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.
