In this video I show you how to use Silver Efex Pro (and other Nik Plug-ins) with Capture One non destructively. I actually covered this a while ago in a blog post, but I wanted to create a screencast as its a bit easier to explain.

Note that this trick works for all the Nik plug-ins except for the new Perspective Efex. For those on windows, who may have trouble adding Silver Efex to the menu, check out this blog post, and also some of the solutions from readers in the comments section.

For those wondering why use Silver Efex Pro at all, and not just stick with Capture One for black and white, I also covered that topic previously as well. Here’s the relevant part from that blog post:

“The other subject I wanted to touch on is using multiple tools. I chose to edit this in Silver EFEX Pro and I probably could have achieved the same effect in just Lightroom. In fact that’s another type of comment I see regularly. Whenever you post about using certain tools or plug-ins, you get the inevitable comment of “you could just do that in Lightroom(or other software) - why are you using x plug-in?”.

The thing is, I probably could re-create this using just Lightroom or Capture One, or get it near enough, but that’s not really the point. It’s easy to do this after the fact. But sometimes using a different tool lets you see things in a different way, or work in a different way, and you can come to a result you might not have otherwise ….. I could have probably created the same image using a different tool, but I wouldn’t have. I would have come to a different artistic conclusion. And this goes for all tools. As well as bringing new capabilities, they also bring new perspectives, and that can be as invaluable artistically as any technological addition to your toolset.”

Incidentally, if you haven’t used Silver Efex Pro before you can find out more details from DXO labs here.

Here’s the finished image…

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