Simple But Effective B&W Infrared Workflow

[@davidaldridge6870]

I tried your method and found this process to be quick, simple and effective. Many thanks, Robin

[@RobinWhalley]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@alexmorrice7247]

Its a very simple workflow - I achieve a similar halation effect in Nik Color Efex by applying the Glamour Glow filter to highlights only, but the simplicity of this approach is very appealing. Only one problem - is Exposure X7 still being developed? It missed the last annual upgrade cycle ...

[@RobinWhalley]

Yes, you can do something similar but with more work in Nik. I've done a video about it in the past. As for Exposure X7, I contacted the company a few months ago to ask the same thing. They assured me they are still supporting and developing the Exposure product.

[@marclabro]

great tuto. why not using silver efex pro ? i am surprised you could have the right WB so easily in LRC because temp slider cannot go so low and requires adobe dng editor and creating a profile or use the CLIR profiles or presets made by Tomee Lee Jones (sold by Kolari now)

[@RobinWhalley]

Silver Efex is great for the Black and White conversion, but it doesn't have an option for the Haltion effect. For that, you need to combine it with the Color Efex filters. I've done videos in the past, but I may do an updated one soon. As for the white balance, It wasn't as close as perhaps it looked in the video. I do have some IR Camera Profiles that I've created to fix the problem but you can do it for yourself very easily. I demonstrate how in my Colour Infrared video kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5y8momCmp5miJI

[@marclabro]

Just looked exposure x7 site and it looks nice. Does color efex make similar halation ? I see a bundle with snap art which could be a substitute to end of life impression. What do you think ? Do you have tuto on snapart ?

[@mne9476]

It’s effective but not sure how simple the process is 😏

[@RobinWhalley]

You click on an infrered film preset. I'm not sure how much simpler it can be. Everything else I showed was what I do trying to get the best results I can. If you just want to create effective B&W infrared photos, the preset is all you really need.

[@mne9476]

@@RobinWhalley I was referring to all the steps you showed in your editing process. I have the IR preset and frequently use it. Having an IR -converted camera can really change the game.

[@RobinWhalley]

@@mne9476 Yes, those are really optional steps but I wanted to show everything.