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?

Thanks,

Peter

On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter

Are you shooting raw?

On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Peter
>
> Are you shooting raw?

No, but I wonder if I should have?

Peter

On Apr 5, 6:57 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > 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?
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Peter
>
> > Are you shooting raw?
>
> No, but I wonder if I should have?
>
> Peter

You gotta keep the negatives.

On Apr 5, 9:12 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 6:57 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > 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?
>
> > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > Peter
>
> > > Are you shooting raw?
>
> > No, but I wonder if I should have?
>
> > Peter
>
> You gotta keep the negatives.

On Apr 5, 9:12 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 6:57 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > 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?
>
> > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > Peter
>
> > > Are you shooting raw?
>
> > No, but I wonder if I should have?
>
> > Peter
>
> You gotta keep the negatives.

Yeah, I hear you. Do I have any other options besides reshooting? It
is over an hour away.

Thanks,

Peter

On Apr 5, 8:41 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 9:12 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 5, 6:57 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "ronvi...@gmail.com" <ronvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Apr 5, 4:16 pm, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > 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?
>
> > > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > > Peter
>
> > > > Are you shooting raw?
>
> > > No, but I wonder if I should have?
>
> > > Peter
>
> > You gotta keep the negatives.
>
> Yeah, I hear you. Do I have any other options besides reshooting? It
> is over an hour away.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter

Exposure blending is the only trick up my sleeve. Hopefully an expert
will weigh in with some advice.

Good luck

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<780dfbcf-cc43-4c7e-9e1e-e9c213138e24@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com>,
peter <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter

If you're a NAPP member, check out Dave Cross's video tutorial at
http://www.photoshopuser.com/members...tips&video=244

If you're not a member and don't want to join (but why WOULDN'T
you???)... he's using the Lighten feature of Hue/Saturation and adding
saturation as well since lightening desaturates.

Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography