Increase contrast without underexposing and losing detail in dark areas.

Simulate the custom white balance feature found in digital cameras.

Turn everyday pictures to professional portraits.

Equalize the saturation of your image so that saturated areas are desaturated and unsaturated areas are saturated.

Although reducing shadows using the Shadows/Highlights tool creates a more dramatic effect, Automatic Shadows will not create any halos.

Traditional methods of increasing saturation increases saturation of the whole image. By using a layer mask, neutral areas such as rocks, cement and water will say neutral while the other areas are saturated.

Create black night skies and remove the orange tint in photographs taken during the night.

Reduce haze and increase contrast to the highlights of the image.

A quick and effective Photoshop retouching technique to reduce shadows and increase saturation.

Add shine and restore lackluster metal.