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My first experiments with this software:







First shot is with Canon Powershot G6 and the other two with Ricoh FF-90
point and shoot 35mm.

Downloads as a plugin to PS. I haven't even begun to see the potential of
this program, the filters are simply amazing.


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Good isn't it? You have done it justice there too very moody shots, no.3 is awesome - I like the film type filters a lot . Color Efex is very good too


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Thanks for your comments, Poolhall, nice to know someone else likes this software.


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I did download too and I didn't reach this success Embarassed so I left it alone for a while. Congrats!


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Yes I like a lot and have had some decent results with it, mostly with my Fuji E550. This was a quick effort to see how the Tri-X-Pan preset looked on an image from the Telemar 22A . Orange filter applied also, I think it catches the look of Tri-X-pan quite well

Very Happy


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Yes, it looks like TriX to me, well done! For S's and G's I tried the software
on an already BW shot using Fomapan 400 in the Viv Ultra Wide and Slim.
This might be sacrilegious, but I do like the effect. First one is the straight
scan plus regular processing and the 2nd is using Silver Efex Pro:





selected "High Structure" filter

Dunno what "High Structure" means just yet, still taking baby steps doing
the "monkey see/monkey like" thing. Laughing

@Attila, I thought you hated B&W, anyway! Wink Smile


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Katastrofo wrote:

Dunno what "High Structure" means just yet, still taking baby steps doing
the "monkey see/monkey like" thing. Laughing


Laughing
I guess it's an artsy word for microcontrast Wink
Sometimes also referred as "texture"

Does this program allow the choice of not adding grain with the film presets?


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Orio wrote:
Katastrofo wrote:

Dunno what "High Structure" means just yet, still taking baby steps doing
the "monkey see/monkey like" thing. Laughing


Laughing
I guess it's an artsy word for microcontrast Wink
Sometimes also referred as "texture"

Does this program allow the choice of not adding grain with the film presets?


It probably does, I just need to wade in and see. There are all kinds of filters
plus manually adding styles, etc. I haven't even looked at the tools section.

Thanks, "texture" fits quite well to what it does.


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#3 for me Bill.
I have it too

Quote:
Does this program allow the choice of not adding grain with the film presets?


Yes it does. There are a lot of filters Orio to play with.


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I have it as well along with Color EXEF Pro 2..Have not really tried them out yet though...


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Soren, thanks, I think I selected EV-1 for the 3rd one.

Scott, would like to see what the Color Efex does sometime.


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Do you have the whole Nik kit, Bill?


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Himself wrote:
Do you have the whole Nik kit, Bill?


Soren, no, I got a really good deal on this one, though.
I could get the rest of the bundle, but this was the one I really wanted
to use.


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One more, taken with Koni Rapid Omega 100 with expired Fuji 400H film.
Lens was the Super Omegon 3.5/90 with Auto Up 1 close-up filter:


EV-1 filter


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Thats a beauty great shot Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy


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It looks like it works pretty darn good Bill. I really like the second shot although they are all good.

The guy in the last shot sure looks familiar. Very nice portrait.


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I really like those shots. That's why I have downloaded the trial version.


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Poolhall, Ron, and Carsten, thanks! I've been having some fun with this
software. My buddy Steve really knows how to make the Nik software sing.
I think he's been using it ever since they opened shop:

http://gallery.me.com/shtarka1/100795/HeTookOurPic-B-W/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/shtarka1/100795/RunLola-/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/shtarka1/100795/JacquiLight-20B-W/web.jpg


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Great shots Bill.

With your shots under the bridge, the main thing I see is that the 2nd looks like it's been sharpened.

I've used this software and it is fairly useful. The colour one is really good and I tend to use that quite a bit.


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Martin, thanks, the software must have done the sharpening automatically
with that particular filter preset (the pic is under an overpass, not a bridge).


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I installed the Silver Efex Pro 15 days demo for Lightroom and dang it's good! Shocked

Schrmpflz... now I'll have to fork out another 200 $ Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad


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Orio wrote:
I installed the Silver Efex Pro 15 days demo for Lightroom and dang it's good! Shocked

Schrmpflz... now I'll have to fork out another 200 $ Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad


After you've been using it for awhile, it is hard to give it up! Laughing





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I also get addicted to it.
I like black and white pictures (from others mostly) since I am photographing. But I never reached a good quality level in my film days.
With digital some of my shots processed with Photoshop or Rawshooter are good in black and white. But some others did´t looked good enough in that black and white (I am not a Photoshop pro user).
But now with Silver Efex Pro I could get tmostly the results I need - and black and white is fun now.

Some examples on my page:
http://4photos.de/galerie/Portr%C3%A4t/slides/Augenblick.html
http://4photos.de/galerie/Architektur/slides/Bei-St-Nikolai-Hamburg.html - I think Rokkor 58 iris closed to ~ 2.8 or more
http://4photos.de/galerie/Architektur/slides/Kirche-St-Nikolai-Hamburg.html -this one with Rokkor 58/1.2 full open
http://4photos.de/galerie/Akt/slides/Stark.html - with Rokkor at 1.2 too


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I've tried Allien Skin, nice plug-in. Has lots of presets, some are very usefull, like cross-processed film.


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ZoneV, love these shots, some nice edgy work!

Vulko, will have to check out this Alien Skin plugin, thanks.