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[filmscanners] Re: Intentional clipping
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:41:56AM -0800, Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
> > From: Alessandro Pardi
> >
> > I fully agree with Tony on this subject. Maybe you all already
> > know it, but
> > an easy way to see what you're clipping when setting levels in
> > Photoshop is
> > to press Ctrl+Alt while dragging the small arrows: the screen turns white,
> > and when the arrow reaches the first pixels in the histograms the parts of
> > the images corresponding to those pixels turn to black, so that you have a
> > visual perception of what's becoming full black (or full white, if you're
> > clipping highlights).
>
> I never knew that Ctrl+Alt trick, and I use Levels constantly! Very kewl.
> Thanks.
>
Actually just the Alt key is sufficient.
--
Tony Terlecki
ajt@mrps.demon.co.uk
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