Sometimes you have a photo where the flash was just a little too close to your subject, or the light was too bright.  Or with this photo to the right, it has faded over time.

What you’ll need:

• Adobe Elements 2.0 or Photoshop CS

• Photograph in digital format

 You’ll learn how to:

• Improve the color on photo that is too light

Open Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Open your Photo.

Choose File > Open and browse your system for photo.

Click photo of choice and then choose Open.

We are going to use layers to build up the color in this photo. 

In Photoshop Elements, choose Layer>Duplicate Layer.

Click on the top layer in the Layers Palette to make it active, as shown at the right.

In the Layers Palette, change the blending mode to MULTIPLY.

You should notice that your photo gets much darker, and it may be a bit too dark.  We will fix this in the next step.

Adjust the layer OPACITY in the Layers Palette until the color of your photo looks just right. 

I used 49% here.

Be sure to save your photo with a new name so you can always go back to the original.