Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adjustment layers, with screening and multiplying, are a far better way to go most of the time. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of harland harris Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:42 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Help: Contrast management in Photoshop don't forget there's a dodge and burn tool (o) for the quick and dirty method. select the tool, select the brush size and select tonal range and exposure. It can be applied to individual channels and layers much like the methods already describe previously. harland harris On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 03:48 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 11:44 AM 3/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >> However, in Photoshop, I'm lost. What I'd ideally like to do is get >> Photoshop to do is two things: pull apart the end points in a local >> region (masked off by a selection) and then "fill in the blanks" in >> the resulting histogram so that I get a smooth tonal gradation and no >> posterization. >> >> Is there any way of accomplishing this? >> >> >> M. > > Martin - > > Jon Cone has a technique on his site for getting blacker blacks that > is one way of dealing with the contrast. I can't find it right now > but here is the workflow: > > -- go into Channels and click "Load Channel as Selection" (far left > symbol at bottom of column) > > -- click on Quick Mask Mode (Tools - 3rd from bottom, right) > > -- Unclick visibility of Gray Channel > > -- Use Image/Adjust/Curves to eliminate all of the image except the > shadow detail > > -- Image/Adjust/Invert > > -- click on "Edit in Standard Mode" (Tools, 3rd from bottom, left) to > turn Quick Mask back into selection > > -- Now with shadows active, use levels to move the black point in (it > doesn't take much to make a big difference) > > Deselect. > > You can also fix blown highlights by doing the reverse and selecting > the highlights and adding a little Guassian Blur. > > This is all much easier than it sounds. > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > photos available from: > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.mira.com > http://www.agpix.com > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html