I have just got into Nik's Silver Efex Pro. This is an incredibly powerful tool for black-n-white/dutone images. It is the same interface you are use to, if you use Nik's Color Efex Pro or Viveza. I really love the sculpture slider.

Anyways, I am still mostly playing with it. It looks like it will really help process my IR shots that I take the most for B&W images.

Has anyone else tried this plug-in?

Lots of good stuff happening this weekend.  Looking forward to seeing everyone's pictures. 

My Pick:

Saw John on the news.  hahahahahaha you need a haircut!    Thinking I might go see the cubs next weekend.

I've been using the beta 2.0 exclusively for about 3 months now and I like it. The 2 screen mode makes it real easy to see your images in loup mode on the main screen while you navigate from your second screen.   The localized masking tool is nice for simple tonal adjustments and some burning & dodging. Problem up till now is that there was no help available anywhere on how to use these tools or other features -  so it's been hit and miss. Some of the features have not been available or turned off  in the beta version however.... I will wait a little while and see what new goodies they included before I jump on the $99 upgrade.

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