Activity:Using
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Lesson
1: Using "Blend" modes to adjust tonal range.
Part
1:Lighten
Shadows
1. Open
file PSPfamily.tif
2. Double click the "Magic Wand" tool and set the tolerance
to 24
3. Click on a shadow area on the photo
4.
Duplicate the "Background" by dragging it to the "New
Layer" icon on the layer palette
5. Double click the Layer name and rename it "Lighten
Shadows"
6. From the menu: >Select>Similar
7. Create a layer mask of the selection by clicking on the "Add
Layer Mask" icon
8. At
the top of the layer palette change the Blend mode from "Normal"
to "Screen"
9. Make sure the mask portion of the layer is active by clicking
on it
- [mask icon displayed]
10. Blur the layer mask to soften the "Screen"
blending effect
- from
the menu: >Filter>Blur>Guassian
Blur: 5
{
see "Modify Blend Effect" below }
Part
2:Darken
Highlights
1.
Make the "Background" active
2. Double click the "Magic Wand" tool and set the tolerance
to 24
3. Click on a highlight area on the photo
4.
Duplicate the "Background" by dragging it to the "New
Layer" icon on the layer palette
5. Double click the Layer
name and rename it "Darken Highlights"
6. From the menu: >Select>Similar
7. Create a layer mask of the selection by clicking on the "Add
Layer Mask" icon
8. At
the top of the layer palette change the Blend mode from "Normal"
to "Multiply"
9. Make sure the mask portion of the layer is active by clicking
on it
- [mask icon displayed]
10. Blur
the layer mask by press [Ctrl+F]
( repeats
the previous "Gaussian Blur" filter set to 5)
Modify
Blend Effect:
-
If more softening of mask in necessary, repeat "blur"
filter by pressing [Ctrl+F]
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- To "Lessen" highlight or shadows effect: change
"Opacity" value of layer
-
To "Increase" highlight or shadows effect:
replicate layer (fine tune by changing "Opacity" value)
Making
an Action:
This
activities can be automated using Photoshop's Actions.
1.
If the
"Actions" palette is not displayed
then show it using menu: >Windows>Show
Actions
2. Repeat "Part 1" steps 1, 2 & 3 of this lesson.
3. Click the arrow
at the top right of the Action palette and select "New
Action"
4. Name it "Lighten Shadows" and start recording
Step
4 to Step 10.
5. After Step 10 stop recording.
... {Repeat this process for Part 2 to create an Action to "Darken
Highlights"}