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Improving Dark/Underexposed Photos using
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(Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Corel PHOTO-PAINT,
Adobe Photoshop, and Ulead PhotoImpact would follow similar
instructions)
Sometimes you have a photo where the
flash was just a little too far away from your subject, or the
lighting was too dark. Or with this photo to the right, the flash
didn’t fire.
What you’ll need:
You’ll learn how to:
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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.
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We are going to use layers to lighten
the color in this photo.
Choose Layer>Duplicate Layer.
Click on the top layer in the Layers
Palette to make it active, as shown at the right. (It may already be
selected).
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![](tut_images/tut_underexposed_03.jpg) |
In the Layers Palette, change the
blending mode to SCREEN.
You should notice that your photo gets
much lighter, and it may be a bit too light. We will fix this in the
next step.
Look at the difference that this one
easy step can make! |
![](tut_images/tut_underexposed_04.jpg) ![](tut_images/tut_underexposed_05.jpg) ![](tut_images/tut_underexposed_06.jpg) |
Adjust the layer OPACITY in the Layers
Palette until the color of your photo looks just right.
I used 100% here.
Be sure to save your photo with a new
name so you can always go back to the original. |
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Written by Roseanne Miske 2004,
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