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Adjusting the exposure of an image in Photoshop Elements

Adjusting the exposure of an image in Photoshop Elements

From the course: Digital Imaging for Business Professionals

Adjusting the exposure of an image in Photoshop Elements

- There are many different ways to adjust the visual properties of an image. We'll take a look at Microsoft's tools in a moment, but I wanted to show you one of my favorite ways for advanced image manipulation. I'm going to show you Adobe Photoshop Elements, which is a affordable standalone piece of software. The tools I show you, though, are available in many other image editors, so you can apply the same technology using a tool of your choice. Let's start by opening up some images that need their exposure adjusted. I'll navigate to folder five, and go to five one for exposure. Now, in this case, I have two types of files available, the finished JPEGs and raw files that come from a digital camera. One of the benefits of using the raw files from the digital camera is that they have greater latitude for adjustment. Let's click open. When you open up a raw file, a new dialogue opens, and you'll see, for example, that an image that's way too bright can have its exposure recovered and…

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