Operation Manual

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 12 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK 129
5 Press U on your keyboard to activate the black clipping warning, and then play
with the Blacks slider. Set the Blacks to -10—the point below which the blue
clipping warning appears in the darkest areas of the image.
6 Move the Highlights slider all the way to the right. Although the effect on
the image is quite extreme, there is no clipping now that you’ve set the white
point. Watch the textural detail reappear in the sunlit wood as you reduce
the Highlights setting to -50. Drag the Shadows slider to set a value of +50,
watching as detail is retrieved from the darkest areas in the photo.
Press the U and O keys on your keyboard to disable the clipping warnings.
7 Choose a magnification level of 100% from the Zoom menu at the lower left of
the image window, or double-click the Zoom tool. Use the Hand tool to center
your view on the girl’s face; then, drag the Clarity slider to +30. Double-click
the Hand tool to see the entire image, and then set the Vibrance value to +25.
8 To compare the adjusted photo to the raw image, toggle the Preview check box
at the right of the tool bar above the preview.
e photo originally looked somewhat dull, muddy, and indistinct, and a little
too dark. It now shows a broader range of detail and is more vivid; the colors are
brighter and the tones are more realistic. For the sake of clarity in our demonstra-
tion however, some of the adjustments you made were quite extreme. If you wish,
you can now tone down the corrections to balance the image to your taste.