On 23 Nov 2004 at 22:56, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Seriously, do you think Shadows/highlights does > things that couldn't be done with levels, curves, and > brightness/contrast, if one applied all the actions correctly?
I think you could do it the the existing tool set (USM/Curves and actions) but it would be long and involved. > I now at least test > it against almost every shot. Sometimes I don't use it at all, but > quite often I give something a minor nudge. For backlit shots and other > contrasty situations, I will sometimes turn the handles hard. It sure is a cool tool, I it works well a lot of the time and I do agree the global nature of the filter is much more pleasing to me, balance is well preserver. However I do tend to use it with masking a little. For instance sometimes I'm trying to drag a person out of the shadows without affecting the whole image balance. In this case I just switch to quick-masks, then paint a rough mask using the brush tool set at 400px or so with a soft edged circle. I then switch out of quick-masks, invert the mask and try the highlights/shadows tool, usually works a treat. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
