Silver Efex Pro software review

Peter Rowlands · Issue 46, Jan/Feb 2009 · pp. 32–33

Products mentioned: Silver Efex Pro, Photoshop, Apple Aperture

Silver Efex Pro software review by Peter Rowlands If there is one aspect of the film days that I miss it is black and white imaging. Hours spent in the darkroom sploshing about in trays of developer and fixer watching in anticipation as the black and white image appeared on the paper under the red safe light. It was magical stuff with chemical names like Microdol X, Tri X, Neopan and Delta Pro. In addition to the variations of black and white film there was also different grades of paper to enhance contrast. It was like a little bit of wizardry but, to be honest, I don’t really miss the sploshing about bit, it was more about the eventual image with its rich blacks and smoothe tonal range. In addition black and white simplified the image and made you concentrate much more on composition and form. Never having been much of a dab hand with Photoshop other than a bit of retouching and resizi…