consider making a video of you taking a stunning photograph with an Iphone and attempting a day to night edit?
Thanks for the questions, to answer: iPhones take wonderful pictures, however they use a process called computational exposure, which means that they actually take many photos when you press the button, and then they combine them and produce a great image. This helps with low light, however, as the sensor is very small the pixels have a very shallow light-well, what this means is that as each pixel is so small, the amount of light that is gathered by each pixel is much smaller, the iPhone pixels are 1.22µm whereas my Canon R5 has 4.39µm pixels, as you double the size of the pixels you quadruple the light gathering, this means that the Canon R5 pixels gather approximately 8-9 times the light per pixel, what this translates into is far more dynamic range, meaning that we can recover the shadows more easily, sadly the phone camera has minimal dynamic range, so it is challenging to recover shadows with detail, which is the main requirements for day-to-night processing. So sorry for the long answer but, No iPhones do not make good day-to-night images 😞
@@jamiermathlin thank you for the information though! 😀
Export the image from LR as a color image as Silver Efex has more to work with. Don't convert to B/W before exporting to Silver Efex.
Very good advice, in fact I often increase the colour saturation to help the process 😀
@@jamiermathlinyep, you’ve more information to work with, I do this too!
I should know the answer to this given that Ive been using SFX for ages but does the choice of film type override the global (and local?) adjustments? My workflow tends to be applying a preset, fiddling a bit with global and local adjustments and then choose a film type (almost always Agfa Scala). Do you think it would be better to apply a preset, choose a film type and only then make adjustments to whatever the preset and film type have done to the file?
Hi Ian, Choosing film types does not change the local adjustments, but it does change the global adjustment, as it is applied like a mask, meaning that as you move from film type to film type, no change is made to your local adjustments. Once you have used the film type, any changes you make to your local settings will affect the image under the mask, so if you remove the film type, the local settings will remain with your local changes. Hope that makes sense 😀
How did you not get the light streaks from that street lamp?
see my original video on how I processed the original image :- ruclips.net/video/pmev7CHOSFk/видео.html&ab_channel=JamieRMathlin
Será que este programa é pago só uma vez ou tenho que renovar de x em x tempo?
It is a one off payment for life and includes updates, within the 7 series software 😀
Does it work with the Affinity suite of photo editing software? I'm getting tired of being at the mercy of Adobe and there incessant push to force or con me into using AI
I understand where you are coming from, sadly Affinity does not have the same degree of masking capability that Lightroom does, and certainly does not have the capabilities offered by Photoshop. AI is an ever-growing element of all software these days and to some degree, it can be found in almost all software, most often not actually disclosed. The best way to approach AI or not depending on your view, is to use the processing software as a set of tools, and worry less about what you think the developer wants you to use, and concern yourself more with the tools you find creative and helpful. This is how I think, using some of the AI tools like denoise and remove tool, as well as generative fill, only when I truly need them 😀
At 11:10 you did and edit on the Blue channel, and never changed it back to RGB..was that on purpose?
@@DavidVanGelder-u3j I did not even notice that, well spotted 👍
@@jamiermathlin The real question is what difference it made? The end result is beautiful but I'm curious if the RGB version would be much different.
To be honest with Silver Efex or any Niks filter . Less is more
:-)
the only NIK 6 tool i use is silver effects, I'm not sure i need upgrading to NIK 7 i can't see any difference to NIK 6 Silver effects (aqm i wrong???)
They are both the same Silver Efex, so no need for an upgrade 😀
@@jamiermathlin Thanks
Freewell V2 link broken 404 error...
Does Silver Efex work in Luminar or Capture 1?
I will check the Freewell link, thank you. No is the answer to Luminar and Capture One as plug-ins, but of course, you can export out to file and then import to Silver efex 😀
Fixed the link 🙂. www.freewellgear.com/en/v2-hybrid-vndcpl/1139-v2-magnetic-hybrid-vndcpl-3-7-stops-filter.html
So, not for the indecisive, then …
😀
Using NIK presets is like having someone else putting you shot together for you. Would you have someone else determine your exposure? How about someone else putting together your composition for you? That’s what happens when you apply someone else’s presets. They make the creative processing decisions for you. Not a big fan of presets and pre-constructed settings. Sorry.
No need to be sorry, I fully respect your view, no problems. What you may have seen in the video is that I made my own preset as well, that way all the changes I make can be saved for another time, thus saving me the time to redo everything. I tend to use the presets provided by Nik as a starting point and then go from there. However, the best way to do photography is 'your own way', so have fun :-D
@@jamiermathlin Agreed. Cheers.
I was like you until recently. Using both in Neo and LR, by applying a preset that I might sort of like, I can use it to speed up editing. I never use them as a final production.
@@roblarson9065 I find this to be a good approach with Silver efex, with LR I tend to start from the beginning each time, as it is fun 😀
Amazing video. Glad I found your channel
Mientras mas herramientas, menos talento
As long as you are having fun, it does not matter how many tools you use 😀
Looks over-processed.
I completely agree, snd I love it 😀
Great software but your use of it is truly awful. You turn each image into an overcooked artificial monstrosity
well luckily everything in life is subjective and we all see things differently, if you do not like my style then I kindly request that you look elsewhere for creative inspiration :-)
@@jamiermathlin Sure and I totally understand that. And I'll certainly look elsewhere. Have fun....and try backing off the post production a bit lol.....
Agree. Looks nothing like film which supposedly is the point of Silverfx.