Comments on: Finally, Beautiful Black & White Images from Digital

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:49:40 +0000

Bill, I can tell you what I use, which is the Epson 2880 along with Epson Exhibition Fiber paper. This combo produces some of the best black and white prints I have ever seen. Yes, they are even better than most traditional silver-based papers. The printer runs about $650 and you can read my review of it here. I'm sure there are other printer/paper combinations that also produce good results but I can only speak about my personal experiences. I hope that helps.

By: Bill M

Bill M — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:20:26 +0000

Dude, loved your review of the Silver Efex Pro software, I downloaded the trial version and was impressed (I’m and old Tri-X analog guy). What I’d like to ask is what do you think is the best, desktop printer to get these B&W images on paper? I’m not looking to spend a fortune, but I’d like to print images that look like the B&Ws I used to get from the trays. Thanks.

Bill M.

By: Daniel Condurachi

Daniel Condurachi — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:24:05 +0000

This is great. A big big thank you from me.

By: PhotoWalkPro » Don’t Forget the Plug-Ins

PhotoWalkPro » Don’t Forget the Plug-Ins — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:05:44 +0000

[...] This past year has seen the introduction of three such plug-ins that will remain valuable tools in my image processing workflow. For creating stunning black and white images, you will be hard pressed to find anything better than the recently released Nik Silver Efex Pro. This groundbreaking piece of software has revolutionized black and white photography in the digital age. If you missed out on my earlier review and video walk-through you can check it out right here. [...]

By: Squibnocket

Squibnocket — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:17:06 +0000

Jeff,
I bought the software around the time that you got it. NAPP had a $50 discount and I like Nik software and had been waiting for it to come out. I love this software! It is amazing that I can finally get my B&W in digital that I was never able to get in digital. The man who taught me photography was a Whitehouse photographer back in Kennedy’s day and he always taught me that I must first understand B&W before I can really understand color. Well now I can get those gorgeous B&W’s that I could only get with film. If you buy this software you will love it for its simplicity of use but infinite results.

By: Bret Linford

Bret Linford — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:37:57 +0000

Wow. This is definitely worth the $200 price. I feel like I’m back in the darkroom in 1978 but with TOTAL control. This tool is an epiphany for me. I love digital but am hooked more than ever now…

By: » Cool Black and White Conversion

» Cool Black and White Conversion — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:34:04 +0000

[...] A lot of photographers are always trying to recreate the black and white images we recalled from our film days. From channel mixer, desaturate, grey scale conversion, purchased photo shop actions, etc.. Well, I saw this cool blog post by Jeff Revell. Jeff did a post on his blog and a video on the New Nik Silver Ex. I have not used it yet but it looks awesome. Here is the link . [...]

By: Nik Silver Efex « Red Skies at Night

Nik Silver Efex « Red Skies at Night — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:37:24 +0000

[...] Silver Efex Filed under: tools — ejeschke @ 10:37 pm Just ran across this interesting post on a plug-in for Photoshop called Nik Silver Efex. Check out the video demo on the blog [...]

By: Mike Noble

Mike Noble — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:50:51 +0000

I downloaded the Silver Efex Pro trial version. I am a B&W enthusiast. There are things I like about this piece of software. However, I am not sure, as yet, whether this commands a $200 price. I selected some images that I had previously converted to B&W and worked on them in Silver Efex. Some appeared to have benefited from the conversion. Others were “different” but not necessarily better. I will continue with my 15 day trial version and work on images that I have previously converted to B&W. I will let you now what happens. Right now, I feel that, if you know Photoshop, you can work with the tools therein and get what you need. If Silver Efex was $75 it would be a no-brainer. At $200, you have to stop an think.

I would appreciate your observations. E-mail me at mnoble@comcast.net

Thanks

Mike

By: Friday Link Love

Friday Link Love — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:38:21 +0000

[...] ever wondered how to really experiment with your black and white images? Jeff over at PhotoWalkPro discusses some cool software specifically designed for just [...]