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.

Color.

To select a preset, choose one from the Presets tab.

Raises the brightness of the shadows.

Selects the shadow values to be adjusted.

Controls the range of values to be used for the shadows. A higher Range value considers more values as shadows.

Lowers the brightness of the highlights.

Selects the highlight values to be adjusted.

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 Node Controls to see how the Position and Range controls work.