However I recommend to take the following main values as follows:
Strength: Higher but not maximum values, a strength too high could make the image darken. I usually set this slider around 70 -85 max;
Color Saturation: Is a slider to increase the amount of color saturation in the image. If you need to increase your colors set it more than 50 but personally I don’t move it more than 50;
Luminosity: Enhance details in the shadows, much of the setting of this slider varies from picture to picture, interesting values are between +30 and +50;
Detail contrast: Is the main values to increase the details in the picture, set this slider in a range +40, +60 it depends on the image. Try to to keep it balanced with the Luminosity values;
Lightinig Adjustments: I never use Lighting effect mode, set the slider and move it on the left to have a surreal look, on the right values are near the real effect of your picture. Do not overboard on the left, you risk to cartoonage the image.
Smooth Highlights: This slider reduces contrast in the highlights, move the slider to the right to bright the image.
White Point: White Point set the overall brightness in the HDR. The use of this slider depends on your image, I usually set white point around 0,4
Black Point: They are very similar to White Point, move them to increase the point of black of your images, I’m very low with this slider, set them less than White Points and less 1
Gamma: Increase the overall brightness of the image, you can use it to brigh or to darken more your image.
Temperature: is the slider to warmer or to coolder the image. I usually leave this slider to default cause I prefer correcting temperature into Photoshop.
Micro Smoothing: Is to intervene on the best part of details and to clean the image. Put it not more than 20 if you don’t wanto to loose too much details.
Saturation Highlights: Increase the colors in the highlights. I usually set this lighter high if I have a nice sky to show otherwise I don’t use this option.
Saturation Shadows: Increase the colors in the shadows. I never use this slider
Shadow Smoothess: This slider is usefull to darken the foreground and to give a more realistic look to the image.
Shadow Clipping: Increase the shadow range clipping. I never use this slider.
BELOW THE SCREENSHOT WITH SAMPLE IMAGE SETTINGS
It ‘a very old church and not particularly worked, but to appreciate the perfection and precision of its forms. Taking this photo was not at all easy, first because I had absolutely exploit sunlight that seeped from the large windows to avoid the whole church too dark then, as always, I had to wait for the long lines of tourists all day and all hours are in this church. After a few minutes and a few tips I could work…
