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One of the great mysteries of life is that although you can’t ‘create’ a Curves adjustment layer in Photoshop Elements you can ‘open’ an image that already has one.
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The second way of using curves, but this time as an adjustment layer, is a bit cheeky and is available if you have access to a multilayered file created in the full version of Photoshop (check out the supporting DVD that comes with the Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance book to download the file used in the example below).įig 05 A Photoshop file opened in Elements will allow the user limited functionality to modify the adjustments It may be necessary to add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to modify any changes in the color saturation that may have occurred as a result of the Color Curves adjustment. Start by clicking on the thumbnail of your choice and then click on the advanced options to access the sliders that are required to fine-tune the tonality of your image.
Unfortunately ‘Adjust Color Curves’ is not available as an adjustment layer so it would be advisable to first duplicate the background layer and apply the changes to this duplicate layer. ‘Adjust Color Curves’ can be accessed from the Enhance menu (Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Color Curves). The first way is ‘Adjust Color Curves’ (Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Color Curves) and is a user-friendly version of the Curves adjustment feature found in the full version of Photoshop. Now there are four ways to enable you to harness the power of curves in Adobe Elements 6. In this way the midtone contrast of the image can be increased with a great deal more control than the new Brightness/Contrast adjustment feature. It is also possible to move the shadows in one direction and the highlights in another. the user can decide to make only the darker tones lighter whilst preserving the value of both the midtones and the highlights. The Curves adjustment feature allows the user to target tones within the image and move them independently, e.g. make the shadows darker or lighter but leave the midtones and highlights as they were.įig 03 The Curves adjustment feature as seen in the full version of Photoshop CS3 The only problem with new Brightness/Contrast adjustment feature is that it cannot focus its attention on a limited range of tones, e.g. The Contrast slider, on the other hand, makes the shadows darker and the highlights brighter but not at the expense of the black and white points of the image. the image is made brighter whilst preserving the black and white points within the image. Using the Brightness slider is now like moving the center (Gamma) slider in the Levels adjustment feature, i.e. The Brightness/Contrast adjustment feature has now been fully revised so that its behavior falls in line with the non-destructive nature of the Brightness and Contrast sliders in Adobe Camera Raw. if you wanted to make the shadows brighter and elected to use the Brightness/Contrast control, all of the pixels in the image were made brighter (not just the shadows) - causing the pixels that were already bright to fall off the end of the histogram and lose their detail or become white (level 255). If you have been image editing for some time you will know that ‘Levels’ has always been a superior option to enhance the brightness and contrast of your image rather than the Brightness/Contrast feature.Īdjusting the brightness or contrast of an image using the Brightness/Contrast adjustment used to be very destructive, e.g. The revised Brightness/Contrast adjustment feature This project shows you several ways to control contrast using adjustment layers to increase your post-production editing power to maximum performance. Color Curves has now made a welcome appearance in the Enhance menu in Photoshop Elements but it is still not available as an adjustment layer.
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One of the most important image adjustment features in a professional photographer’s workflow is Curves (a sort of Levels command on steroids).
Unleash the hidden potential for professional image editing in Adobe Photoshop Elements with this project-based, real-world guide. This tutorial is an extract from Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Maximum Performance by Mark Galer.
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