Action: Light/Dark <> grey Make Layer Set Using: layer Name: “Dark/Lighten - grey” Make layer Using: layer Name: “temp - grey” Mode: soft light With Fill Neutral Set current layer To: layer Mode: normal Hide current layer Make layer Using: layer Name: “temp - blur” Set Selection To: all Copy Merged Set Selection To: none Paste Anti-alias: none Gaussian Blur Radius: 20 pixels Hide current layer Show layer “temp - grey” Make New: channel Using: calculation Source: gray channel of merged layer Calculation: subtract Scale: 1 Offset: 0 Source2: gray channel Set current channel To: channel Name: “image - blur” Show red channel, green channel, blue channel Hide current channel Make New: channel Using: calculation Source: gray channel Calculation: subtract Scale: 1 Offset: 0 Source2: gray channel of merged layer Set current channel To: channel Name: “blur - image” Select channel “image - blur” Invert Set Selection To: all Copy Select RGB channel Make layer Using: layer Name: “image - blur” Paste Anti-alias: none Levels Adjustment: levels adjustment list levels adjustment Channel: composite channel Output: 0, 127 Set current layer To: layer Mode: soft light Select channel “blur - image” Set Selection To: all Copy Select RGB channel Make layer Using: layer Name: “blur - image” Paste Anti-alias: none Levels Adjustment: levels adjustment list levels adjustment Channel: composite channel Output: 127, 255 Set current layer To: layer Mode: soft light Delete layer “temp - blur” Delete channel “image - blur” Delete channel “blur - image” Delete layer “temp - grey” Set current layer To: layer Name: “lighten near darks” Select backward layer Without Make Visible Set current layer To: layer Name: “darken near lights” Set Selection To: calculation Source: gray channel of merged layer Source2: gray channel of merged layer Make New: channel At: mask channel Using: reveal selection Set Selection To: current channel Select forward layer Without Make Visible Make New: channel At: mask channel Using: reveal selection Invert Curves Adjustment: curves adjustment list curves adjustment Channel: current channel Curve: point list point: 0, 0 point: 51, 204 point: 71, 224 point: 255, 255 Select backward layer Without Make Visible Select mask channel Without Make Visible Curves Adjustment: curves adjustment list curves adjustment Channel: current channel Curve: point list point: 0, 0 point: 51, 204 point: 71, 224 point: 255, 255