08-25-2017, 09:24 AM
Quote:Unfortunately the tonal curves does not do that. It is local adjustment.It is time consuming process even that software like photoshop and lightroom make it much easier. I'm afraid that you are talking to something different.Yes, tonal curves do that. How do you suppose a 12 to 14 stops of DR in the RAW end up showing the 7-8 stops standard output? The tonal curve.
Here is the wiki link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodging_and_burning