IT should show to the left or to the right (blowing blacks or blowing whites) but it only does it to the highlights/ whites. Whites / Highlights: Shows the screen in black, and shows in colors when it blows themīlacks / Shadows: Shows the screen in white and shows in colors when it blows themĮxposure: This is the strangest one. HEre is what I found:Īll the sliders that deal with exposure show you if you are blowing highlights or shadows.
He has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and has served as guest instructor for the Digital Landscape Workshop Series with Moose Peterson, Advanced Flash Photography at Jade Mountain with Joe McNally, His Light workshops with famed landscape photographer Bill Fortney, and the Voices That Matter web conference in San Francisco.Īctually, at one point, I pressed the ALT key on all the sliders to check them. RC also worked with Adobe in to write the Adobe Certified Expert exam for Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4, and Lightroom 5. and e-commerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. He is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, hosts the popular podcasts “Photoshop User TV†and “Photography Tips and Tricksâ€Īn Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 14 years in the I.T. RC is an award winning photographer and author of the best selling books “Get Your Photography On the Web†and “The HDR Book†by Peachpit Press. We know what we are going to want to add sharpening to the image when we are working with it. That said, we want to make sure that its handled selectively. The Mask slider takes care of that. However, we don’t really get to see -where- it does this. Hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key when you drag that mask slider you will see an overlay that looks similar to a mask in Photoshop. Areas that are white are getting the sharpening in the slider above it. Areas in black are not gettting the sharpening applied to it. When you hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key and drag the shadow slider, the screen will now turn white. The areas that appear as black are the areas that are “blocked” from the shadow side of things. You may want to asjust the shadow, blacks, or exposure to help with these spots. If you would like a quick way to check out which portions of the image are going to blow out in the highlights area, simply hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key while dragging the highlight slider. This will show a black overlay of the image – the areas that show up as white are the blown out areas. Hey everyone – wanted to offer a little tidbit that can make your use in Lightroom a little better when it comes to correcting images. Should take you all of two minutes.