Adjusting Shadows And Light - Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual

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Color and tonal correction

Adjusting shadows and light

Adjust color and tonality using the Smart Brush tools
The Smart Brush tool and the Detail Smart Brush tool
photo. Certain effects can also be applied using these tools. You simply pick a preset adjustment and apply the
correction. Both tools automatically create adjustment layers. This feature offers you flexibility in working with your
photos because the original image layer is not altered. You can go back and tweak the adjustments and no image
information is discarded.
When you apply the Smart Brush tool, it makes a selection based on color and texture similarly. The adjustment is
simultaneously applied to the selected area. You can adjust shadows, highlights, colors and contrasts. Apply colors of
the objects in your image, add textures, apply various photographic effects.
Smart Brush tool applying an adjustment selection
1 Select the Smart Brush tool.
Select an effect and drag your mouse on the objects in the image to which you want to apply the effect.
2
You can apply various effects and patterns using smart brush from the available preset options.
Available presets
However you cannot change the settings of an effect because the layer with the effect is a pixel layer and not an
adjustment layer.
apply tonal and color adjustments to specific areas of a
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