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Lisa Doyle
 

How do I make the sunlight darker in Photoshop ???


 
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Lisa Doyle

 
 
I croped this photo and turned to B&W and blurd the back ground...Now I would like to make the sunlight on the right side of my sons face darker...Does anyone know a good way to do this in Photoshop 7 ????
I am thinking curves but this did not do the trick.....

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!
Lisa......


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January 26, 2003

 

doug Nelson
  Did you save an unaltered original version? I've wrecked images by over-manipulating.
Digital is like conventional film in one respect-if the information is not in the original shot (or in the negative), nothing we can do in PS will make something out of nothing. It could be that there's no digital information in that area but that washed-out white.

It could also be in there. Go to your original and use curves very cautiously, cancelling when you don't like what you got. A very shallow reverse-S curve can help a too-contrasty scene.


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January 27, 2003

 

Jeff S. Kennedy
  In PS there are a hundred ways to do the same thing. Curves is one way or you could select that area and play with levels, or you could burn it in. If you do curves or levels use an adjustment layer.


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January 27, 2003

 

Lisa Doyle
  Doug & Jeff

Thank you both for your time and advice !!!! I am going to try the burn tool next, I will try this before I chg to B&W this may also help...I will post the results so you can see how it went (may by a few days)
Lisa


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January 27, 2003

 
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