Sometimes it happens that a photo that is successful in composition is spoiled only by the fact that it turned out to be too dark and indistinct. However, such a photo can be saved - with the help of Adobe Photoshop, you can learn how to sharpen and brighten a photo, making it better and more beautiful. With some practice, you can adjust the brightness and clarity of any photo in minutes.
Instructions
Step 1
Open the photo in Photoshop and select the Color Balance section from the Edit menu. Checking the box Shadows, set the values of the color levels: -9, -5, -2. Then check the box Midtones and set the values -15, -4, +13. In the Edit menu, then open the Hue Saturation section and, with the Master option selected, set the values from top to bottom: 0, -31, 0.
Step 2
Open the Curves window and set the Input 89, Output 174 values. Call the Levels window and set the Input Levels to 12, 0, 87, 255. Go to New Adjustment Layer> Selective Color.
Step 3
Correct the Cyan section: set the value everywhere to 0%, and reduce the black value to -100%. Create a new layer and paint the sky in the photo with blue using Soft Light Blending Mode, 50% Opacity and 50% Flow.
Step 4
Then select yellow and paint over the grass, then in Selective Color select Yellows and set the values to zero, and in the Black section set the value to -28%.
Step 5
Open the filters menu and select the Unsharp Mask option. Set the Amount to 25 and the radius to 1 pixel. Open the Curves window and set the values: Input 117, Output 139. Open the filters menu again and select the Surface Blur option.
Step 6
Adjust the surface blur with a radius of 5 pixels and a threshold of 10 pixels. After processing, the photo will become clearer and brighter, and you can use it along with other photos in your photo album.
