Can Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 apply different tones to different parts of one photo?

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I use Lightroom 4 with Nik Software and want to create a selectively toned black-and-white image. For example, I’d like cushions to have one brown tone, a lamp shade a mustard tone, a rug a beige tone, while leaving the rest of the image monochrome. Can Silver Efex Pro 2 do this directly, or is a different workflow needed?

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As I am sure you have come to realise, Nik Silver Efex Pro does not support control points for tonal changes. This leaves you a couple of choices:

Upgrade

If you have Photoshop, then upgrade to Photoshop version so that you can use layers.

Your workflow would then be:

Export to Photoshop
Run Silver Efex for first layer to tone for specific parts of image
Select background layer and repeat
Now use layer masks or eraser tool to blend the resulting images together

Long Workflow

You can achieve the same results as above by using separate images

Your workflow would then be:

Export to Silver Efex and tone for specific parts of image
Repeat above steps as required
Now use an image manipulation tool that supports layers. This could be anything from The Gimp, Photoshop Express to Paint.NET
And apply the masking/erasing to achieve your composite image

Not Quite Shorter Workflow

You can use the above workflow and then use perfect layers to highlight the generated images with silver effects and then use OnOne Perfect Layers to create the composite.

This allows you to stay within Lightroom to achieve your effex [pun intended]

Can Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 apply different tones to different parts of one photo?

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