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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 809862" data-attributes="member: 48483">Chopperaddict, Nikon has a web page to help explain Picture Controls.<a href="https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/picture-controls-step-by-step.html" target="_blank">https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/picture-controls-step-by-step.html</a>I am over-simplifying things by saying it is a way to select different color profiles that are applied to the photos. It also applies a few other items like a sharpness adjust. But that is how I wrap my mind around it. What it does not do is make a profile of your exposure controls settings. That is something you can do if your camera body supports custom profiles, but it only saves on camera for quick recall.So if you are regularly doing an adjustment of something with color in the same way in your post-processing workflow, it may be advantageous to you to make that adjustment as a custom Picture Control with the Picture Control Utility and upload it to your camera. Can't say it would make things better for sure without a lot of trial and readjustments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 809862, member: 48483"] Chopperaddict, Nikon has a web page to help explain Picture Controls. [URL]https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/picture-controls-step-by-step.html[/URL] I am over-simplifying things by saying it is a way to select different color profiles that are applied to the photos. It also applies a few other items like a sharpness adjust. But that is how I wrap my mind around it. What it does not do is make a profile of your exposure controls settings. That is something you can do if your camera body supports custom profiles, but it only saves on camera for quick recall. So if you are regularly doing an adjustment of something with color in the same way in your post-processing workflow, it may be advantageous to you to make that adjustment as a custom Picture Control with the Picture Control Utility and upload it to your camera. Can't say it would make things better for sure without a lot of trial and readjustments. [/QUOTE]

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