The shadows & highlights tool is very useful. But I agree with Godfrey. The major problem is it is a destructive adjustment, once made it can't be modified. Unlike masks & adjustment layers. What would be really nice in the next incarnation of Photoshop would be to have a S&H adjustment layer.
Dave On 6/30/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
