[X4U] [OT] Need Help Tweaking Photos in Photoshop

[Paul Moortgat]

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Paul Moortgat

On 12 Sep 2006, at 23:27, revDAVE wrote:

> Need Help Tweaking Photos in Photoshop
>
> Although I know Photoshop fairly well, I am a novice in this  
> general area of
> tweaking photos ... and could use some help.
>
> I have some inferior photos that I would like to do my best to fix  
> up in
> Photoshop CS2. Many of them somehow turned out quite faded ... I am  
> not sure
> why.
>
> I have posted one of these photos as an example on the Web. I would be
> interested in finding out the best quick way to tweak these  
> pictures and
> make them more presentable. Feel free to just take a look or, if  
> you would
> like, download the photo into Photoshop and let me know the best  
> way to
> proceed.
>
> Location:
> http://www.brainbeast.com/pic/
>
>
> - I have fooled with :
>
> Image - adjustments - levels ... and moved the left and right  
> arrows to the
> edge of the data areas and that seems to help ... however I'm not  
> sure what
> to do with the Middle arrow - etc...
>
> - Also - I fooled around with the exposure adjustment and also the
> shadow/highlight adjustment ... however from my limited knowledge -  
> they all
> sort of seem to do the same thing - and I'm not sure which method or
> combination of techniques is best.
>
> Q: Can someone help give me some suggestions as to how to proceed?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated - RevDave
>
> --
> Thanks - RevDave
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