Action: Light/Dark Contrast Make Layer Set Using: layer Name: “Darks/Lights” Play action “CurrentImage” of set “CBsActions” Set current layer To: layer Name: “Temp Blur layer” Gaussian Blur Radius: 20 pixels Hide current layer 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: “Lights 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: “Darks blur” Select channel “Lights 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 “Darks blur” 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 Select layer “Temp Blur layer” Delete current layer Select channel “Lights blur” Delete current channel Delete channel “Darks blur” Select layer “blur - image” Set current layer To: layer Name: “Lighten near Darks” Select layer “image - blur” 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 Select layer “Lighten near Darks” Stop Message: “Change Blend to Overlay for more effect or duplicate layers - also to reduce width of effect... Make a temp layer, Guassian blur it by A - then run Action and Blur by 2+ x A, then remove temp layer.” With Continue