Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers, 2014 Release, 2nd Edition

365

Chapter 4: Image editing essentials

4

Figure 4.28 In this example I wanted to boost the contrast in the shadows and the highlights separately. To do this, I applied the curve shape shown here where you will see that by using six curve points I was able to independently steepen the shadow/

midtone and highlight portions of the curve.

Creating a dual contrast curve

Now let’s look at adding even more curve points. There are times where you ...