Photos with interesting plots, but not looking particularly attractive due to incorrect camera settings, are probably available to every person. Meanwhile, putting in order too dark, motley or blurry pictures yourself is not difficult at all. The best answer to the question of how to improve the quality of a photo is modern graphic editors.
Today there are many graphic editors that allow you to quickly improve the quality of a photo. But it is believed that in Windows "Photoshop" is best suited for this purpose. In "Ubuntu" it is worth using "Gimp" to improve the quality of the photo. The functionality of both of these editors is similar.
Gimp can be installed on your computer for free. "Photoshop" is a paid program. But if necessary, you can completely free download the old version of this software - CS2 from the official Adobe website. The possibilities of this old free "Photoshop" for amateurs who just want to improve their photos are quite enough.
How to correct color rendition
The easiest and fastest way to fix ugly photos in terms of color rendition in both editors is using the "Levels" function. In "Photoshop" this item can be found in the "Correction" section, and in "Gimpe" - "Color". When you click on "Levels" in both editors, a special window with a histogram is highlighted. To correct the color of the photo, here you just need to drag the left and right sliders to the very beginning of the histogram on both sides.
How to improve the quality of low-res photos
Such pictures are not clear when zoomed in. In addition, pixels can be seen on them. To correct the situation in this case, you can use the blurring and sharpening functions. For this you need:
- Increase the image size greatly (for example, from 200 pixels in width to 1000). And in "Photoshop", and in "Gimp" for this you need to click "Image" - "Image size".
- Then you should apply the "Blur" filter to the photo. In both editors, it can be found in the Filters section. Gaussian blur is commonly used to enhance photographs. You need to blur the photo to such an extent that the picture itself remains clearly visible, and the pixels disappear completely.
- Next, you need to sharpen the photo. This can also be done using the appropriate filter in the "Filters" section of both programs.
Blurry photo
In this case, the situation can be corrected very quickly. The photo will just need to be corrected right away with the "Sharpness" filter. When you press the corresponding button in both programs, the sharpness window is displayed. Here you can use the slider to decrease or increase the effect of the filter. Too far to the right, the slider in this window should not be pulled. It is much better to apply the filter itself to the photo several times.
How to improve a photo in one click
To make the picture more beautiful with the help of "Photoshop" or "Gimp", thus, you can quickly enough. But you will still have to deal with the interface of this photo correction software for some time. For those Internet users who, for whatever reason, do not want to do this, you can simply visit an online resource on the Web that allows you to upload photos and correct them in one click. Of course, it will be impossible to get too high-quality pictures in this way. But you will most likely still succeed in improving the look of your photos on such sites.
