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Working with Shadows and Highlights
by Al Ward
Action Fx Photoshop Resources
http://actionfx.com
One of my favorite cool new items in Photoshop CS is the Shadow/Highlights feature.
Although the adjustments made by Shadow/Highlights can certainly be made with a
Curves adjustment, I’m one of those people who has a thing for sliders. I’m like a lot of
people out there for whom curves was a difficult thing to grasp: eventually it clicked,
and I am glad that I was able to get hold of them before Shadow/Highlights came along.
That being said, having control over light and dark pixels with sliders is just a cool
concept that I’m sure people without extensive experience with Photoshop or a great
amount of time to learn will find useful
All that serves as an intro to this tutorial. I am never one to leave well enough alone.
What if we combine techniques for lightening a subject and darkening a background? I’m
not entirely sure this will give us anything extra, but let’s experiment and see what
happens.
First, as always, duplicate the Background layer.
Go to Image>Adjustments>Shadow/Highlight. To darken the shadows I really only need
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Go to Image>Adjustments>Shadow/Highlight. To darken the shadows I really only need
to move the Shadows Amount slider to the left: in this case a setting of 1% works. I
won’t mess with the highlights, but I’m increasing the Color Correction slider-setting to
+10, and adjusting the Midtone Contrast to a setting of +40. Click OK.
Just that simple adjustment has already brightened the skin and further darkened the
hair and background. Let’s keep going with this though.
A cool trick I learned, I must admit, from Scott Kelby is the ability to separate the light
pixels, or highlights, and place them in a separate layer. To do this the shortcut key
combination CTRL+ALT+ ~ (Tilde, next to the 1 key) for PC or OPTION+COMMAND+ ~
to select the highlights. Then simply Copy and paste them into a new layer.
Command/Control+Click the new layer to select the highlights.
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Now you can adjust the highlights separately from the rest of the photo. For instance, an
increase in Brightness/Contrast should work well for this tutorial. Here are my settings
applied to the Highlights layer.
Let’s add one more lighting trick to give the subject the attention she deserves. A simple
Lighting Effects filter application should do the trick.
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After all that, the one problem I think should be addressed is the increase of the yellow
cast. By creating a Color Balance adjustment layer and reducing the Yellow/increasing
the Blue just a bit in the Highlights and Midtones, we should be able to get a warmer
color and a bit more natural.
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Here’s the final image:
In the end, when compared to the original, it appears a hotter light with a tighter focus
on the subject was used for the shot.
I hope you enjoyed this little experiment in light and shadow. Have a great week!
As always, come visit me at Action Fx for some cool downloads ( http://actionfx.com ), or
stop by the forum at the Photoshop Café ( http://www.photoshopcafe.com ) and say hello.
See you next time!
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