Adobe photoshop cs2 Manual De Usuario
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
The eyedroppers adjust the image’s luminance values (unlike the Levels eyedroppers that affect all color channels).
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The Set Black Point eyedropper sets the Offset, shifting the pixel you click to zero.
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The Set White Point eyedropper sets the Exposure, shifting the point you click to white (1.0 for HDR images).
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The Midtone eyedropper sets the Exposure, making the value you click middle gray.
See also
Targeting images for press
Setting highlight and shadow target values
Assigning (targeting) an image’s highlight and shadow values is necessary because most output devices (usually
printing presses) cannot print detail in the blackest shadow values (near level 0) or the whitest highlight values (near
level 255). Specifying the minimum shadow level and maximum highlight level helps to bring the important shadow
and highlight details within the gamut of the output device.
printing presses) cannot print detail in the blackest shadow values (near level 0) or the whitest highlight values (near
level 255). Specifying the minimum shadow level and maximum highlight level helps to bring the important shadow
and highlight details within the gamut of the output device.
If you are printing an image on a desktop printer and your system is color-managed, you don’t need to set target
values. The Photoshop color management system automatically makes adjustments to the image you see on the
screen so that it prints properly on your profiled desktop printer.
values. The Photoshop color management system automatically makes adjustments to the image you see on the
screen so that it prints properly on your profiled desktop printer.
Using Levels to preserve highlight and shadow details for printing
The Output Levels sliders let you set the shadow and highlight levels to compress the image into a range less than 0
to 255. Use this adjustment to preserve the shadow and highlight details when an image is being printed on a press
whose characteristics you know. For example, suppose there are important image details in the highlights with a
value of 245, and the printing press that you’re using won’t hold a dot smaller than 5%. You can pull the highlight
slider to level 242 (which is a 5% dot on the press) to shift the highlight detail from 245 to 242. Now, the highlight
detail will safely print on that press.
to 255. Use this adjustment to preserve the shadow and highlight details when an image is being printed on a press
whose characteristics you know. For example, suppose there are important image details in the highlights with a
value of 245, and the printing press that you’re using won’t hold a dot smaller than 5%. You can pull the highlight
slider to level 242 (which is a 5% dot on the press) to shift the highlight detail from 245 to 242. Now, the highlight
detail will safely print on that press.
Generally, it is not a good idea to use the Output Levels sliders to target images with specular highlights. Your
specular highlight will look gray rather than blow out to pure white. Use the highlight eyedropper for images with
specular highlights.
specular highlight will look gray rather than blow out to pure white. Use the highlight eyedropper for images with
specular highlights.