ADJUST SHADOWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
You use the Shadows/Highlight command when
editing an image where the shadows or highlights
need to be adjusted. For example, if the subject in
your image is in shadow, you can reveal detail by
brightening the shadows. If the camera exposed
the image for the main object in your scene and the
highlights are too bright, you may be able to reveal
detail by darkening the highlights. The beauty of
this command is that the midtones are not affected.
1. Open the image you want to adjust.
2. Choose Enhance | Adjust Lighting | Shadows/
Highlights to open the Shadows/Highlights dialog box,
as shown.
3. Drag the Lighten Shadows slider to the right to reveal
more detail in the shadow areas of your picture. Note
that the default settings will cause a loss of contrast or
a milky look in the image. If this occurs, drag the slider
to the left until you achieve an acceptable compromise.
4. Drag the Darken Highlights slider to the right to reveal more detail in the highlight
areas of your picture. Note that you cannot recover details when highlights are totally
blown out to white.
5. Drag the Midtone Contrast Slider to the right to increase contrast or to the left to
decrease contrast.
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