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July 28, 2022
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Setting limits to the sliders in Develop module

  • July 28, 2022
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Hello,

             is it possible to set custom limits on the slider controls in the basic develop module?  For example, stopping the shadows slider to dropping below ten or the highlights slider going over 245 in the histogram. This would be useful for me to be able to customise these limits but I haven't seen anywhere that says you can do this.

Thanks

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Bob Somrak
Bob Somrak
Brainiac
July 28, 2022

You could set your Tone Curve like this with the Right/Left side set to your chosen values and then the Basic sliders will never cause the Histogram to go beyond these values for Whites and Blacks

 

 

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    neilp93685941
    neilp93685941Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 28, 2022

    Bob, how do you alter those points please?

    Bob Somrak
    Bob Somrak
    Brainiac
    July 28, 2022

    Same as you make any other adjustment on the Point Curve, Click, Hold and Drag.  Start out with a LINEAR point curve by resetting it.  It will look like this.

     

     

    Then click/hold/drag the left bottom circle  STRAIGHT Up so Input is 0 and Output is 10.  Then do the same dragging straight down with the top right circle so the values are 255/245 to use your original numbers.

     

    I would never do this myself but instead use Per's method but it does what you originally wanted.

     

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      GoldingD
      GoldingD
      Brainiac
      July 28, 2022

      You may want to look at a plug-in, specifically "Jeffrey Friedl's “Bag-o-Goodies”" Plugin" and within that plug-in see the "Personalized Auto Tone"

       

      at: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies

       

      scroll down to the Utility Plug-ins, and clcik on "“Bag-o-Goodies”, that will take you to:

      http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/bag-o-goodies

       

      You will need to read the directions via that page as the plug-in is a bit complex, but once understood, it will work. Using the Personalized Auto TOne is a two step process, first you need to set it up, then run it.

       

        Sean McCormack
        Sean McCormack
        Adobe Expert
        July 28, 2022

        You haven't seen it, because you can't. 

        Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
        neilp93685941
        neilp93685941Author
        Participating Frequently
        July 28, 2022

        That's a shame, I could save hours over the course of year if I didn't have to be checking images for slight blown or clipped sections, setting a customisable limit would be a very useful thing to have for editing imo.

        JohanElzenga
        JohanElzenga
        Adobe Expert
        July 28, 2022

        I'm not sure I understand. You are setting the sliders yourself, so what stops you from not pushing them too far? Or do you mean that you use Auto Tone, and you don't want Auto Tone to clip blacks and whites (as it always does)? In that case, have a look at this plugin: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/bag-o-goodies

         

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