Medium Contrast and Strong Contrast
Watchwhathappenstotheshapeofthecurveifeitherof
these options is selected.
Fig. 7.4
Image to illustrate the options available in the
Curves window in Camera RAW.Custom
Theuser setsthelevels ofthecurves by clickingalong
pointsofthecurveandalteringtheflowofthecurve.TheS
curveisnormallythedesiredshapefornicelycontrasting
portrait images.
Channel
With this option, by selecting RGB the image can be
manipulatedasawhole,ortheindividualred,greenorblue
channelscanbehighlightedandcontrolledindependently
fromeachother.Whenusingthepresetsorifself-setting
the levels the photographer must ensure that as much