With Photoshop you have the ability to fix almost any flaw at the tips of your fingers. Overexposed photos are no exception. The simplest way to correct this is to open the photo in Photoshop and select Image> Adjustments> Shadow/Highlight (this is for CS-only, for pre-CS look below). You will notice an immediate and probably extreme change in your photo, but just use this setting as a starting point. Photoshop default settings are often way over the top. Simply adjust the Amount Slider and the Tonal Width Slider in both the Shadows and the Highlights until you find just the right balance. That's all there is to it!
Fixing Overexposed Photos, Pre-CS - The Layer Sandwich Trick If you do not have CS, use the following steps to help you reach similar results.
Step 1 - New Layer Open your photo and make a copy of the Background Layer by selecting Layer> Duplicate Layer, or by dragging it to the New Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.
Step 2 - Change The Blend Mode Change the Blend Mode of the new layer from Normal to Multiply in the Layers palette to uniformly darken the photo.
Step 3 - Repeat Now repeat the entire process again. Create a new layer, change the blend mode to multiply, and watch the result. Continue doing this over and over until you go from "it's almost just right" to "it's awful!"
Step 4 - Lower the Opacity Now leave the last layer active even though it is much too extreme and lower the Opacity using the slider at the top right of the layers palette. This lowers the strength of the effect. Once you have found the right amount, you can flatten your image.
Step 5 - Flatten And Save Choose Layer> Flatten or use the palette's flyout menu and choose Flatten Image. Save your file (File> Save) and that's it!
Fixing Overexposed Photos, Pre-CS - The Layer Sandwich Trick If you do not have CS, use the following steps to help you reach similar results.
Step 1 - New Layer Open your photo and make a copy of the Background Layer by selecting Layer> Duplicate Layer, or by dragging it to the New Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.
Step 2 - Change The Blend Mode Change the Blend Mode of the new layer from Normal to Multiply in the Layers palette to uniformly darken the photo.
Step 3 - Repeat Now repeat the entire process again. Create a new layer, change the blend mode to multiply, and watch the result. Continue doing this over and over until you go from "it's almost just right" to "it's awful!"
Step 4 - Lower the Opacity Now leave the last layer active even though it is much too extreme and lower the Opacity using the slider at the top right of the layers palette. This lowers the strength of the effect. Once you have found the right amount, you can flatten your image.
Step 5 - Flatten And Save Choose Layer> Flatten or use the palette's flyout menu and choose Flatten Image. Save your file (File> Save) and that's it!
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