Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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The dialog box
expands.
7 Click and drag the
Shadows Tonal Width
slider to the left.
8 Click and drag the
Shadows Amount slider
to the right to lighten
the shadows
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
9 Click and drag the
Radius slider to adjust
the areas affected.
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0 Repeat steps 8 to 10 for
the Highlights.
! Click and drag the Color
Correction slider slightly to the
right to add back a small amount
of saturation.
@ Continue to adjust the sliders as
needed to balance the photo.
# Click OK.
B The Smart Filter is added to the
Smart Object layer.
B
C You can Double-click the
Shadows/Highlights Filter name
in the Layers panel to reopen the
filter and make changes.
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TIPS
Did You Know?
For a photo with a backlit subject,
you will move the Shadows slider
and may not need to work with
the Highlights slider at all. If the
subject only is washed out because
of proximity to the flash but the
background is well exposed,
you can focus on the Highlights
slider and move the Shadows
slider to 0%
Try This!
Make small adjustments. When the
Shadows Tonal Width is set to
50%, the darkest half of the image
is being treated as a shadow. Move
it to around 30% and increase the
Amount slider so only the darkest
shadows are affected. Set the
Highlights Tonal Width to around
80% so only the brightest tones
are reduced when you decrease
the Amount slider.
Did You Know?
When you adjust the Shadows and
Highlights sliders, the colors can
appear washed out. Use the Color
Correction to increase the
saturation.
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