I thought now would be a good time to take another look at a filter from the Nik Plugin Collection. This time, we will look at the default filters in the Silver Efex Pro 2 collection. There are 38 of them, so I’ll split this into 2 posts.

The Silver Efex Pro 2 filter is a quick, easy, and powerful way to convert any image into black & white with a myriad of options.

Here is the first batch.

Original Image

Neutral

Underexposed

Overexposed

High Contrast Harsh

High Contrast Smooth

High Structure Harsh

High Structure Smooth

High Key 1

High Key 2

Low Key 1

Low Key 2

Push Process 1

Push Process 2

Full Dynamic Harsh

Full Dynamic Smooth

Full Spectrum Inverse

Full Spectrum

Grad NV 1

Grad NV 2

Fine Art

It is the same subject, with the same composition, but each filter suggest a slightly different emotion. Will look at the rest of the filters soon.