What is a “Slanted S” in a curves layer?

Question

I am trying to do a Photoshop tutorial, seems easy, but I can't understand one phrase: `First, I add a curves layer and create a slanted S. What does slanted S mean? Maybe I should "write" S in curves editor? Thanx.

P.S. The tutorial is big, and you can use Ctrl+F to find an occurence of this words in the text.

I just don't understand the meaning of "Slanted S". It's just my assumption that it means draw an S-shaped curve.

Asked by Daria

Answer

Use 2 points to create an 'S' shape in the curves editor.

See: http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/curves/images/basic_s_curve.jpg

Answered by cadmium

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