Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Silver Efex Pro2 helps to retain the subtlety of black and white pictures

In the world of photography, the demand for perfect and colorful pictures is growing day by day. The world of graphic images uses all sort of technology available at their disposal to obtain pictures that are appealing to our eyes. In this world where the value of a thing is determined by a mere glance, hoards of people are being swept by glamorous looking colored pictures. However the subtlety of black and white pictures cannot be ignored. Pictures in black and white create an aura of their own. Black and white images are used to reflect moods, thoughts and feelings like gloom, pathos, evil and somber. As the photographers are passionate about producing colorful pictures that are drop-dead gorgeous, there is also a requirement to produce black and white pictures with perfect finish as the subtlety of black and white pictures cannot be ignored. Yet another blessing of technology to the world of photography, the Silver Efex Pro 2 by Nik Software, is a perfect software solution for creating stunning black and white images.

Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 comes with the award-winning U point technology that allows you to selectively control the tonality and contrast of an image using convenient sliders. It gives the users the ultimate control to apply enhancements without any complicated masks, layers or selectors. Additionally, the state-of-the-art grain engine recreates traditional black and white look in digital photographs. The black & white emulation helps to recreate different B&W film types including the grain, color sensitivity and tone curve for each. The feature of advanced styling helps to enhance images while choosing from 20 preset styles including tints, toners and vignette effects or create your own presets. Brush filter effect is a powerful selective tool that automatically creates layers and layers of masks that in turn enables to quickly apply enhancements on the prescribed area on the image. The multi-image support system works on multiple images at once in Aperture. It works like this: when more than one image is opened, the ‘previous’ and ‘buttons’ appear to allow users to easily copy and paste settings between images to maintain consistency. The smart filter compatibility fine tunes the B&W images even after the effects have been applied. The user guides for this software are available in multiple languages like English, French, German, and Spanish.

The photographers find themselves blessed as the pictures produced with the help of Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 is captivating for the viewers. Photographers are able to bring to the images the reflection of what they feel with the help of this software.

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