Chapter Eight. The Digital Darkroom
What would you say if we told you that you could perform color correction, use dodging and burning, build up density in overexposed areas, open up underexposed areas, and more—all with a minimum of image degradation and with an unlimited number of undos? You might just laugh at us. But in this chapter, we’ll show you how to do all of these things.
In the previous chapter we introduced the difference between using Levels or Curves in the traditional dialog versus the Adjustments panel that’s new in Adobe Photoshop CS4. The Adjustments panel is a more streamlined way to use Photoshop adjustment layers. With adjustment layers you can go much further, and with more freedom to experiment, rather than permanently altering ...
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