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12/11/2005 01:45:59 PM · #1 |
Hi,
I stubled across this forum a few days ago, seems a nice active one with a lot of good picture. So I think I try to browse here a little bit and see if it fits me ;-)
Now my question :
I have a problem with the SH function in PS. Sometimes I see a strange behavior of the function. It always appears when I have a picture with a not-normal histogram.
In short : The SH will always lighten the picture too much, regardless of the settings.
I included a picture underneath. Maybe it's a little but hard to see. But I do ask the darken the highlights by 1%. Instead of doing that the SH lightens the picture!! (see histogram)
Anyone any idea why it does what it does ? Or in other words : How should the histogram be so that I don't have this problem ?
//users.pandora.be/perrush/SH-na.JPG
Message edited by muckpond - changed large image to link. |
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12/11/2005 01:51:57 PM · #2 |
NVM... I misread what you were saying.
Message edited by author 2005-12-11 13:53:07. |
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12/11/2005 04:28:40 PM · #3 |
Is there a way to emulate the shadow/highlight function in PS7? Doesn't matter if it's basic legal or not. Needed for personal use making prints, stock photos, etc.
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12/11/2005 04:32:50 PM · #4 |
I use the tutorial here on DPC which was suggested to me a while back with great success. Dont know about what you are using, I have PS7 and was nota ware that it had that capability, or are you using a newer version of PS?
Shadow/Highlight Tutorial
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12/11/2005 04:33:33 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Is there a way to emulate the shadow/highlight function in PS7? Doesn't matter if it's basic legal or not. Needed for personal use making prints, stock photos, etc. |
Yes. Cntrl-alt-tilde (~) selects a feathered selection of the bright areas. Cntrl-J makes a new layer mask with that selection on it. Then go back to base layer, cntrl-alt-tilde again, cntrl-shift-I to invert the selection, and cntrl-J to make a new layer mask for shadows.
Set the shadow mask to screen and the highlight mask to multiply and adjust relative layer opacities to balance. If you are doing it on a flat pcture, first create a dupe layer from BG, amp up the contrast on that layer, do the selections and make the layer masks, toss the amped-contrast layer, and screen the highlight layer and multiply the shadow layer.
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12/11/2005 04:36:16 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by faidoi:
Is there a way to emulate the shadow/highlight function in PS7? Doesn't matter if it's basic legal or not. Needed for personal use making prints, stock photos, etc. |
Yes. Cntrl-alt-tilde (~) selects a feathered selection of the bright areas. Cntrl-J makes a new layer mask with that selection on it. Then go back to base layer, cntrl-alt-tilde again, cntrl-shift-I to invert the selection, and cntrl-J to make a new layer mask for shadows.
Set the shadow mask to screen and the highlight mask to multiply and adjust relative layer opacities to balance. If you are doing it on a flat pcture, first create a dupe layer from BG, amp up the contrast on that layer, do the selections and make the layer masks, toss the amped-contrast layer, and screen the highlight layer and multiply the shadow layer.
R. |
Sweet. Thanks :) |
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