Action: Harsh Sun/Shadows Play action “CurrentImage” of set “CBsActions” Set current layer To: layer Name: “Harsh sunlight/shadows” Set Selection To: RGB channel Duplicate Selection Name: “harsh sunlight/shadows” Set Selection To: none Select channel “harsh sunlight/shadows” Stop Message: “apply a BIG Gaussian blur--enough to wipe out all highlight (or Shadow if 2nd run) detail. This is usually in the 10-20 pixel range. In faces, you should see only the outline of the head, and the eyes, everything else should be blurred out. ” With Continue Gaussian Blur Radius: 19 pixels Invert Select RGB channel Apply Image With: calculation Source: channel “harsh sunlight/shadows” Calculation: overlay Stop Message: “If happy with Shadows, just adjust opacity. Else change the top layer mode to Darken, Then, if need a shadow adjustment, run again, making sure that the blur wipes out shadow detail, then set layer to Lighten.” With Continue Select channel “harsh sunlight/shadows” Delete current channel