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which image adjustments affects the values or range of farks midrange and highlights of an image photoshop

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In Adobe Photoshop, several image adjustments can affect the midtones (often referred to as "midrange"), shadows, and highlights of an image. Here are some key adjustments that can impact these areas:

  1. Levels:

    • The Levels adjustment allows you to manipulate the black point, white point, and gamma (midtones). Adjusting the gamma slider directly affects the midrange values, while moving the black and white sliders will adjust shadows and highlights, respectively.

  2. Curves:

    • Curves provide a more advanced way to adjust tonal ranges across the entire tonal spectrum of an image. You can create points on the curve to brighten or darken specific tonal ranges, thereby affecting shadows, midtones, and highlights individually.

  3. Brightness/Contrast:

    • Adjusting the brightness increases or decreases the overall lightness of the image, affecting all tonal ranges, while adjusting contrast will enhance the difference between shadows and highlights.

  4. Exposure:

    • This adjustment changes the overall brightness of the image and affects the tonal range, including shadows and highlights. The "Offset" and "Gamma Correction" sliders can be used to fine-tune midtones.

  5. Shadows/Highlights:

    • This specific adjustment allows you to target and adjust shadows and highlights independently, offering control over these areas without affecting the midtones directly.

  6. Camera Raw Filter:

    • The Camera Raw Filter includes sliders for exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks, allowing for detailed adjustments to every part of the tonal range.

  7. Hue/Saturation:

    • While mainly color-based, adjusting saturation or lightness can impact how visible the midtones appear in relation to shadows and highlights.

  8. Selective Color:

    • This adjustment allows for fine-tuning specific color ranges by adjusting the levels of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, which can indirectly affect how the midtones and highlights are perceived.

  9. Gradient Map:

    • Using a gradient map can create interesting effects where shadows and midtones are mapped to specified colors, impacting the overall tonal distribution visually.

  10. Color Lookup:

  • Applying different LUTs (lookup tables) can dramatically change the look of an image, adjusting tonal ranges in a stylistic way.

By utilizing these adjustments, you can effectively control the midrange, shadows, and highlights of your images in Photoshop. It's often helpful to use adjustment layers so you can fine-tune and revert changes without affecting the original image directly.