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148 Filter Tutorials
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Soft Contrast
Soft Contrast diminishes highlights while retaining the darker look of the
shadows.
1 Apply Soft Contrast from the HFX Diffusion category.
2 Try out some of the presets.
3 If the Parameters window is not showing, click the Parameters tab at the bottom
of the Presets window.
4 Adjust the Highlights slider to darken highlight areas.
In some of the filters, a selection is generated to create the desired effect--in
this case, lowering highlight contrast.
5 Change your View to Highlights to see the selection values.
The areas that are white in the selection are the areas that will be adjusted
using the Highlights slider. The areas defined as highlights can be adjusted by
modifying the Position and Range parameters.
6 Use the Position parameter if you want to select different values to be used for
the selection.
7 Increase the Range control to add more values to the selection. Decrease for less
values.
8 Change your View to Output to see the image.
9 Click the Done button to apply the filter to your image.
See the Soft Contrast filter on page 436 for more information.
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