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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 125312" data-attributes="member: 9240">Re: Don's Daily DabblingsDon't blame me!!&nbsp; There are some phenomenal tutorials on the Nik site.&nbsp; The key to these tools are not just what it adds but the way in which you can add and subtract the filters.&nbsp; Control Points are the key to using this powerful piece of software.&nbsp; While I like what it does in adding definition to a lot of areas, it negatively impacts the person's face.&nbsp; Stick a negative control point on there, size it for her face and back the effect off.&nbsp; Hit ctrl-D (command-D on a Mac) and drag it over to her hands and resize to cover them.&nbsp; Done!!One other caveat, I love how I can link in the Nik tools as Smart Objects in Photoshop so I can go back the next morning and pick up right where I left off when I wake up and ask myself, &quot;What were you thinking with that edit?!&quot;&nbsp; That said, the resulting TIFF or PSD file is about 3-4x the size of the TIFF file the software gives you if you invoke it directly from Lightroom.&nbsp; Couple that with the fact that I went from a D7000 to the larger files of a D600 in November and a D800 this month and it's easy to see why I discovered 500GB drive on my Mac was suddenly 85% full.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 125312, member: 9240"] [b]Re: Don's Daily Dabblings[/b] Don't blame me!! There are some phenomenal tutorials on the Nik site. The key to these tools are not just what it adds but the way in which you can add and subtract the filters. Control Points are the key to using this powerful piece of software. While I like what it does in adding definition to a lot of areas, it negatively impacts the person's face. Stick a negative control point on there, size it for her face and back the effect off. Hit ctrl-D (command-D on a Mac) and drag it over to her hands and resize to cover them. Done!! One other caveat, I love how I can link in the Nik tools as Smart Objects in Photoshop so I can go back the next morning and pick up right where I left off when I wake up and ask myself, "What were you thinking with that edit?!" That said, the resulting TIFF or PSD file is about 3-4x the size of the TIFF file the software gives you if you invoke it directly from Lightroom. Couple that with the fact that I went from a D7000 to the larger files of a D600 in November and a D800 this month and it's easy to see why I discovered 500GB drive on my Mac was suddenly 85% full. [/QUOTE]

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