Very true. Working in PS, curves will allow corrections without blowing out highlights or losing shadow details. However, if Ann is talking about the adobe RAW converter, brightness and contrast are very valuable and perform much like curves in PS. Paul
> Brightness/Contrast is a pretty rough adjustment. Finer (more subtle) > results can be had with Curves and Layers Forget that Brightness/Contrast > exists. For a brief discussion on the control, go here: > > http://tinyurl.com/9eafo or here (same place) > http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.3bba46aa/5 > > There's some technical stuff in the discussion, but it's easily overlooked > and it's simple to get to the heart of the matter. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Ann Sanfedele > > > > I've done a fair amount of tweaking using > > Brightness and contrast and > > color shifts in color... but have much to learn. > > > > One thing I ill surely get myself is a polarizer - > > alas I don't have any > > 58's - anyone have a spare ? > > > > ann > >
