>>3973730ok i got the nik plugins he uses and i found the glamour effect he was talking about. that is exactly what i meant when i said his pictures look pleasingly soft yet detailed. love it. will definitely integrate that into my workflow. the other stuff i didn't find/went over my head. if someone can explain his process to a beginner a bit better than be cool but otherwise I'm just happy to have found that glamour glow and will incorporate that into my workflow (which right now just consists raw from sony a7iii->capture one->fix white balance if its off->10-20 sat, 0-10 contrast (mostly less than 5)->possibly adjust exposure/shadows/highlights very very slightly max +-20->chroma reduction on 75 if i see any chroma noise otherwise left on 50->luma reduction either left on the preset of 50 or even less if i want some grain->crop and resize->export and load jpeg into photoshop camera raw->highlight and shadows colors blue+pink or red+green or any combination i like in the picture->done. will add the glamour effect at the end from now on and play around with maybe using an actual hardware diffusion filter in the future. the rest of what he does i don't understand but that's okay, it be nice to get a better understanding of it if someone can explain it but i don't feel the need to copy him 1:1. in this one i also applied a graduation filter with a mask over it so i could paint some of the highlights in a different color to get some variety in there. might keep doing that. pic rel is the result.
