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step seven: Okay, after you click<br />
the New button, go ahead and lower<br />
the Exposure amount and the Highlights<br />
amount, and start painting over<br />
that middle-left gold ceiling area, so<br />
it’s not so bright. I figured we’d take<br />
down the highlights at the same time<br />
since there’s a bright light fixture right<br />
in the center of that ceiling area. When<br />
you’re done painting, move your cursor<br />
out of the way (drag it over the panels<br />
on the right side), and now you’ll see<br />
two Edit Pins: (1) which is now just solid<br />
gray—there’s no black dot in the center<br />
because it’s not the active pin—and represents<br />
the area brightened around the<br />
dome, and (2) which represents the area<br />
you just darkened (the gold ceiling on<br />
the middle left). It has a black dot in the<br />
center of the pin because it’s still active,<br />
meaning if you move any sliders now, it<br />
will affect that gold ceiling area.<br />
➋<br />
➊<br />
tip: deleting edit pins<br />
To delete an Edit Pin, click on it then<br />
press the Delete (PC: Backspace) key.<br />
step eight: If you want to go back<br />
and work on the area around the dome,<br />
all you have to do is click on that gray<br />
pin. It becomes the active area, and all<br />
the sliders automatically update to the<br />
last settings you used on that pin, so<br />
you can continue right where you left<br />
off. It’s not unusual for me to have five<br />
or six Edit Pins in a photo (occasionally<br />
more) because I needed to adjust five or<br />
six different areas. Now, what do you<br />
do if you make a mistake or paint over<br />
something that doesn’t look good? For<br />
example, look at the light fixture in the<br />
center of the gold ceiling area on the<br />
left. It looks gray, which looks weird<br />
(light isn’t usually gray). To remove the<br />
adjustment over just that light, pressand-hold<br />
the Option (PC: Alt) key,<br />
which switches you to the Erase brush.<br />
Now, just paint over the light fixture<br />
and it erases the adjustment in only that<br />
area, and the light looks normal again.<br />
Above: Darkening the gold ceiling also darkened<br />
the light fixture, making it look gray<br />
Above: Erasing the effect just over the light<br />
fixture brings back the original natural look<br />
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