Nik Software improved on perfection when they updated Silver Efex Pro to Silver Efex Pro 2, and today here's a video Podcast to take a look at how to use this amazing black and white conversion plugin and touch on some of the new features. You can also view the embedded video right here on your iPad, thanks to a recent Vimeo update!

Don't forget to hit the full-screen button in the video window to view the video, erm, full-screen. If the full-screen button isn't available, click on the Vimeo link and go full-screen from there.

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Note that there is an iPod/iPhone version of this video in iTunes, but when watching on a computer, the video above is better.

One thing I forgot to touch on is that you can also add a vignette right there in Silver Efex Pro 2. I did touch on this in my video last year, so take a look at that too if you are interested.

Don't forget that if you decide to buy Silver Efex Pro 2 or any of the plugins from Nik Software, use the code MBP15 for a 15% discount on your purchase. This code doesn't work in all countries, but in most countries, if it doesn't work, you can call in your order and they'll honor this code. The only country that I think even this doesn't work is ironically Japan.

Example Images Click on the thumbnails below to view some of the example images used in the video. Once the image has opened, you can navigate back and forth by clicking the left and right sides of the image. [gallery lightboxsize="full" meta="true"]

And here are the resulting black and white images.

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[caption id="attachment_4056" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Miradores de Darwin"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4052" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Steeple Jason"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4050" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Wrecked Minesweeper"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4048" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Gentoo Point - Antarctica"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4054" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Tough Life!!"][/caption]

Show Notes

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