Top Ten Tips for SEP2
As a quick review, I’ll share my favorite tips for efficiently editing great black-and-white images. See Table 4.1 for Silver Efex Pro keyboard shortcuts.
- Add to your preset collections by downloading new presets from Nik Software.
- Before you start using presets and moving sliders, spend time analyzing your image and visualizing the final outcome.
- If you don’t like the direction in which you’re heading, use your History Browser to go back a few steps instead of starting all over again.
- Selective Color is ten times easier when you use the compare view while the History State selector displays Original Image.
- The Loupe view is best for identifying the exact place to place a control point.
- Use the Histogram Zones to help identify similar tones throughout an image.
- Press the Tab key to hide the panels and focus only on your image from time to time. To bring the panels back, just press the Tab key again.
- If you want consistency in your style, create a preset that’s unique to you.
- If I had only three tools to use, they would be the Dynamic Brightness, Structure, and Color Sensitivity sliders.
- Group control points that are performing similar functions.
Table 4.1 Keyboard Shortcuts for Silver Efex Pro 2
|
WINDOWS |
MACINTOSH |
INTERFACE |
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|
Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
Command+Z |
Redo |
Ctrl+Y |
Command+Y |
Full screen |
F |
F |
Compare/Preview |
P |
P |
Zoom |
spacebar |
spacebar |
Show/hide panels |
Tab |
Tab |
Save |
Enter |
Return |
Close application |
Esc |
Esc |
CONTROL POINTS |
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|
Add control point |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
Command+Shift+A |
Delete control point (while selected) |
Delete |
Delete |
Duplicate control point |
Ctrl+D |
Command+D |
Copy control point |
Ctrl+C |
Command+C |
Paste control point |
Ctrl+V |
Command+V |
Expand/Collapse control points |
E |
E |
Group control points (while selected) |
Ctrl+G |
Command+G |
Ungroup control points (while selected) |
Ctrl+Shift+G |
Command+Shift+G |