This video contains a few different tricks for various situations (color
reconstruction, tone curves, colorize, etc.):


http://weeklyedit.com/blownout-highlights/

2017-02-04 9:57 GMT+01:00 KOVÁCS István <[email protected]>:

> Have you tried the base curve with exposure fusion? It works with a linear
> "curve", too, so you get dynamic range compression that may help. Then, use
> exposure and tone curve, zone system tools to adjust the image.
>
> Kofa
>
> On 4 Feb 2017 04:04, "Anton Aylward" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a picture of a white barrel cactus (Cleistocactus icosagonus)
>> which was
>> taken in strong light, bringing out the white 'leafs'.  The illumination
>> is
>> along one edge, rather like a crescent moon.  The crescent is overblown
>> whenever
>> I convert to JPEG, and I can't figure out how to manipulate it down
>> without the
>> rest of the image being darkened or distorted.
>>
>> Other than ending up dealing with layers in GIMP, or somehow masking the
>> crescent, which, because of the spiky leaves might be awkward, what can I
>> do
>> about this?  I there some way to 'flatten' the top end of the white alone?
>>
>> I know some controls have sliders, but, for example, keeping the R&G&B all
>> aligned is difficult.  Is there a way to do numeric input or lock sliders
>> together?
>>
>> Or am I just approaching this the wrong way?
>>
>> --
>> The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical
>> invents
>> the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
>>     --Mark Twain
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