Show Blown Highlights or Blocked-up Shadows
Saturday 29 June 2019, 15:30 by Michelle Peeters | 7,268 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
How can you show in Photoshop which parts of your photo have lost colour because highlights are blown or shadows are blocked up? This article explains the simple actions you need.
In the Basic panel (or already in the RAW editor), click the small triangle in the top right-hand corner of the histogram to show the areas where the highlights are blown, or click the triangle in the top left-hand corner for areas with blocked-up shadows.
All areas where the highlights are blown are shown in red (as you can see above). When you move the Highlights slider to the left, this colour loss will decrease and hopefully disappear.
If you have enabled the warning for blocked-up shadows, these areas will be shown in blue. You can improve these areas by dragging the Shadows slider to the right.
About the author
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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1 comment
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guest wrote on Tuesday 2 July 2019 at 11:35 | replyThank you,that is a good tip.
Translated from Dutch.
You have quickly got your photo right and you can perhaps take another look at the white balance as well.
Antoon
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