Mygind66 From Spain, joined May 2004, 1058 posts, RR: 27 Posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 637 times:
Playing with photoshop CS 8.0 version I've discovered a new feature for me and is located in Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight.
I wanted to know if it's a useful tool to work with and what is the experience you have..
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2152 posts, RR: 57 Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 603 times:
Hi Enrique,
My experience tells me to use it very modestly. When used heavily, highlight areas that were darkened get a white 'halo' (can't think of another word) around it... When the background of your pictures is very busy (buildings, trees, etc.) the halo is less apparant. But a backlit airplane against a blue sky will definitely show the side-effects of this feature.
It's a great feature, but be careful not to use it too heavily.
Give it a go with a backlit (the feature is very handy for backlit pictures) picture and play with the controls. You can see what I mean.
Good luck!
Eduard
Mygind66 From Spain, joined May 2004, 1058 posts, RR: 27 Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 587 times:
Eduard..
I've tried, to see the effects with a pic and a blue sky behind but the program sets this tool as auto and the white halo is too exaggerated. I'll find a backlit photo to see the results..
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2152 posts, RR: 57 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 582 times:
CS automatically sets the shadows parameter to 50% when you open this feature. That's WAY too much! I always put everything to 0 and then try the effect of each slider. (I don't think I ever went over 10%, either with the shadows or highlight parameter)
Good luck.
Eduard
Ckw From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 576 times:
A useful tool, though I do think using the shadow slider beyond 1 or 2% will bring out any latent noise- however, it can be surprising what an improvement that 1 or 2% can make!
I find the highlight slider more useful - it can really improve the saturation of colours in bright areas, but again, use with moderation.
This tool cannot rescue a badly exposed picture and retain high quality, but it can certainly touchup a good exposure very effectively or rescue a badly lit photo for non-critical purposes (family snap shots and the like).
INNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3589 posts, RR: 71 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 553 times:
I like the tool a lot and also use it frequently!
If an image is sighlty over- or underexposed you can fix it with this tool very easily! Just my 2 cents.
regards, Florian
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Aviopic From Netherlands, joined Mar 2004, 2372 posts, RR: 53 Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 500 times:
I love this feature and use it all the time.
generally upto 10%(shadow) but don't forget to get your levels right first and adjust the contrast after.
This is all done before any ISO noise is removed or any sharpening is applied.
usually I leave the highlight feature untouched.
I have to mention that I usually shoot at 1/3 stop under exposed(for safety) because a little under exposed is not a problem and over exposed is end of story.
JeffM From United States, joined May 2005, 3256 posts, RR: 58 Reply 7, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 469 times:
If your going to use that function, I highly recomend setting your levels first, and then running the Shadow/Highlight tool. And it goes with out saying that both should be done on their own layer.
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