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Originally Posted by shekh
Can you post your settings 1A?
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Sure. That was using the pre-denoised (SMDegrain) clip:
Filters, in order:
*Gradation Curves - RGB (adjusted)
Soft clip curve co-ordinates:
In/Out Values
0, 0
64, 64
128, 128
192, 192
224, 221
237, 230
255, 239
*Channel Mixer (Emiliano Ferrari's)
RR 67.68
RG 73.73
RB 16.50
GR 48.63
GG 100
GB 0
BR 20.51
BG 29.59
BB 74.71
Note: the channel value sliders don't actually allow fine control to 2 decimal points - they nudge in increments, just not whole numbers.
*6-Axis Corrector: Saturation 1.522
*Levels: Input 44,255, Output 0,255
*Unsharp Mask:
Radius: 1.6
Strength: 1.11
Threshold: 0
Edit: I also looked at applying the 'soft-clip' curve at increasing strengths, to pull the skylight glow in tighter. Absolute maxiumum you can go before the 'clipped value' discoloration starts to come through is around:
In/Out
0,0
64,64
128,128
192,176,
209,184,
234,190
255,192
But then banding in the transition gradient becomes more noticeable and the curve starts to impact linearity in the upper-mids requiring more tweaks to the channel mix and Levels/Gamma adjustment. It's a balancing act.