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Overexposed (too light) Image |
- Open overexposed images: over.jpg,
over2.jpg and over3.jpg
- Duplicate background (Layer - Duplicate
Layer...) and change Normal (blending mode) to
Multiply
- In order to selectively remove this darkening
effect, click on Add layer mask button and use soft,
black-color brush to remove applied effect from some parts of the
image. If you remove too much, to undo, paint with white-color
brush. To cover big areas of image, try using black and white
Gradient Tool instead of brush or combination of both..
- Repeat duplicating layers if needed, and fine
tune by adjusting opacity
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Duplicate layer... and
Multiply
(to darken) |
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Underexposed (too dark) Image |
- Open underexposed images: under.jpg,
under2.jpg and under3.jpg from exposure folder
- Duplicate background (Layer - Duplicate
Layer...) and change Normal (blending mode) to Screen
- In order to selectively remove this darkening
effect, click on Add layer mask button and use soft,
black-color brush to remove applied effect from some parts of the
image. If you remove too much, to undo, paint with white-color
brush. To cover big areas of image, try using black and white
Gradient Tool instead of brush or combination of both..
- Repeat duplicating layers if needed, and fine
tune by adjusting opacity
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Duplicate layer... and Screen
(to lighten) |
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Brighter Colors Without Distortion |
You can intensify the colors of a dull photograph quite easily in
Photoshop. What you may not know is that pumping the saturation
(using the Hue/ Saturation dialog box) isn't the solution. When used
indiscriminately, the Hue/Saturation controls can actually distort
neutral tones.
Instead, use Photoshop's layers and blending
modes to intensify colors while preserving the relative tonal values of a
photo. Open the image file and make a duplicate layer of the background. In
the Layer palette, change the blend mode for the new layer from Normal to
Overlay. Try also changing the blending
mode to
Soft Light. (If you are looking for extreme sharpening, use Hard Light
instead.)
- Open overexposed (too light) image: e0.jpg
- Duplicate background (Layer - Duplicate
Layer...) and change Normal (blending mode) to
Overlay (note increase in contrast)
or
Duplicate background (Layer - Duplicate Layer...) and
change Normal (blending mode) to
Soft Light
- Lock and unlock layer to examine the result.
You can control the strength of the effect
two ways: You can reduce the effect by increasing the transparency of the
Overlay layer (using the opacity slider in the Layers palette). Or
you can intensify the effect by adding more copies of the Overlay
layer. But this method increases the contrast. |
Duplicate
Overlay
(increase in contrast)
Duplicate
Soft Light |