Radical Tinting or Brightening Slight Underexposure

sulhan · 26th September 2003

Hiee....

Was toying with PS today and found another way to brighten up a little...under exposed shots....or even add tint of color to compensate some whitebalance problem....this is not a solution to any problem....but an ongoing exploration...

well here is the steps.....try it out and let me know...

1- Open the image
2- Create a new layer
3- Select paint bucket and choose the color - e.g white for brightening under exposed shots..., Black to darken overexposed image....color for tinting & white balance corrections..
4- choose Overlay from the layers drop down menu - originally NORMAL.
5- Use paint bucket and color top layer...
6- You will see the top layer filled with the color choice
7- Then adjust Opacity slider to "0%" - you will see original image as if the top layer is transparent...
8- THen according to taste....adjust slider (increasing) value to taste....

........hope it will kick off some explorations......

rgds,
me

OzOn3 · 28th September 2003

Hey, cool!! this works!! But for severely under-exposed and over-exposed shots, it's almost irrepairable..

togu · 28th September 2003

Originally Posted by OzOn3

Hey, cool!! this works!! But for severely under-exposed and over-exposed shots, it's almost irrepairable..

Photoshop is just a tool for slight enhancement, or repair. It's still important to get a correctly exposed shot.

26th September 2003	#1
sulhan Advertiser Join Date: May 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,051	Radical Tinting or Brightening Slight Underexposure Hiee.... Was toying with PS today and found another way to brighten up a little...under exposed shots....or even add tint of color to compensate some whitebalance problem....this is not a solution to any problem....but an ongoing exploration... well here is the steps.....try it out and let me know... 1- Open the image 2- Create a new layer 3- Select paint bucket and choose the color - e.g white for brightening under exposed shots..., Black to darken overexposed image....color for tinting & white balance corrections.. 4- choose Overlay from the layers drop down menu - originally NORMAL. 5- Use paint bucket and color top layer... 6- You will see the top layer filled with the color choice 7- Then adjust Opacity slider to "0%" - you will see original image as if the top layer is transparent... 8- THen according to taste....adjust slider (increasing) value to taste.... ........hope it will kick off some explorations...... rgds, me

28th September 2003	#2
OzOn3 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,103	Hey, cool!! this works!! But for severely under-exposed and over-exposed shots, it's almost irrepairable..