Using the Shadow/ Highlight Adjustment
The Shadow/Highlight adjustment lets you quickly correct the problems associated with the over and under-exposed areas of an image such as deep shadows or bright highlights. In addition, the Shadow/Highlight adjustment makes quick work out of images that have really dark shadows or overexposed areas by adjusting the problem areas without changing the middle range of the image. The Shadow/Highlight adjustments will not work on images in the CMYK color mode.
Use the Shadow/Highlight Adjustment
Open an image.
Click the Image menu, point to Adjustments , and then click Shadow/Highlight .
If necessary, select the Show More Options check box to display Highlights and Adjustments options.
Drag the Shadows Amount, Tonal Width , and Radius sliders right or left to adjust the shadow areas of the active image.
Drag the Highlights Amount, Tonal Width , and Radius sliders right or left to adjust the highlight areas of the active image.
Drag the Adjustments Color Correction and Midtone Contrast sliders left or right to decrease or increase the color saturation values of the adjusted areas of the image.
Enter values from 0 to 50 percent in the Black Clip and White Clip boxes to indicate how much of the shadow and highlight values will be clipped in the new image. Greater values produce images with more contrast.
Select the Preview check box to view changes to the active image.
Click OK .