DISQUS

magullo · 2 years ago

Nice one!
I did mine in a bit different way, but your result is really good!

Why don't you export and share this preset?

picmax · 2 years ago

magullo,

Thank you for the suggestion. I thought about it. However I realized that the settings file will not work properly if the photo has different dimensions or orientations. The reason is the selection gradients, which are not global but localized. I could try to create a set for every Nikon RAW photo sizes and landscape and portrait orientations but I don't have all different Raw files.

Although the tutorial is quite lengthy, the process is actually quite easy. If readers can follow along, they will have a settings file at the end.

Thanks.

Max

magullo · 2 years ago

Well, I tried mine, as you can see here. I used your values, and result came out quite well, I must say; so, thanks again.
Post is in italian, but photos matter most ;)

picmax · 2 years ago

magullo,

I am happy it worked out for you. I cannot read Italian but I got some help from babelfish . ;-)

Thanks.

Max

magullo · 2 years ago

Oh, one more thing. I found that using a bit of feather, on the selection, makes the transition from the contrast area a bit smoother.

picmax · 2 years ago

I saw this post mentioned on an Italian website.

Dian · 1 year ago

Thanks a lot.

Q · 1 year ago

Can you link the settings file like you did for the orton effect ?

TIA!

picmax · 1 year ago

Q, Please see my response #2 above. The settings file will not work if the image has different dimension or orientation. This is due to the limitation of Capture NX. That's why it is not shared. Thanks.

Max