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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 241635" data-attributes="member: 9240">Thanks.&nbsp; That's all the onOne software.&nbsp; Perfect Effects 8 has a filter called Dynamic Contrast that is very interesting.&nbsp; It's not so much a traditional contrast filter as it is a selective detail extractor, allowing you to increase and decrease details based on size (small, medium &amp; large), varying each simultaneously (Nik allows you to do one at a time using the Detail Extractor filter in Color Efex Pro 4).&nbsp; You can also adjust the basic light information (highlights, shadows, whites &amp; blacks), and also &quot;protect&quot; certain aspects of the photo from being effected by the detail adjustment (highlights, shadows and skin tones).&nbsp; From within Perfect Effects you also have control over layer masks and blending modes so outside of Photoshop, so you can blend it with the sending layer in whatever style you wish before sending it back to photoshop.&nbsp; I did not save my layers, but I attempted to recreate the adjustment before adding the mask within Perfect Effects.&nbsp; You can see that it does impact the light as well, but it's easy enough to paint it out in the layer mask.&nbsp; After this I did some color balance adjustments and sharpening in Photoshop, and then the Clarity brush in Lightroom.[ATTACH]65313[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 241635, member: 9240"] Thanks. That's all the onOne software. Perfect Effects 8 has a filter called Dynamic Contrast that is very interesting. It's not so much a traditional contrast filter as it is a selective detail extractor, allowing you to increase and decrease details based on size (small, medium & large), varying each simultaneously (Nik allows you to do one at a time using the Detail Extractor filter in Color Efex Pro 4). You can also adjust the basic light information (highlights, shadows, whites & blacks), and also "protect" certain aspects of the photo from being effected by the detail adjustment (highlights, shadows and skin tones). From within Perfect Effects you also have control over layer masks and blending modes so outside of Photoshop, so you can blend it with the sending layer in whatever style you wish [I]before[/I] sending it back to photoshop. I did not save my layers, but I attempted to recreate the adjustment before adding the mask within Perfect Effects. You can see that it does impact the light as well, but it's easy enough to paint it out in the layer mask. After this I did some color balance adjustments and sharpening in Photoshop, and then the Clarity brush in Lightroom. [ATTACH=CONFIG]65313._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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