Re: lightening a shadow
On Apr 5, 9:12 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 6:57 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > I took some pictures today of a door. The top 20% of the door has a
> > > > dark shadow over it. How can I make this area look like the rest of
> > > > the door? I have CS3 and I tried the shadow/highlight adjustment, but
> > > > it lightens the entire door, although more so in the shadowed area. I
> > > > want to keep the rest of the door the just the way it is. I selected
> > > > the shadowed area, and lightened using shadow/highlight, and it didn't
> > > > look too bad, but there is a noticeable line where I selected. Does
> > > > anyone have any suggestions for other things I can try?
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> > > > Thanks,
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> > > > Peter
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> > > Are you shooting raw?
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> > No, but I wonder if I should have?
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> > Peter
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> You gotta keep the negatives.
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