Silver Efex Pro 2

Silver Efex Pro 2 is the plugin from Nik Software for Photoshop, Aperture and Lightroom for converting and processing images in black and white. Among its special features, specific algorithms for processing b / w, the workflow software integrated into the host, fine-tune images with precise selections with the function U-Point, without masks and selections in complicated.

It was just announced version 2, which adds a dozen new features: History Browser lets you quickly compare different versions and image processing, Dynamic Brightness adjusts the brightness in a selective manner in different parts of the image, you can extend the range of light tones and dark tones, enhancing the training effect by contrast, Soft Contrast adjusts the contrast according to the details of the image, blurring the hardest; Fine Structure allows you to highlight the detail and texture without over-emphasize the ‘effect of the intervention; Image add borders to the image edges randomly, creating the effect of the dark room; Selective colorization allows you to replace colors in black and white in the selections created with U-Point, GPU Processing exploits’ acceleration provided by the chipset dedicated to the display for speed.