In this exercise, I'm going to show you how to adjust levels and hues inside Photoshop.…I could just as easily call it what to do when brightness, contrast, and…vibrance don't work.…I have opened an image called Group photo. jpg found inside the exercise files folder.…As you can see it's washed-out and yet it has a fairly high degree of contrast.…Let's see if we can fix it using the Brightness/Contrast adjustment.…I'll go over here to the first icon in the Adjustments panel and click on it,…and then because the image is too bright, it needs to be darkened up, I'll take…down the Brightness value, and because it has too much contrast, I'll reduce the…Contrast value as well.…
Now, I suppose I could apply a more nuanced adjustment than that, but our…adjustments so far looks terrible and it's not taking care of the real problems.…Notice that the shadows inside this image really lack weight.…And we can get a better sense of what's going on here by collapsing the…Adjustments panel and expanding the Histogram panel.…
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8/18/2011For a guide to getting started with designs and artwork in Photoshop, check out Up and Running with Photoshop for Design.
- Retrieving photos from a camera
- Adding copyright and metadata
- Adjusting brightness, contrast, levels, and hues
- Converting an image to black and white
- Fixing red-eye and blemishes
- Straightening a crooked image
- Sharpening details and reducing noise
- Working with selections and layers
- Saving an image for the web
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 43s
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1. Image File Essentials
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Getting around an image6m 43s
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2. Basic Color Adjustments
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Using adjustment layers6m 50s
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Adjusting levels and hues6m 51s
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3. Correcting in Camera Raw
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Correcting white balance7m 39s
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Using Exposure controls6m 31s
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Fixing chromatic aberrations5m 22s
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4. Retouching
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Correcting red-eye3m 4s
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Dodging and burning details7m 40s
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Healing blemishes8m 55s
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Covering up unwanted details8m 14s
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5. Cropping and Resolution
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6. Filter Essentials
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Reducing digital noise7m 3s
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Sharpening edge details6m 48s
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7. Selections and Layers
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Working with layers8m 35s
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8. Merging and Saving
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Making a panorama8m 2s
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Saving your image8m 15s
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Saving for the web7m 20s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 5s
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