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No, Shadow/Highlight won’t work as an adjustment layer, but I did stumble on a near solution. For some reason, you have to do it early, if not immediately, in your picture editing sequence:
-Apply shadow/highlight to your liking and mark the result as the history state on the history palette. (Put the little eyeball in the box next to it.)
-Click on the previous history state, which likely will be the one labeled "open." (But don’t mark it as a history state, you’re just backing up in sequence and making your s/h adjustment temporarily disappear. Also, this is NOT the same as "undo" or Ctrl-Z!)
-Create a new layer and select that new layer.
-Select the history brush tool, making sure to click on the "select all layers" box (I think that’s what it’s called–I don’t have the program working on this computer), and brush the "s/h history" onto the new blank layer wherever you like.
Advantages: you can apply the history brush in modes (lighten, darken, etc.) in different parts of the picture, and in various percentages. This method also allows you to put your further retouching steps on the same new layer. The original file remains untouched on the background. Plus, I think this makes the final PSD file size a little smaller than it would be if the background were simply duplicated.
Drawbacks: For some reason this sequence just won’t work if I don’t do it right away. The history brush simply won’t function. I’d be happy if anyone can tell me why that is. MB
-Apply shadow/highlight to your liking and mark the result as the history state on the history palette. (Put the little eyeball in the box next to it.)
-Click on the previous history state, which likely will be the one labeled "open." (But don’t mark it as a history state, you’re just backing up in sequence and making your s/h adjustment temporarily disappear. Also, this is NOT the same as "undo" or Ctrl-Z!)
-Create a new layer and select that new layer.
-Select the history brush tool, making sure to click on the "select all layers" box (I think that’s what it’s called–I don’t have the program working on this computer), and brush the "s/h history" onto the new blank layer wherever you like.
Advantages: you can apply the history brush in modes (lighten, darken, etc.) in different parts of the picture, and in various percentages. This method also allows you to put your further retouching steps on the same new layer. The original file remains untouched on the background. Plus, I think this makes the final PSD file size a little smaller than it would be if the background were simply duplicated.
Drawbacks: For some reason this sequence just won’t work if I don’t do it right away. The history brush simply won’t function. I’d be happy if anyone can tell me why that is. MB
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