Photographic Image Adjustments
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| In design today, we have to bring out the most in a lot of photographic images, as the quality of some can leave a lot to be desired for. We can always use the smudge, rubber stamp, blur and cloning tools to "touch-up" our images, but what about when the lighting or the skin tone colors detriment your design? |
Take this image for example: |
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| This could be a very good photo, but the sunlight coming in from the curtains has destroyed any lighting effects the photographer might have set up. Start by adjusting the brightness and contrast: go to the "Image >Adjust >Brightness/Contrast" menu command. I entered in the values below, yours might differ. |  |
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| Now run the "Image >Adjust >Autolevels" command, and Photoshop will automatically adjust the levels so that the highlights and shadows are at their peaks. Take note, auto-leveling isn't the best method for some images, try manually adjusting the levels if you aren't pleased with Photoshop's input levels. I was pleased with mine :) |  |
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| Now for correcting the skin tones color-wise. Go to the "Image >Adjust >Color Balance" menu command, and slide the top and bottom sliders till the image suits you (leave the middle; red and yellow are the most prominent colors in skin-tones). The image I'm working with has a lot of red, but not much yellow, so I used these values: |  |
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Last of all, The image is slightly pixelated, so I can fix this using simple filters. Go to the "Filter >Blur >Blur" menu command and then the "Filter >Sharpen >Sharpen" menu command. This will slightly soften the picture without losing detail. Hopefully you can decide which methods are useful to your image.
Considerable difference, isn't it? So now you don't need a good photographer to take photos, you've got Photoshop... |
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Image Adjustments
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