Connie October 24th, 2007

In my previous post I had included a photo of flower sculptures that I had lightened in ACDSee Pro 2.

Thomas requested to see the before & after photos. The Shadows & Highlights tools is my favorite one in ACDSee Pro 2, so I’d love to show how easy it is!

I took this photo early in the morning when it was rainy & on the darker side. It’s not a bad photo but it certainly wasn’t what I saw when I took it.

After opening ACDSee, double click on your image. Click on the icon for the Shadows/Highlights tool (mousing over it will identify it).

There are two options in ACDSee Pro 2. I’ve been using the sliders in the Light EQ tab. I start with the top set which lightens the photo. Then I use the bottom ones to adjust the darkness. Click on Done when you’re satisfied & save under a new name to preserve the original.

A quick crop of the photo & I have a much brighter version of the original.

You can see two other examples of the Shadows & Highlights tool used:

Cat photo (an amazing example)

ACDSee Rescues Lost Photos (Use of Advanced tab)

If you’d like to try ACDSee Pro 2 on your photos, a trial can be found here.

ACDSee Photo Manager 10 has a more general version of the tool.

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