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that Highlights adjustment. So, I'll keep that Radius relatively small.
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And then I can continue fine tuning the amount, as needed.
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Right about there it looks to be pretty good.
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Of course, when you're brightening up the shadows and darkening down the highlights
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that can lead to a relative reduction in contrast for the overall photo.
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And so, we can apply some adjustments to the image those include Brightness, as
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well as, Midtone Contrast. I generally start off with Midtone
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contrast between the two here. And this will affect primarily, as the
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name suggests, the middle tone values in the image.
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In other words, not the brightest highlights, nor the darkest shadows.
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I'll increase contrast just a little bit and then we can also effect the overall
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brightness of the photo. In this case, I think the image could use
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to be brightened up just a little bit. I don't generally worry about the black
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and white clip values. Generally .01% will be perfectly fine.
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This just helps to reduce the amount of detail that's lost as we increase
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contrast for the photo. I'll go ahead and turn off the Preview
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check box so that we can see the before version of the image and then turn on the
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Preview check box. And now you can see we've opened up quite
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a bit of shadow detail and perhaps more importantly we've brought back a bit of
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detail in the woman's face. But overall, a very nice improvement in
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the image and without much effort at all. I realize the Shadows Highlights dialog
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here with the Show More Options check box turned on can be a little bit intimidating.
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There are many controls here but all of them are relatively straightforward.
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And so, with just a little bit of attention to detail you can really
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enhance the amount of information you are able to see in the brightest and darkest
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areas of a photo. Once you're happy with the results you
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can simply click the OK button in order the apply the adjustment.