I went down a rabbit hole of YouTube videos and ultimately ended up on like… One set of settings I pretty much do for most images.

Lens Correction. Exposure; click eyedropper

Basic Adjustments. Color Balance RGB Global Saturation 30% Global Chrome 15% Local Contrast Detail 130%

Filmic RGB. Click black relative exposure Click white relative exposure

Crop image

I would love to hear/read some more stuff. I’m an extremely basic photographer who didn’t want to pay for Adobe.

Additionally, maybe don’t start off with (and keep the tone throughout) that this is boring corporate mumbo jumbo blah blah. What a great way to get the people to continue the actions that got you there in the first place, and especially prove the further point to potential victims that you don’t give a fuck.

Microsoft gonna Microsoft.

Remember when they went back on their promise that the $10 would be permanent premium? Then went on a rant about how they shouldn’t honor those purchases. I stopped using them right then and there, even if I was grandfathered in.