| When you are unable to shoot with the sun at your back, in darktable, how
| do you lighten faces that appear heavily shadowed?
The quick fix: shadows & highlights module and just have it boost shadows.
The possibly better fix: the zones module. I've sometimes had better luck
with shifting some zones up.
Both modules can use masks so if their un-masked operation affects
too much you can draw in a mask for just the faces (although this is
somewhat awkward, as always).
There's also a 'fill light' module but I've never had any luck in using
it. 'Shadows & highlights' has always worked better for me.
There are probably other options, especially if you want to dive into
parametric masks.
(Note that s&h can create a rather unnatural HDR-like look if you let
it, even at default parameters. I've made that mistake with several
pictures so these days I try to be careful, look at the result several
times, and generally turn down the settings.)
- cks
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