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contrast as it applies to photography is
the proportion of dark light and
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middletown values in an image many of
the adjustments we make involve either
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increasing or decreasing contrast in all
of the image or portions of the image so
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it's important to understand contrast
you can evaluate the contrast in an
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image by looking at its histogram an
image with a greater concentration of
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bright and dark tones and fewer
Midtown's has higher contrast while an
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image with little or no bright tones in
dark tones in a concentration of
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Midtown's has lower contrast low
contrast images will often have what I
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call a mid tone peak and higher contrast
images will often have a mid tone Valley
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we can use the term gradient and a
Curves adjustment layer to help us
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visualize the basics in contrast if I
use the targeted adjustment tool to
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darken the darks and lights in the
lights I'm increasing contrast the
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gradient now has a greater concentration
of light tones in dark tones and fewer
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mid tests and we can see this stone
shift in the histogram
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alternately if I dark and the light
towns and lighten the dark tones I'm
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decrease in contrast the gradient now
has a greater concentration of Midtown's
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and the towns of shifted away from the
lightest and darkest values as shown by
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the mid tone peak in the histogram let's
take a look at this principle when
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applied to actual photographs the
histogram of this image
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indicates that it's low in contrast it
doesn't have any of the brightest and
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darkest tonal values most of the tunnel
that is are gathered in a peak of
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Midtown's using a Curves adjustment
layer I can darken the darker tones and
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lighten the lighter tones resulting in
what we commonly referred to as an S
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curve in Photoshop and this increases
contrast the histogram indicates that
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the Midtown have been shifted towards
the darker and lighter values the
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histogram of this image
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indicates that its hiring contrast the
histogram stretches from the darkest
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values all the way to the brightest
values instead of a peak in the mid
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tones there's Valley using a Curves
adjustment layer I can decrease the
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contrast by lightening the dark tones
and darkening the light towns
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this is what we call a reverse a skirt
the histogram indicates that some of the
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darker tones in later times have been
shifted toward the middle luminosity
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mass can be very helpful for creating
better tonal or contrast balance within
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an image by targeting adjustments to
specific tonal ranges depending on your
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intentions you can either increase or
decrease contrast using luminosity masks
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for example you can balance the tones in
a high contrast image by darkening
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highlights through a lights mask and
lightning shadows through darks mask
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you can also increase contrast in low
contrast images by lightening the
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lighter tones through lights mask
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and darkening the darker tones through
darks mask
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so the basics are that lightning light
tones and darkening dark tones increases
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contrast while darkening light tones and
lightning dark tones decreases contrast
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understanding the principles of contrast
and recognizing one image needs in
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regards to contrast can help you choose
the correct combination of luminosity
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mask an adjustment in the following
chapters you'll see several examples of
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these principles in action