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Create soul-filled B&W that stops people cold  â€” Watch the trailer and see how Silver uses the Shadow Method to convert better than any plugin.

You know Shadow defines amazing B&W. Seim's Silver 6 gives you a better way. The black-and-white conversion presets refined over nearly 2 decades. You'll use native tools to get edits you don't get manually — rich shadow, complex detail, and most of all, EMOTION. 

Remix a dozen ways in seconds, stack mods, and find your visualization. Silver 6 turns Lightroom, Capture One, and RAW into B&W beasts. Get more dramatic edits faster, from color or monochrome files — Guaranteed!

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The new updates are amazing

Hi Gav Just wanted to say the new updates are amazing. Love the HDR boost and curves.

 


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  • Get Silver 6 Complete - Instant Download
  • 70+ Master Grade Black and White presets
  • 30+ Mod-Kit 3 presets let you instantly refine.
  • Works in LR6, LRCC, PS-RAW and Capture 1
  • Free Personal Support + Free V6 Updates

Get the Silver 6 Free Sampler

$29 FREE! I'll send you six black-and-white presets from Silver 6 for LR and C1.  Just tell me where to send them...

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Our product return rate is less than 1% because Seim tools are made by and for photographers not by internet marketers.

I stand behind every product here! Buy anything and try it for 7 days. If after that you're dissatisfied, send us an email within 30 days of purchase. Tell us the problem and we'll fix it, exchange it, or refund your money. Whatever you decide.

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I'm always improving my products. Dot updates are always free. When a totally new full version arrives, you always get a 50% off upgrade price. When you buy my packs, your tools get better for free!

   

Create the most emotional black-and-white from digital files.

I'm Gavin Seim. Nearly two decades ago, there were few black-and-white tools. So I created Silver and never stopped. It's built on the idea of clean, pure black and white that feels like it belongs in a gallery.

Whether bright or dark, shadow reveals the soul of all great black and white. So Silver 6 lets you create better black and white mixes. It balances every tool in apps like Lightroom and Capture One. It lets you find the EMOTION and SOUL inside your photos. All while maintaining control, speed, and quality. 

Every Silver master preset lets you discover the emotion. What you visualized, what you felt when you clicked the shutter. Based on the Photography Shadow Method. Silver puts tone first in every edit. So whether you're going for a dark noir look or an HDR landscape, you have it. After that, you easily mix in layer mods using Mod-Kit 3 without breaking flow. It's never a generic look; it's your style. Silver 6 just makes your creative process easier. 

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Best 50 bucks I have spent in a while...

For the critics here, have you ever tried these presets, if you have not then maybe you should before you comment! Best 50 bucks I have spent in a while


Ian Kydd

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absolutely rocks! Hardly used Nik Silver Efex since I got them!

 


John

How you create better B&W using Silver 6

In the quest for perfect monochrome; every other tool limits your black and white. Silver lets you find your own way.

  • Find more emotion with 70+ One-Click B&W  Master mixes
  • New: Shadow Hunter tools let you explore like never before. 
  • NEW: IQ Silver 3 gives you fast one-click conversion batches.
  • NEW: Mod-KIT 3 - Improved mods let you refine the mood.
  • NEW: Darkroom Silver 4 for atmospheric black and white 
  • Works in LR6-CC > LR Mobile > PS-RAW > Capture 1 || Mac or Win.
 

Why Silver 6 hits harder

Most plugins and presets move sliders and slap a name on them. They lack an understanding of what makes black and white photos amazing. It's the tone. It's what I learned studying with the masters and becoming a PPA master myself. From that, I created a smarter system built for creating iconic photos.

I know what you feel when you get it right, because I feel the same. It does not matter if you shoot weddings, portraits, streets, or landscapes. Silver 6 lets you find what you visualized and go even further. In a world of so many plugins and options, it's easy to get distracted. Silver 6 uses the tools you already have better. Richer recipes you can turn up or down. Adding a quick mod to adjust a detail like dynamic range, or just add grain. Done!

It's not about more; it's about better. Every tool in Silver 6 is there for a reason. Years of black-and-white shooting, darkroom testing, and hunting for the soul in the photo. That passion is what makes Silver hit like no other black-and-white tool. It's why photographers around the world swear by it. It's why, despite the money-back guarantee, almost no one returns it.

 
 

Tools with a reputation: Featured all over the industry and in magazines like Professional Photographer and Click. Gavin's tools have been leading the industry since the launch of Lightroom. 

Inspired by shadows: From darkroom-inspired roll off to rich Shadow. Silver 6 knows what most BW tools don't. That contrast and the Shadow Method create a deeper beauty in B&W. 

Created by a Master:  Gavin is a PPA Master photographer with 25 years of experience. For over a decade, I've poured my passion for B&W into Silver presets. 

Mod-Kit 3 - Creating layered beauty

I've spent years not just refining Silver's master recipes. I've been improving the system of how we edit better. Silver lets you focus on complete black and white with no distractions. Turn effects up or down, try presets to quickly get to the black and white you felt in the camera.

Then the combinations are infinite with Mod-Kit 3. Mods are separate from the master tools because they only affect one setting. They stack. Apply a black-and-white conversion, then easily stack on masks, details, or even toning hues with a click. Most tools can't do this! They just apply a look, and that's it. But you don't need the tool to decide for you. You decide what makes a photo have feeling. You own the exact control of every detail, without extra steps that trip up your creative process.

         

Who is Gavin Seim.

Gavin is a PPA Master Photographer (M.Photog) born in Seattle, Washington, USA. He began his studies in 1997 at age 12 and started creating the original Lightroom presets and master photo tools in 2006. His award-winning photos, workshops, and tools have been published worldwide as he seeks to simplify techniques for tone, color, and feeling in the photograph. 


In 2022, Gavin created the Shadow Method. Looking for a better way to teach, he flipped the script on how photography has been taught for over 150 years. In 2026, he released the Shadow Master Class after years of testing and teaching the method live to photographers around the globe. 


Gavin knows people are rightly skeptical of tools and courses in today's internet market. So to ensure every product he creates for photographers is backed by service and confidence, he began to offer his 31-day No-Regrets Guarantee! Rare in an industry of digital photo products usually backed by nothing.
 

Gavin started working professionally at age 16. It was not easy to find training then. But 25 years in the trenches taught him that a Master's is just the start. A well-known investigative journalist, he sought a quieter place and in 2017, moved to Mexico, exploring the magical light and culture of the South as he continues creating tools and workshops, hosting the Pro Photo Podcast, and working on portrait, fashion, and cultural projects.  


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