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we've already dabbled a bit with making
luminosity mast hola just
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specifically with curves but levels can
also be used to make total adjustments
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because women are Seamaster generated
using the luminosity values in image
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adjusting tones in the shadows
highlights in Midtown's is logical
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and probably were the most commonly used
type subliminal us the mask adjustments
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previously I talked about selecting the
next more restrictive mask
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than the one that looks like what you
need this is a great technique for
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localizing you're just not where you
want it
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without a bleeding and other areas
another technique that often works with
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curves hola just wants is to select a
fairly broad mask
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and use it s-curve to darken or lighten
with contrast
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alarming to demonstrate in this image on
a tone down the highlight an open up the
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shadows
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but i wanna do it while maintaining
contrast all-star with the highlights
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instead of evaluating all the lights
masks
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I just gonna create a lights curves
adjustment layer
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because it's the least restrictive
lights mask the contrast relationship
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chart indicates that darkening
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three lights mask will reduce contrast
however
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to less restrictive lights mask has
selected a fairly broad tonal range
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within which
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I can make an s-curve darkening the
darker highlights
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more than the brighter highlights
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this enables me to darken the highlights
while still maintaining
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good contrast next let's open up the
shadows
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same principle holds true and set up
selecting a more restrictive mask
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that only lightens the very darkest
shadows all select the more broad arcs
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mask for my curves adjustment layer
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the chart indicates that lightning
through a dark smashed will decrease
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contrast
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just like with the lights I can use an
s-curve to lighten
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while darkening the darkest darks and
lightning the latest arcs
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this enables me to lighten the shadows
are still maintaining contrast
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now all click on the I have the
background layer
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so we can see the before and after but
these adjustments
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finally
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I use a level adjustment layer with the
basic Midtown's mask
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to further increase and retain contrast
in the mid tons
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but just working with basic masks for
lights darks
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and midterms this image has much better
overall total ballots
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maintains good contrast as well now
let's look at an image with a different
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set of characteristics
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as we saw before this image has the OPs
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challenge it has lower overall contrast
I wanna introduce contrast by darkening
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the shadows
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and lightning the brighter tends to
create better dimension in the rock
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shapes
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the church shows us that darkening the
darker areas
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and lightning the lighter areas will
increase contrast
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so I won't need to be is concerned with
maintaining contrast with the kurds
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adjustments
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all start with the darks
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this time I will generate all the darks
mass
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in the channels panel and then look for
one that's fairly restrictive
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I think the shattered arcs mask will
target the right towns
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Sol create a Curves adjustment layer
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with the shattered arcs mask and now i
cant darkened
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those dorks by pulling down the Kerr
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because I'm darkening through darks mask
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there isn't an issue with the loss of
contrast this image is fairly dark to
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begin with
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so I think I'll need a fairly broad
lights mask regenerate all the lights
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masks
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and evaluate them lights
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light lights and by the time we get to
bright lights there's almost no
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the NRC value selected I think the
lights mask is the one that's going to
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you
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allow me to make adjustments to the late
portions the image
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so I'll create
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highlights curves adjustment layer and I
can
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brayton the lights through that lights
Benassi mask
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but to maintain contrast in the lights
I'm also going to darken
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the darker areas within the lights now
let's look at how are just let's look so
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far
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before adjustments: and after
adjustments
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I think these two adjustments have done
a great job
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increasing the depth and dimension on
the rocks
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and deepening our shadows having a good
degree a contrast
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finally for this image
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at all levels adjustment layer without a
mask and set a global
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White Point and Black Point
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and further fine-tune the Midtown's
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to achieve the right overall contrast
for this image Alex Vieux
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what this image look like before our
total balance adjustments and after
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feel like that looks pretty good so
these are the basics
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how are you Manasi mas to make
adjustments to improve total ballots
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as you can see there would be limitless
ways to approach such total adjustments
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depending on your intentions
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the masks that you select and the
specific adjustments that you make