Adjusting Contrast
page oneBelow is a photograph of my dog “Peewee.” As you can see, one side of the picture is too dark and the other side is way to bright. Not a great image in any case, but it will serve as a good exercise.
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First I will make a Quick mask
to isolate the too-bright areas. When I create a selection from that mask,
I will be able to adjust that area without affecting the rest of the picture.
Since the dark areas lack contrast while the bright areas are way too
contrasty, this will be a big help.
see screen shot on the next page
Please note that this is the very first tutorial I made for this site and it is…not the best. In fact, I’d have to say it’s terrible. I would redo it, but I don’t have version 5.5 on my computer any more.
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