Custom Picture Controls

[N.C.F.]

Does anyone here use any custom picture controls? I've become quite fond of the little buggers and am working to make a few of my own to give certain "effects" to images from the camera.

To clarify picture controls read this long, drab article by the Chuck Norris of photography : http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d300/picture-control.htm

So, anybody? I'm hoping to try a few out tomorrow.

[toriaj]

I do. For most of my shots (landscape, sports) I have +2 Sharpening, +1 Tone, IIIa color, +Saturation. I don't mess with Hue. Those are the only settings available on my D50. If I'm doing portraits, I pretty much return everything to default but keep the IIIa color. These settings don't really give special "effects," they just help my SOOC image to look more like I saw it IRL. Of course, I shoot exclusively RAW, so I can add or subtract effects easily.