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The next color edit tool is used to set the black, white and gray points which define the lightness range of the image:
You will use this tool to indicate the values that you want to be perfect black and perfect white. Usually, but not always, this will involve pushing the dark tones in your image down to darker values and pulling the light tones up to lighter values.
When the black or white point is changed, the gray point will automatically change too, so that the distribution of tones between black and white doesn't change. If you want to change the distribution of tones, you can change the gray point, making midtones either lighter or darker.
The Black / White Point panel shows a histogram of the tones found in the color balanced image. This histogram may be helpful in deciding what the best black, white and gray points might be.
There are three ways of specifying the black, white and gray points. These methods may be used in any combination.
| SmartColor Button | • | This will automatically find good settings in most cases. |
| Dragging the Handles | • | You may also drag the triangular black, white and gray point handles to specific values. |
| Selecting From the Image | • | You may select your black, white and gray points directly from your image. |
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