How can i accentuate whites and blacks in photoshop b/w ,no acr?

Hi
how can i accentuate whites and blacks in photoshop in black and white photos?
i tried silver evef 2 and there is a feature to boost whites and blacks http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/usa/entry.php?view=usa/features.html#amplify_blac ks_and_whiteshttp://
levels and curves don't give me the same results
i tried to create a luminocity mask of whites with selective color
is there a great skill to boost whites for example?
thanks
cheers

mantralightroom wrote:
because silvers v2 is a nice plugin , i like  how it can boost ,aplify the whites and the blacks
can't do the same results with levels or curve or selective color
I use CS5 with Silver Efex Pro v2, but again, without seeing an example of what you're seeing or what you want to achieve, it's difficult to suggest what specific technique will get you what you want using Photoshop alone.
I'm sure some combination of Luminosity Mask, Levels/Curves/Contrast Adjustment Layers would probably give you what you want, but if the Silver Efex Presets, perhaps with some tweaking/customization, give you what you want, and the speed, or lack thereof, is not a problem, well, just stick with what you have!
And as Duotone and Lundberg have pointed out, there are alternatives to Siver Efex; I'm sure you could download a 30 day trial of those packages to play with and see if they meet your needs.
Good luck
Paul

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