TK Magic Mixer/TK9/NIK Detail Extractor (Black & White Conversion, Color Toning: Plus Tips & Tricks)

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In today’s tutorial, I’ll guide you through black and white conversion, color toning, and detail extraction. We’ll be using the TK Magic Mixer, the TK9 Plugin for Photoshop, and the Detail Extractor Filter from NIK Color Efex, part of the NIK Collection 7.
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[@mariolombardi4766]

Two thumbs up. I agree with several of the other viewers that it’s good to see how we can use these tools in concert with each other. Love this. I have continued to use the Nik Detail Extractor since you shared it with us the other day and I am getting nice results and landscapes. Thanks Dave!

[@samelogio7441]

Thanks Dave. I love how you combined these great tools, TK9, Magic Mixer, and NIK.

[@perrysmithphotography2915]

Another great tutorial Dave...These "tips and tricks" to leverage out the most of the TK system and Nik tools is great...I'm really loving the Magic Mixer...Have a great weekend!

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Glad it was helpful! Happy Editing Perry!

[@StephenEhrlichPhotos]

Your tips and tricks are always helpful. This tutorial is awesome since you combine using a NIK filter with the TK plugins. Thanks Dave.

[@johnbarney8051]

Dave, I really loved this one. Like others, I really enjoyed your combining of all the TK tools plus NIK. Every time I start to think I know it all, you prove me wrong. I assume also, it’s best to do the B&W conversion on previously processed color images?? Thanks so much!!! Now off to experimenting...

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

In my view, it’s advantageous to initially process the image in color. While it’s not necessary for the image to be fully processed, enhancing the color can be beneficial. This is because the conversion to black and white relies on the luminosity values of these colors.

[@jvalenta47]

Excellent video Dave! Great tips and tricks, even better than usually.

[@rcmarcelo68]

Hola Dave, as always a great video I own all the softwares you showed us. I will try to replicate what I learnt.

[@DwightsPhotoandArt]

Thank you Dave! Appreciate it! One observation. When you modified the sky only in the 2nd Magic Mixer layer, your adjustments indeed just do that. What I was confused by was that I did not see any masks in that layer. So I am wondering how the sky was isolated. The foreground was isolated in the layer below. Thanks again Dave! Love your content!!!

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thanks Dwight. The Sky was subtracted on the 1st Magic Mixer layer, that’s why the color came back to the sky. When I added the 2nd Magic Mixer layer the B&W Conversion only applied to the sky.

[@DwightsPhotoandArt]

@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Thank you sir!

[@AlexFeldstein]

Great! I learned a couple of tricks here.

[@susannelson4833]

thanks for the tips for the color mixer.

[@photonsonpixels]

Very nice tutorial, Dave. Thank you! There are 2 steps where I get a bit confused: 1. When you adjust the magic mixer for the sky you don't have a mask. How come the effect becomes localize in the sky only? (about 6.50 minutes). 2. When you re-adjust the blend if sliders for a less obvious effect, it seems to me that you are actually making it more obvious as judging from the magenta color that shows the tones that receive the sepia color (about 15.15 minutes). Again, thank you for your great tutorials. Jorge.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thanks Jorge. The Sky was subtracted on the 1st Magic Mixer layer, that’s why the color came back to the sky. When I added the 2nd Magic Mixer layer the B&W Conversion only applied to the sky. As far as the toning: It becomes less obvious because instead of toning the entire image the toning is only being applied to the dark tones. The Magenta shows the area that is being covered and it stops being toned around the Mid Tones where it graduates off.

[@photonsonpixels]

@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Thanks Dave. Sometime it is hard to wrap one's head around these concepts, but I got it. Thank you!

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

@@photonsonpixels I was confused myself. It took me awhile to wrap my head around it. Happy Editing Jorge!

[@mhaar]

Thanks!

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thanks for the Super Thanks! Happy Editing!

[@avnerbenzvi8757]

Thanks Dave

[@johnventer7481]

I am assuming that you can use a second color mixing layer without affecting the black and white areas from first mixer because there is no color left for the second mixer to affect.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

That is correct John.

[@doug.s6289]

nice. I could not find your usual .pdf showing each of the steps of edit. Can we get it?

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Sorry Doug. I didn't make one for this tutorial. I only do that on TK Fridays.

[@chepo1956]

Hi Dave. It was a Great video, but I couldn't wrap my head around it when you made the sky selection and subtracted it from the magic mixer layer and it turned into color. Then you made another magic mixer layer above it and everything went to B&W again and you proceeded to make changes that only affected the sky. How was that possible when the bottom layer clearly reveals the foreground as white and only the sky was affected without clipping the layer above? That kind of confused me. Can you please elaborate if possible?

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

The Sky was subtracted on the 1st Magic Mixer layer, that’s why the color came back to the sky. When I added the 2nd Magic Mixer layer the B&W Conversion only applied to the sky. The 2nd Magic Mixer layer will only apply a B&W Conversion to any color that remains. It is kinda hard to wrap your head around. It was for me. I hope this helps.

[@mariolombardi4766]

I can see why folks get confused by this Dave, I had to go back and watch a second time and I thought I understood it. It might not be a bad idea to cover this idea in future B&W conversions. It’s an important concept because most of the time we want to edit different parts of B&W conversion different.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

@@mariolombardi4766 Great suggestion Mario. I think I will do a video just covering what is going on in a multiple B&W Conversion.

[@chepo1956]

@@mariolombardi4766 Hello Mario, thanks for the suggestion. I think its a great idea. I think you caught what I was referring to. If Dave had made a mask for the sky only or made a clipping mask for the sky only, I'd see what was going on. The fact that Dave made a 2nd magic layer above the mask where he removed the sky (black hides) and only left the foreground (white reveals), threw me off.

[@mariolombardi4766]

Dave has several prior videos on the magic, mature tool, and one or two touch on this issue. They are all very informative and worth your time if you haven’t seen them yet.