The Digital Darkroom by James Abbott

Author:James Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Octopus
Published: 2021-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Enhance detail and reveal tones using the Shadows/Highlights adjustment

The dynamic range of digital cameras allows us to capture greater amounts of detail than we could ever hope to with film. But even with this most welcome technological development, and the use of filters to control exposure in certain types of shots, it can still be useful to adjust shadows and highlights during Raw processing and also sometimes in Photoshop.

The effect of the Shadows/Highlights adjustment is strong when taken to an extreme level where you can clearly see its effect, so it must be used with care. In this tutorial, we look at how the adjustment is applied globally, but the effect can also be applied to layers created from smaller areas defined by making selections and blended into the main image using masking. Alternatively, the adjustment can be made to a copy of the Background Layer, as we’ll do here, with only specific parts of that layer masked into the main image.

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