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STEP FIVE: RECOVER THE
DETAILS USING CURVES
As you can see, now there’s an
excessive amount of contrast, so
much so that we’re losing details in
the highlights and the shadows. To
bring back the details, first select the
Background layer, then click on the
Create New Adjustment Layer icon
at the bottom of the Layers panel,
and choose Curves.
In the Properties panel (Win
dow>Properties), dim down the
highlights and brighten up the
shadows by dragging the point on
the left upward to Input 0 and Out
put 54, and dragging the point on
the right downward to Input 255
and Output 178 (as shown).STEP SIX: ADD HIGHLIGHTS
Select the topmost layer, and then,
create one more Curves adjustment
layer at the very top of the layer
stack. In the Curves Properties panel,
create a point in the middle of the
curve, and drag it upward to Input
97 and Output 187.