Silver Efex Pro

[KHarmon]

Do I have to have photoshop to use Silver Efex Pro?

I use Corel Paintshop for my photo editing and was wondering if I could process images in Silver Efex to create black and white images. I really want to get into black and white like I used to shoot when I shot film in the 80's and 90's.

One thing I have learned, processing digital pics is a heck of a lot harder than working in a dark room was.

KHarmon

[John 2]

Not sure Kris but their Web Site should tell you. An alternative would be Topaz apps. They have similar effects and they have an app called "Photo FX Lab". It's a sort of desk top into which you can call up your image and then apply any of their other apps on a stand alone basis. I use both Nik and Topaz apps and I like them both.

[Donald]

Everything you see written about it says 'Yes', but the reality is no. It's a bit of a guddle to operate as a stand alone. You have to go to the File Management area (is it still called Microsoft Explorer on a PC with Windows?)*, right click and choose 'Open With' and choose SEP2. Once done, you then have to close that and open it up again in your other software; e,g, Paintshop. I did this for a while, but then bought a cheap copy of and old Elements purely to act as a carrying agenct for SEP2. I'm now running the NIK package from Elements 11.


*EDIT - Just got home and been checking. I see it's now seems to be called the Documents Library.

[Brownbear]

Hi Kris,
It works with Lightroom! The only reason I know that is because I downloaded the Denoise program for a try out (for some noisy bear photos I like) and the trial included all the programs including that one... It was super easy to install... I don't know what I'm doing but after reading your post I hit an auto preset on a bear photo to see if it worked in LR, and indeed it does, and it seems easy to use..

[Jeff S]

I was able to load all the Nik software in LR5 very easily. Using it is also a snap -> "Photo>Edit In>Silver Efex Pro 2" The other Nik packages were included in the same drop down menu where Silver Efex Pro 2 is listed. I also have PS, and it is also available from that program too.