Using Silver Efex Pro with a Monochrom camera?

[Jeff S]

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38 minutes ago, Steven said:

Nik Collection with photoshop is greyed out when loading M10M files on my laptop. As soon as I load a colour M10R files, it's available for use. Anyone had this issue in the past ? Is there anything I need to do to use Silver Efex with an M10M file ? 

Thanks in advance for the help

Not sure if this helps. 

Jeff

Edited October 26, 2021 by Jeff S

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36 minutes ago, Steven said:

Nik Collection with photoshop is greyed out when loading M10M files on my laptop. As soon as I load a colour M10R files, it's available for use. Anyone had this issue in the past ? Is there anything I need to do to use Silver Efex with an M10M file ? 

Thanks in advance for the help

What is greyed out?  I frequently use silver Efex with my M10M.

[Luke_Miller]

I believe the Nik Collection expects an RGB file.  Make sure the M10M files are not set to grayscale.

Edited October 27, 2021 by Luke_Miller

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22 hours ago, Steven said:

Nik Collection with photoshop is greyed out when loading M10M files on my laptop. As soon as I load a colour M10R files, it's available for use. Anyone had this issue in the past ? Is there anything I need to do to use Silver Efex with an M10M file ? 

Thanks in advance for the help

Nik Efex needs an RGB file not to be contrary but in the expectation that no traditional B&W photo is ever truly pure grayscale, and in order to apply a tone, warm or cool, it has to work in RGB. Traditional silver papers would always be somewhere between warm or cool, and each would be further modified by the developer used. In the days of injet you can now get papers that are neutral, but to accurately replicate a traditional print that is why a tone, warm or cool, is needed.