{"id":17126,"date":"2016-07-27T08:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=17126"},"modified":"2021-12-04T02:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T02:32:38","slug":"5-tools-you-can-use-to-make-the-most-of-shadows-highlights-without-hdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/17126\/5-tools-you-can-use-to-make-the-most-of-shadows-highlights-without-hdr\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tools You Can Use To Make The Most Of Shadows & Highlights Without HDR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThere are many things you can do in Photoshop to make the most of shadow and highlight detail in images, even if you didn\u2019t bracket exposures for HDR.<\/p>\n

Curves<\/strong>
\nCurves, the most precise tool for modifying brightness and contrast, allows you to target and adjust shadows and highlights independently of one another. You can use it to reduce contrast and render more detail in very bright highlights and\/or very dark shadows. The Curves interface has a feature (The icon looks like a finger with up and down arrows.) that allows you to click on any area of an image to place a point and adjust those values. If you\u2019re adjusting highlights and shadows, it\u2019s quite likely that you will also have to adjust values in the other end of the tonal scale and possibly midtones to generate the best results. Keep it simple; it\u2019s surprising what you can do with just two or three points. Keep it smooth; avoid posterization by not flattening areas of a curve. The Blend Mode Luminosity can be used to remove any unintended shifts in saturation; more contrasti increases saturation while less contrast decreases saturation.<\/p>\n


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Curves can be used to lighten shadows and\/or darken highlights<\/em><\/p>\n

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Before Curves<\/em><\/p>\n

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After Curves<\/em><\/p>\n

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