On Jun 29, 2005, at 11:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, much better. I was surprised at how much can be accomplished with Highlights and Shadows when I first started working with CS2. So,o;ar effects can undoubtedly be rendered with Curves and mask applications, but it's much more difficult. I believe, however, that Adobe claims that S & H can effect changes that can't be fully achieved with other tools.
I've only used the H&S tool a little bit so far. What disturbs me about it is that, like smart-sharpen, I don't have a good feel for what it's actually doing to the data.
With curves and masks, I have explicit and intimate control over exactly what is happening to the data, and used in an adjustment layer I can return to the original data very easily. With the H&S tool, I need to copy the image data into a layer before working on it if I want the ability to go back to the original.
It's the same thing I do with sharpening, though, so I'll likely use it some more as time goes on. Can't see how it can do anything that can't be done with layers and masks, however. It's just changing the luminance values in a differential manner. It simply makes it easy.
Godfrey
