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Title: The SwanOLYMPUS E410
The Swan (1)
briddl Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 10 W: 2 N: 16] (90)
Brighten
Brighten
jwmunro Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 12 W: 2 N: 13] (49) [2008-02-16 07:00:16] [1]
Hell Britta -

This WS was accomplished with Photoshop CS3 but any image processing software can do this.

1. Duplicate Background (ctrl+J) and clean up dust and debris.
2. Using a Curves adjustment layer I placed a point of the center of the curve a pulled up significantly to brighten the Swan without loosing details. Press OK.
3. I noticed that after brightening the head and beak area were still a bit under exposed.
4. Open another curves adjustment layer and mouse over the head and beak area to see the location on the curve. Set a point on the curve where the head and beak are found.
5. Pull the point straight up until the head and beak look OK. IGNORE the rest of the image as we will fix that in a minute. When the head and beak are where you think they should be press OK.
6. Fill the Curves mask with black. This takes away the correction for the head.
7. Select a medium sized soft edged brush with an opacity of about 30%. Make sure white is the FG color. Paint on the mask over the head and beak area until you reveal an exposure that looks good.
8. Flatten and save.

I hope you like the results.

John
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Belgium
Title: Hello
Hello (6)
Cyber-Rayder Silver Star Critiquer [C: 17 W: 0 N: 0] (136)
Brighten Selectively
Brighten Selectively
jwmunro Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 12 W: 2 N: 13] (49) [2008-02-13 13:49:48] [1]
Hello Mike -

I did this WS in PhotoShop CS but any of the leading image processing software can do this WS.

1. Open a curves adjustment layer.
2. I moused along the bird to see where it's was falling on the histogram in curves. I marked at point of the curve with an Input and Output value = 27.
3. I moved the curve upward so that Input=27 and Output 44. This brightened the bird but also brightened the surround area a bit too much.
4. Press OK
5. Select the paint brush tool with a medium sized brush, soft edges, and opacity at about 50%. Set the FG color to Black. Click on the curves mask in the layers palette to activate.
6. Paint on the mask taking away the changes to the twigs and BG. Be careful around the bird so that you don't remove changes.
7. Flatten and save

I hope you like the results.

John
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