I definitely agree. I frequently select an area or paint a mask when I want to deal with the tonality of a section. I was thinking more of the shot from the bridge that prompted this discussion. The shadow problems in that pic are an easy fix in S/H without masks or selections.
> Hi Paul, > > There are times when I just want to adjust a small section of a photo. For > example, I've a pic of a man looking at a map, and the map is but a very > small part of the total frame. However, it's tonality and brightness is the > same as some other parts of the image, which I didn't want to adjust. By > carefully selecting only the map, I was able to use S/H in that very > specific area of the pic. S/H worked a lot better than Curves or Levels in > this instance. Maybe you're better at using the feature than I (not > unlikely), but for things of this nature using a selection has been very > helpful. I'll certainly agree that it's not always necessary to use a mask > or selection. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist > > > > It's not always necessary to use a mask with Shadow/Highlight, because > > the tonal width can be adjusted to dial in the shadow areas you want to > > affect. > > > On Apr 12, 2005, at 12:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> You can use a selection and mask in Shadows/Highlights as well > > > > > > In my rush to fit in a quick pic between work stuff I just didn't > > > think of using > > > a mask, then when I got home I was rushed again and just did the > > > Shadow/Highlight thing to the whole pic, again not even think of using > > > a mask. > >
