

Yep, this software has a luminosity mask. Sometimes it’s also nice to use with a luminosity mask so it only gets applied to the shadows or highlights. Mainly, subject matter that isn’t the center of attention. I don’t always use it on the whole image usually but on objects in the distance. It’s kind of more like using negative Clarity in Lightroom but with a lot more control. Orton effect sort of adds Radiance but still preserves sharpness. Radiance sort of enhanced the colors while softening the harshness of the images. I’ll bunch these both together because they are similar. These are my top 5 favorite and most used filters that work for my style of photography – in no particular order. You ever catch yourself drooling? I just did the other day and I just busted out laughing because it’s always funny. But, what I will do is talk about the filters I use regularly and how I incorporate them into my workflow. I obviously can’t go into every type of filter because there is more than what I need, plus it would take me days of writing to explain what they all do. That’s all super cool and that’s only two filters mentioned so far. Plus, it all works with sliders – no more punching in some numbers, hitting apply, hope it looks the way you want, if not, undo then try again, like with Photoshop or other Photoshop action panels. Machphun has caught onto that and added two methods to the Orton effect, and a filter just for Radiance – problem solved, brilliant and insanely simple. There were three different ways I found to do this and they all give a similar look but also slightly different. One thing that always hung me up with the online Photoshop tutorial community was the method for applying Radiance, or the Orton effect. There are some really nice built-in presets that work really well to get you started, shown there at the bottom of those sample images.
