CenZ
12-31-2006, 06:29 AM
How to correct an overexposed photo:
Ever take a picture and it was just way too bright and overexposed? Want to learn how to make it look like it should?
Take this picture for example; this picture is way too overexposed. This could be fixed with in just minutes.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/Picture100.jpg
Step 1: Go to your Levels menu, Image>Adjustments>Levels (CTL+L, CMD+L), in your Photoshop Menu Bar.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/step1.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/step2.jpg
Step 2: Now in the Levels menu move the 3 cursors to adjust how the light output will show. The first cursor is your darks, the second is mid-tones and the third is highlights. What you would normally do is move the dark cursor to the start of the arch in the level. Then move the highlights over to just about where the level comes back down. Once you get those set up adjust the mid-tones cursor to get the color you would like.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/step3.jpg
This is what your final product should look like:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/final.jpg
Ever take a picture and it was just way too bright and overexposed? Want to learn how to make it look like it should?
Take this picture for example; this picture is way too overexposed. This could be fixed with in just minutes.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/Picture100.jpg
Step 1: Go to your Levels menu, Image>Adjustments>Levels (CTL+L, CMD+L), in your Photoshop Menu Bar.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/step1.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/step2.jpg
Step 2: Now in the Levels menu move the 3 cursors to adjust how the light output will show. The first cursor is your darks, the second is mid-tones and the third is highlights. What you would normally do is move the dark cursor to the start of the arch in the level. Then move the highlights over to just about where the level comes back down. Once you get those set up adjust the mid-tones cursor to get the color you would like.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/step3.jpg
This is what your final product should look like:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q224/gfxcenz/Photo%20Correction/final.jpg