Comments on: essential photoshop tool you may not have noticed

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:26:24 +0000

I’m an avid PS user and a photography enthusiast. Most photos still look better when adjusted with curves and levels. Using the shadows/highlights tool is good for fine adjustments, and even then you’ll need to increase contrast when using them for relatively fine adjustments. Generally, if you use the shadow/highlight tool, your photos will look unnatural because contrast will be inconsistent for the range of colors that you’ve adjusted – even when adjusting the amount of contrast in conjunction with using the tool… my $.02

By: 33rockers

33rockers — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:01:26 +0000

yes, Ryan - it was introduced in CS.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:00:03 +0000

I’m an avid user of photoshop, but I only have up to version 7.0. I’m guessing this version is for Photoshop CS and above only? This tip is awesome by the way.

By: patra lux

patra lux — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:57:28 +0000

i especially like the ‘tonal width’ - it tends to adjust the light and the contrast at the same time. This is great… before i had to adjust the lighting then the contrast … 2 moves that are now one move…
Thanks!