Apple MB673Z/A User Manual - Page 414

To recover highlight details in the image: 1 Select an image. 2 In the Exposure area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, adjust the Recovery parameter by doing one of the following: Use the Recovery slider and value slider to recover highlight detail. Â Drag the Recovery slider. Â Click the left or right arrow in the Recovery value slider to change the amount of highlight detail in the image to recover by 5 percent increments, or drag in the value field. Â Double-click the number in the Recovery value slider, then enter a value from 0.00 to 1.50 and press Return. The higher the value, the more highlight information is made available, and the more highlight detail is recovered. The image's highlights update as you change the parameter value. Setting the Image's Blacks Shadow detail and the importance of visual elements in shadow vary from image to image. In addition, some cameras are more capable of capturing shadow details than others. In some images, such as a person's face in the shadow of an alley, the shadow is the most important visual element in the image. In other images, the details in the shadows have nothing to do with the main subject of the image. For example, the shadow area of the image may obscure trash that would otherwise ruin a pristine image. In Aperture, you use the Black Point parameter controls to increase the threshold of shadow details in the image as well as crush the blacks when necessary. Note: The Black Point slider is not available for RAW decoding versions 1.0 and 1.1. To make the Black Point slider available, migrate the image to Aperture 2.0 or later. For more information, see "Working with the RAW Fine Tuning Controls" on page 351. 414 Part III Performing Image Adjustments