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The Local Adaptation options

The Local Adaptation options - Photoshop Tutorial

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The Local Adaptation options

In this exercise, we are going to take on the Local Adaptation options inside the HDR Toning dialog box, because that's where the real power of the feature resides. I've saved the results of the previous exercise as Recovered highlights.jpg, found inside the 33_HDR_pro folder. I also have opened the original version of Stylish young couple.psd. I want to compare them side-by-side for a moment, so I am going to go up to the Applications bar and click on the Arrange Documents icon, and switch to the 2 Up display, like so. And then I will press Shift+Tab in order to hide the right side panels. And I'll press and hold Shift+Spacebar and drag the image over a little bit to the left, so that we can see both of the models. And Photoshop has gone ahead and thrown stylish young couple, the original image over here on the left, and the modified version appears on the right. And I have to say, I'm frankly impressed by how much positive good we were able to bring to this image, using just a…

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