[Adam Betts]

I'd like to add a keyboard shortcut for Brightness/Contrast. It's PITA opening the menubar again and again if I need to do some brightening, contrasting, etc.

Is it possible?

[DeathMan]

can't you make an action for opening the dialog, and assign it a key? I didn't try it, but maybe you could even make an action for a brightness contrast adjustment layer, it might not save you time, though, cause then you would have to double click it still.

I like to use adjustment layers whenever possible, they can make things harder, but sometimes its nice to be able to take it off, or jus reduce the opacity a little.

[Adam Betts]

Hmm.. never thought of that. I could live with that for now.

I really wish Adobe would make Brightness/Contrast, etc in a palette window. It'd make everything so easier.

[mixin visuals]

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Hmm.. never thought of that. I could live with that for now.

I really wish Adobe would make Brightness/Contrast, etc in a palette window. It'd make everything so easier.

i wish bbedit would make it like in photoshop when you hold the space bar and can move the ps doc around. off topic but that would be cool too

[phobos]

Everything in photoshop has a shortcut. I have accidently found these shortcuts but I forgot the actual jeys. I'm searching for them again for quite a while..

[designbc]

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
I really wish Adobe would make Brightness/Contrast, etc in a palette window. It'd make everything so easier.

Not really. I, for instance, never use Brightness/Contrast. It kills your image. If you want to adjust an image, use Levels and Curves. The resluts are gonna be MUCH better. I learned to do it from some Scott Kelby's tutorials. Highly recommend.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Hmm.. never thought of that. I could live with that for now.

I really wish Adobe would make Brightness/Contrast, etc in a palette window. It'd make everything so easier.

Shouldn't you be using an adjustment layer anyway, so you can work with the histogram to get the different levels balanced?

I think it's much easier and more exacting because you can see what's wrong immediately.

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by designbc:
Not really. I, for instance, never use Brightness/Contrast. It kills your image. If you want to adjust an image, use Levels and Curves. The resluts are gonna be MUCH better. I learned to do it from some Scott Kelby's tutorials. Highly recommend.

For the icons job I'm doing, Brightness/Contrast is preferred. I do use Curves for photos, etc though.

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by bousozoku:
Shouldn't you be using an adjustment layer anyway, so you can work with the histogram to get the different levels balanced?

I think it's much easier and more exacting because you can see what's wrong immediately.

I agree but I do not need an adjustment layer for a layer that contain a very few pixels. Then again, it's an icons job so it may be different from the way you work.