Using the Shadow / Highlights Command - 2

A CreativeCOW Photoshop Video Tutorial

CreativeCOW presents Adobe Photoshop Using the Shadow - Highlights Command Part 2 -- Video Training

Richard Harrington
Washington, District of Columbia USA

©2007 Richard Harrington and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In the second part of this Adobe Photoshop video tutorial series, Richard Harrington continues teaching tricks on how to use the shadows/highlights filter to adjust an image. The shadows/highlights command can not be used through an adjustment layer but in Photoshop CS3 can be applied through smart filters onto a smart object to give you the ability to apply this tool in a non destructive way.

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