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Shadows & Highlights

Tonal range controls for shadows, highlights, whites, and blacks

Shadows & Highlights effect example

What It Does

Provides precise control over different tonal ranges in your image, allowing you to separately adjust shadows, highlights, whites, and blacks for fine-tuned tonal control.

How It Affects Your Image

  • Shadows: Lifts or crushes dark areas
  • Highlights: Recovers or brightens light areas
  • Whites: Affects the brightest tones
  • Blacks: Affects the darkest tones

Parameters

Shadows

-100 to +100

Darken or lift shadow areas

Highlights

-100 to +100

Recover or brighten highlights

Whites

-100 to +100

Adjust brightest tones

Blacks

-100 to +100

Adjust darkest tones

Pro Tip

Lifting shadows and pulling highlights creates a 'faded' film print look.

Best For

High-contrast scenes
Faded film look
Shadow detail recovery
Highlight protection

Coming Soon to iOS

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