hi all! well I was tinkering with digital stops in PS and here is what I came up with... I started by using the powerretouche.com Exposure_plugin demo as a reference... then I tried Deen Hameed's advice of " adjust the opacity to 33% (or maybe 38%), that would lighten the image by 1 stop". did not give me a good result, But then I moved the slider to 62% (100-38) and I got exactly the same with the exposure plugin...right down to every tone, dark or light. Then I experimented with +2 and +3 stops. Using a single screen layer keeps out of range in this situation, but what about 2 and 3 layers? In short here are the settings: +1 digital stop duplicate layer, change blending mode in Screen, change opacity to 62%, merge. +2 digital stops use two screen layers of 73% opacity - or - one screen layer of 38% opacity +3 digital stops use three screen layer of 90% opacity - or - one screen layer of 73% opacity best of luck with your endeavours, kostas _____________________________________________________________________________________ http://www.mailbox.gr ÁðïêôÞóôå äùñåÜí ôï ìïíáäéêü óáò e-mail. http://www.thesuperweb.gr Website ìå ÁóöáëÝò Controlpanel áðü 6 Euro êáé äþñï ôï domain óáò!