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dantheman

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:41 am    Post subject: photo half dark and half light Reply with quote

hi all


im doing a present for my parents wedding anniversay, i have a picture of them on there wedding day back in 1968.

half of the pic is dark and half light, is there a way that i can make one side lighter, or the other darker ??

i will attempt to upload the pic.

thanx in advance for any help

Dan



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dantheman

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oopps forgot to say that i use photoshop CS.


thanx
Dan
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qubert

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:36 pm    Post subject: Re: photo half dark and half light Reply with quote

dantheman wrote:
hi all


im doing a present for my parents wedding anniversay, i have a picture of them on there wedding day back in 1968.

half of the pic is dark and half light, is there a way that i can make one side lighter, or the other darker ??

i will attempt to upload the pic.

thanx in advance for any help

Dan


Do you know how to use layer masks (or an alpha channel) in conjunction with the black and white gradient tool then use levels and or curves to brighten the darken part of the image? If so you have got it covered. I will upload a retouched photo of your photo so that you can see how it works in about ten mintes.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:59 pm    Post subject: Re: photo half dark and half light Reply with quote

dantheman wrote:
hi all


im doing a present for my parents wedding anniversay, i have a picture of them on there wedding day back in 1968.

half of the pic is dark and half light, is there a way that i can make one side lighter, or the other darker ??

i will attempt to upload the pic.

thanx in advance for any help

Dan


Here is the best that I could do without blowing the right side (darker) of the photo out and with what little I had to work with. I also color corrected it for you.

Your welcome :-)



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dantheman

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Qubert


wow that looks heaps better.

i have no idead of what you talked about, with masks etc and i wasnt expecting anyone to do it for me, i was hoping for some instructioins on how to do it so i could learn abit more about photoshop.

But thanx very much for posting a finished pic. if possible could you write some instructions on how you did it for me.


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qubert

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dantheman wrote:
Qubert


wow that looks heaps better.

i have no idead of what you talked about, with masks etc and i wasnt expecting anyone to do it for me, i was hoping for some instructioins on how to do it so i could learn abit more about photoshop.

But thanx very much for posting a finished pic. if possible could you write some instructions on how you did it for me.


Dan


Your welcome dantheman, but if you don't know how photoshop toolls work, I am afraid that I can not post any instructions for you on how I did this. You would just be lost I think, if I posted insturctions on how I acheived this. the best suggestion I can suggest for you is to go to school and learn about how photoshop works.

Here is a website to get you started:

http://www.photoshoptv.com They do an online half hour VIDEO podcast that is filled with tips and tricks about how to use Photoshop - and the best part of it is the show is free for one week. Then you have to pay something like $1.99 for past episoeds or join NAPP. Details are on the website.

Have fun, good luck and PLAY PLAY PLAY with photoshop as that is THE BEST way to learn abotu any program!

Sorry I couldn't be much help.

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lasa

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Dan,
A very easy way to get a running start on correcting a picture is to run the LEVEL adjustment. Move the black and white sliders up to meet the rest of the RGB channel info..,.see attached...
If you have PS CS you can add a tint in any direction, blue to make it cooler similar to Qubert's..

Hope this helps

Lasa
Levels is found:
IMAGE/ADJUSTMENTS/LEVEL
or Ctrl + L



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