How to change contrast in only part og the picture

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Kathy_England
Apr 22, 2004
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I am using Photoshop 6.0 on a .bmp file. I want to increase the contrast in a part of the photo only. I tried using the lasso to circle the area where I want to increase the contrast. But if I do that, when I click on "Image" on the toolbar, the "Adjust" command is greyed out, so I can’t use it to get to the contrast option.

What am I doing wrong? Is there another way to do this?

Thanks- Kathy
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JasonSmith
Apr 22, 2004
with your active lasso selection, click on the ‘create new fill layer or adjustment layer’ button at the bottom of the layers palette. It’s the half white/black circle icon.

Select brightness/contrast. This should create a new brightness/contrast adjustment layer using your selection as a mask, so other areas of the image are unaffected by the adjustment layer.
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Lawrence_Hudetz
Apr 22, 2004
It should work. But, selecting your adjustment from Adjustment Layers is a better option.

Try reset prefs to see if Image>Adjustment comes back.
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Mac_McDougald
Apr 22, 2004
That should work, however.
Is your BMP in Indexed Color mode?
Change to RGB if so.

Mac
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Kathy_England
Apr 22, 2004
Thanks for the suggestions. My .bmp file was greyscale, so I changed it to RGB and it worked with lasso and contrast. Now I will try Adjustment Layers so that I learn something new.

Thanks again-

Kathy
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JasonSmith
Apr 22, 2004
Adjustment layers are great, I think once you get used to those you will rarely go to Image>Adjust again.

Exept if you need to use the Shadow/Highlight filter.

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