In a message dated 7/23/01 1:45:34 AM, arwbackup@worldnet.att.net writes: >Is there a blending mode or a quick masking technique I can use to bnng >down only the brightest parts of skin tones? Like you would get with hot >flash? I find myself needing to fix a few images where the background >was dark and the person too light. Most of the skin tone is fine, but >the highlights are too bright. Multiply seems to affect the brighter parts >less than I want. Find that tone in the master curve, and work from there to adjust it. C. David Tobie Design Cooperative CDTobie@designcoop.com - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.