In Exposure, the Clarity slider performs a similar effect to Structure in Viveza. Viveza’s slider range is a bit greater than Exposure’s, so try boosting Contrast if you’re looking for a stronger effect.

Can you advise or direct me to a forum/support area that could help?

Thanks

Thanks for commenting, Elliot. I want to assure you that we are listening. Printing support is something that we have on the list of features to consider for a future version of Exposure.

But your are correct in regards to brushes working very nicely for local adjustments and truthfully can actually be more efficient than upoint.

Beyond all of that, and I have posed this question before to Nate who says he passes it on, and I shall ask it again here. I find it exasperating to have to leave Alien Skin X2 in order to print an image. You proudly state but this is not a quote that Alien Skin has all the tools that one would need to finish an image. I am not finished till I print. With all of X2’s sophistication and capabilities why for the life of me have you not simply put in a “print” option in the menu. I mean you have Blowup so photographers can properly size for printing so why not just let us print right from the program?

Thanks,
Elliot

Hi Mark! I appreciate your comments. We’ll investigate the idea of adding control point tools in a future version of Exposure. In the meantime, check out our brush tool, which allows you to easily paint an effect in a selected area of your photo. It’s extremely easy and fast, and our new layers panel makes it easy to keep your layers tidy and well organized.

Check out our nondestructive layers tutorial for more details.

At the moment, Exposure’s brush tool is the best way to perform selective modifications. Our nondestructive layers tutorial gives a good overview of how it works.

We’ll look into the idea of adding a control point tool in a future version. Thanks for the comment.

Hi David! Thanks for the comment, and for the kind words about Exposure.

What kind of network support would you like to see in Exposure? I’d be happy to add it to our list of customer requests.

Exposure can already be used with networks drives that you attach to with Windows/macOS file sharing. It’s actually an ideal solution in this situation, because catalog-based photography tools can’t easily store edits on a network volume. It’s also possible to use Exposure with network file syncing tools like Dropbox, Bittorrent, and LiveDrive.

I do have one question. When will exposure x2 have network support. All my work is done over a servers and because of that, I’m unable to utilize the features of X2.

Thank you.

David

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the comments! Another way to do localized editing in Exposure is with the brush tool. Our nondestructive layers video shows how it can be used to apply any of Exposure’s effects to a region in a photo.

https://www.alienskin.com/tutorial/non-destructive-layers/

Hope this helps!

I just watched the Bokeh tutorial and now have a better understanding of the behaviour of the panels and tools. If the rest of the panels and tools offer similar behaviour, then Exposure X2 may well become my next photo editing tool.

How about a tutorial that shows how Exposure can make the same localised edits as Viveza, Colour Effex Pro DFine and Silver Effex Pro?

Nik’s Control Points are so easy and useful, I wouldn’t know where to begin with Exposure X2 when attempting the same edits. The Exposure product page offers a compelling alternative to Photo Mechanic and Capture One combined but, alas, regarding edits in a specific area of a photograph, NIK remains absolute king of all editors.

Having said that, please, persuade me and countless NIK users otherwise. Preferably with clear examples on the Exposure X2 page.