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Limiting the Tonal Range of Brushed Adjustments
You can limit the adjustment you’re about to brush on an image to a specic tonal range
using the Brush Action pop-up menu in the Brush HUD. For example, if you want to brush an
adjustment on an image and have the adjustment limited to the shadows, you choose Shadows
from the Brush Action pop-up menu and then brush the adjustment on the image. If the brush
touches a midtone or highlight, that part of the image is not changed.
Tip: This feature is particularly useful when burning and dodging, because you can limit the
exposure adjustment to the tonal range you want to modify without having to worry about
adversely aecting details in the tonal ranges that are appropriately exposed.
To limit a brushed adjustment to a specic tonal range
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose either
“Brush [adjustment] in” or “Brush [adjustment] away” from the Action pop-up menu (with a gear
icon) for the adjustment you want to apply to the image.
•
Choose a Quick Brush adjustment from the Quick Brush pop-up menu (with a brush icon) in
the tool strip.
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu, then choose a Quick Brush adjustment from
the submenu.
•
In Full Screen view, choose a Quick Brush adjustment from the Quick Brush pop-up menu in
the toolbar.
The Brush HUD for the adjustment appears.
3 In the Brush HUD, choose a tonal range for the adjustment from the Brush Range section of the
Brush Action pop-up menu.
Note: If you don’t want the brushed adjustment limited to a specic tonal range, choose All.
Choose a tonal
range option from
the Brush Range
section of the Brush
Action pop-up menu.