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Paperclipping 82 – Fix Bad Photo Lighting

Paperclipping 82 - Fix Bad Photo Lighting

Now that the holidays are over, you’re probably looking through your photos and preparing to scrapbook them. Some of you are doing the Photo-A-Day project for 2009–Project 365 (you can join the group for this project in our new community, The Crop Circle)–which means that you’re taking, and possibly editing, at least one photo daily. I think it’s a great time for a tutorial on editing photos.

About This Episode

Today’s episode will help you deal with photos that have lighting problems. It demonstrates the use of the Level Adjustment Function that you’ll find on any good photo editing system. There is detailed general instruction on how to use levels and why they are so important for good photo editing in Episode 34 – Working With Levels. Paperclipping Members can find this episode in the archives. Today we’re dealing specifically with lighting issues, though, and I think you’ll find this an invaluable tool for getting better photos.

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  • http://2worldswings.blogspot.com Jana

    Noell whats the difference of using Aperture, or its because you dont have photoshop?

  • http://scrappingmariangeles.blogspot.com/ mariangeles_spain

    Thanks for the info!!!

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    I do have Photoshop, but I prefer to use Aperture for basic editing like this. It's so much easier and faster, and Aperture saves the originals, whereas Photoshop changes them b/c you're working directly on the original. Plus, in Aperture you don't have to save or rename anything. The software automatically saves it as you go. It's so much better. I only use Photoshop when I want to do collages or add text–stuff like that.

    But, using the levels function in Photoshop or any other good software is basically the same. You should have no problem going into Photoshop and adjusting the levels like you saw me do in Aperture. If you do, let me know. =)

  • http://2worldswings.blogspot.com Jana

    yeah I 'be been reading also aperture is good to work with RAW pictures

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Yes, it's really amazing!

  • http://www.inthemidstofthisseason.blogspot.com/ toni

    I have a point and shoot and no Photoshop. For me, Picasa 3 (the latest version of Picasa) has a feature called filtered black and white. It makes similar adjustments, is completely reversible during editing, and you can save the original if you prefer. This is a wonderful tutorial, NOELL. Until very recently, I didn't realize you could make adjustments to black and white and what a big impact those adjustments have on your image.

  • http://www.inthemidstofthisseason.blogspot.com/ toni

    I have a point and shoot and no Photoshop. For me, Picasa 3 (the latest version of Picasa) has a feature called filtered black and white. It makes similar adjustments, is completely reversible during editing, and you can save the original if you prefer. This is a wonderful tutorial, NOELL. Until very recently, I didn't realize you could make adjustments to black and white and what a big impact those adjustments have on your image.