Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 164)

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Processing and developing photos
Last updated 4/20/2015
Tint Fine-tunes the white balance to compensate for a green or magenta tint. Move the slider to the left (negative
values) to add green to the photo; move it to the right (positive values) to add magenta.
Tip: If you see a green or magenta color cast in the shadow areas after adjusting the temperature and tint, try
removing it by adjusting the Shadows Tint slider in the Camera Calibration panel.
Adjust overall image tonal scale
You adjust the overall image tonal scale using the tone controls in the Basic panel. As you work, keep an eye on the end
points of the histogram, or use the shadow and highlight clipping previews.
1 (Optional) In the Tone area of the Basic panel, click Auto to set the overall tonal scale. Lightroom sets the sliders to
maximize the tonal scale and minimize highlight and shadow clipping.
2 Adjust the tone controls:
Note: The tone controls that are available depend on whether you are working in Process Version 2012, 2010, or 2003,
as noted.
You can increment the slider values by selecting the value and using the Up and Down arrow keys. Double-clicking
the slider control resets the value to zero.
Exposure (All) Sets the overall image brightness. Adjust the slider until the photo looks good and the image is the
desired brightness.
Exposure values are in increments equivalent to aperture values (f-stops) on your camera. An adjustment of +1.00
is similar to opening the aperture 1 stop. Similarly, an adjustment of –1.00 is similar to closing the aperture 1 stop.
Contrast (All) Increases or decreases image contrast, mainly affecting midtones. When you increase contrast, the
middle-to-dark image areas become darker, and the middle-to-light image areas become lighter. The image tones
are inversely affected as you decrease contrast.
Highlights (PV2012) Adjusts bright image areas. Drag to the left to darken highlights and recover “blown out”
highlight details. Drag to the right to brighten highlights while minimizing clipping.
Shadows (PV2012) Adjusts dark image areas. Drag to the left to darken shadows while minimizing clipping. Drag
to the right to brighten shadows and recover shadow details.
Whites (PV2012) Adjusts white clipping. Drag to the left to reduce clipping in highlights. Drag to the right to
increase highlight clipping. (Increased clipping may be desirable for specular highlights, such as metallic surfaces.)
Blacks (PV2012) Adjusts black clipping. Drag to the left to increase black clipping (map more shadows to pure
black). Drag to the right to reduce shadow clipping.
Blacks (PV2010 and PV2003) Specifies which image values map to black. Moving the slider to the right increases
the areas that become black, sometimes creating the impression of increased image contrast. The greatest effect is
in the shadows, with much less change in the midtones and highlights.
Recovery (PV2010 and PV2003) Reduces the tones of extreme highlights and attempts to recover highlight detail
lost because of camera overexposure. Lightroom can recover detail in raw image files if one or two channels are
clipped.
Fill Light (PV2010 and PV2003) Lightens shadow to reveal more detail while maintaining blacks. Take care not to
over apply the setting and reveal image noise.
Brightness (PV2010 and PV2003) Adjusts image brightness, mainly affecting midtones. Adjust Brightness after
setting Exposure, Recovery, and Blacks sliders. Large brightness adjustments can affect shadow or highlight
clipping, so you may want to readjust the Exposure, Recovery, or Blacks slider after adjusting brightness.