In this image the rear tires and wheel well are still too dark to see any details. To correct these specific areas, create a new blank layer by clicking the square with the plus sign at the bottom of the Object Manager (Figure 8) Select the Paint tool (P), double-click on the Foreground color box and change the color to white (Figure 9). In the Property bar, change the brush type to Custom Airbrush, the Nib size to 400, Transparency to 90 percent and Feather to its max of 100 (Figure 9]. This will give you a very soft natural brush without any hard edges and give you the ability to apply its effect in small increments. Change the mode to Soft Light and begin clicking in the darker areas to expose details. If there are areas that need to be darkened, use the same brush but change the Foreground color to black and paint into the same layer. At this point, I've done all the adjustments that I think I need for this image. Feel free to experiment with these layers by adjusting the opacity of the layers. Click layers on/off to see the influence a particular layer has on the overall image. You can also experiment with the effect these layers have by changing the order of the layers - dragging them down or up within the Object Manager. The last layer at the top (layer eight) is optional, but keeping this layer gives you the ability to easily view the original image and the collective effects of the modified layers by toggling the "eye" on/off. To do this, keep the top layer in the Normal mode at 100-percent opacity. Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 62 | SGIA Journal ■ November/December 2016 Visit SGIA at SGIA.org