In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll learn how to bring out hidden detail in the shadows and highlights of an image using Photoshop’s aptly named Shadow/Highlight adjustment. First introduced in Photoshop CS, the Shadow/Highlight command quickly became a favorite with photographers and photo retouchers for its amazing ability to bring out details in the shadow and highlight areas of an image that were simply too dark or too light to see.
In fact, the Shadow/Highlight command proved to be so good at bringing out image detail, many Photoshop users began applying it to all of their images, even ones that at first glance didn’t seem to need it.