Brightness Adjustment Tutorial

Eljon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:41:17 +0000

Good Evening readers! While i was thinking of a good entry to post here, my ate suddenly came and taught me a very nice technique on adjusting the brightness of your pictures (underexpose pictures). I just thought that it would be great if I share it here.

This technique is an alternative way instead of using Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast. This is recommended if you are not skilled on mixing the values for the Brightness and Contrast.

Since she is the one who taught me this technique, I’ll be using her picture as an example.

Note: Click on the images for the full preview.

First open your selected image on Adobe Photoshop by clicking on File -> Open
I chose a dim picture of my sister to emphasize this technique.

Then, duplicate the image by pressing Ctrl+J or by simply right clicking on the layer and select Duplicate Layer

Next, select the Layer Copy and choose Screen from the Blending Options. (This one will do the trick.)

You can adjust the opacity of the Layer Copy until you get your desired result.

Here is the finished product. Try it too, see the magic, and you will be amazed by what you have done. ^^,

Comparison (Before and After).

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Brightness Adjustment Tutorial