Shadows/Highlights
Description
Shadows/Highlights lowers contrast evenly throughout the image by brightening shadow areas and darkening highlights. It is useful for correcting dark foreground subjects due to strong backlighting as well as highlights that are slightly washed out.
Category
Color.
Controls
Presets
To select a preset, pick one from the Presets window.
Shadows
Shadows
Raises the brightness of the shadows.
Position
Selects the shadow values to be adjusted.
Range
Controls the range of values to be used for the shadows. A higher Range value considers more values as shadows.
Highlights
Highlights
Lowers the brightness of the highlights.
Position
Selects the highlight values to be adjusted.
Range
Controls the range of values to be used for the highlights. A higher Range value considers more values as highlights.
Go to the Matte section of Common Filter Controls to see how the Position and Range controls work.