The foreground becomes darker, the sky lighter. If you want to know what color filters can do in black and white, look at this! If I push the Filter Color slider to the right into the blue/magenta range, the tonal rendition changes completely. Here, it’s set to the default, which is a yellow-green filter color ideal for landscapes, as it makes blue skies richer and darker and vegetation lighter. I’ve stuck to Method 2 here to show the difference made by the Filter Color slider. Method 1 is more low key, Method 2 is neutral and Method 3 gives a strong high key effect. There are now three ‘Methods’ to choose from in a new drop-down. Switching to the Tonal Enhancer mode gives a very different, more dynamic black and white look. The real fun begins, though, when you choose a different option from the drop-down menu at the top of the panel. Now you can stick to this method, adjust the Filter Color to separate the tones a little better, experiment with the Brightness and Contrast and get some pretty good results. I’ve blown the panel up in this and subsequent screenshots to make the controls easier to see. The default conversion looks pretty plain, dull even. I’ve opened it in Color Efex Pro with no filter applied, and highlighted the B/W Conversion filter in the left sidebar.
This is my start shot, a seaside scene in late afternoon with a rich, blue sky. You can add the Levels & Curves filter for a little dodging and burning, the Film Grain filter for a textured analog look or the Paper Toner filter for a toning effect.īut let’s just see what the B/W Conversion filter can do on its own first. Perhaps the key thing is that this filter needn’t be used on its own. It offers three different conversion modes, with the ability to apply a black and white ‘contrast’ filter in each to change the tonal rendition, and other controls for perfecting your black and white shots. Now you might think that the Nik Collection has other, better tools for black and white, like Silver Efex Pro and Analog Efex Pro.īut the B/W Conversion filter has a few surprises of its own. One of these is the B/W Conversion filter, right at the top of the list in the left sidebar. Not all of these filters are equally useful, I’ll admit, but many are very good indeed, with unexpectedly deep controls and features. It has no fewer than 54 different filters, all of which can be used on their own or in combination with others in ‘Recipes’. Color Efex Pro, part of the DxO Nik Collection is practically an application in itself.
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