User Guide

Chapter 5: Process mode
Light EQ tab: Works like a sound equalizer but with light. You can adjust the brightness and contrast of different tone
bands (areas of relative brightness or darkness) of the image independently using a slider for each tone band. A graph
shows the amount of brightening or darkening applied throughout the tonal range. The gray areas in the graph are sug-
gested boundaries for adjustment to avoid clipping and loss of detail, and turn red to indicate where you have adjusted the
sliders far enough to cause clipping.
Advanced tab: Gives you ultimate control of the brightness and contrast in an image. Basic adjustment curves can be con-
structed using four sliders, and you can manually adjust the curves by clicking and dragging within the graph area or on
the image itself.
To open the Shadows/Highlights tool:
1. In Process mode, click Edit.
2. In the Exposure/Lighting group, click Lighting.
Using the Basics tab
To add light to dark areas:
1. Drag the Highlights slider to the right to add light to the dark parts of the photo.
2. Adjust the settings using any of the controls in the table below.
To darken areas that are too bright:
1. Drag the Shadows slider to the right to lighten and return detail to areas that are too dark.
2. Adjust the settings using any of the controls in the table below.
To adjust midtones that are too light or dark:
1. Drag the Midtones slider to the right to lighten and return detail to areas that are too dark.
2. Adjust the settings using any of the controls in the table below.
Shadows/Highlights controls
Right-click on a
slider
Right-click on a slider to reset it.
Exposure Warning Click the Exposure Warning to make any overexposed or underexposed areas visible. Overexposed
pixels turn red, underexposed pixels turn green. You can also toggle Exposure Warning on and off
momentarily by holding down the E key.
Auto Click to allow the software to analyze the photo and apply optimal settings based on the amount of light
and dark pixels in the photo. Darker photos are brightened more than photos that are already bright.
Done Click to apply your changes and close the tool.
Cancel Click to discard all changes and close the tool.
Click Reset to clear your changes and reset to default settings. If you saved your changes, you cannot reset your settings.
If you want to discard only the Edit settings, select File | Restore to Develop.
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