22 Jun Taking Photoshop’s Curves Beyond Highlights and Shadows
22 Jun Taking Photoshop’s Curves Beyond Highlights and Shadows Photoshop�s Curves is a flexible control that can brighten or darken parts of a layer based on the layer�s luminosity. Editing tones in an image�not just grays and not always photos�can do more than fix highlights and shadows. Curves can be used to edit photos, masks, graphics and even hues. But using it requires a little know-how and imagination. Read on for more details about what Photoshop curves are, as well as how to use them properly for your designs. As usual, feel free to leave us your comments at the end of this post. Making Tonal Adjustments Curves is found near the top of the Image ? Adjustments menu. Its most obvious use is to adjust contrast in an image, and it is intuitive enough that most users need to study it only for a minute or so before catching on. Above: Drag a point on the curve line up to make the image brighter and down to make it darker. But what does that mean? Curves uses a grid that shows...