Hope for UNDER exposed digi pic?

not seeing the picture, i would suggest using a number of curves adjustment layers with the help of masks so that you can vary your adjustments. itll be painstaking work, but will probably produce the best result.

-tom

"Starband" wrote in message

I was asked to print an aerial photo image taken by a friend of mine

(Epson

1280).

Unfortunately the shot was taken at a fairly low altitude– into the sun. It’s a nearly full frame image of a house surrounded by trees, and when I try adjusting in PS7 to bring out any of the details, it looks pretty crappy.

Due in great part to the image itself of course, but my inexperience with

PS

is surely a contributing factor.

I assume that there is no magic "cure" but in general terms, how would you tackle trying to get a decent, printable image given this kind of subject? Curves, levels, contrast, … ??

Along similar lines, duplicate the layer, double click the resulting layer & set the properties to overlay/screen (I forget which) to brighten/darken. Erase with a soft edge any areas that are overcorrected and duplicate that layer as many times as needed, adjusting transparency if it’s too extreme.

I don’t know how this works but it can do wonders. Seems to be a little different than adjusting brightness & contrast (I know levels or curves are more advanced than brightness/contrast but again I don’t know how to do that right).

Layer masks will allow you to go back & forth adding and removing if you chose that route.

thomas wrote:

not seeing the picture, i would suggest using a number of curves adjustment layers with the help of masks so that you can vary your adjustments. itll be painstaking work, but will probably produce the best result.
-tom

"Starband" wrote in message

I was asked to print an aerial photo image taken by a friend of mine

(Epson

1280).

Unfortunately the shot was taken at a fairly low altitude– into the sun. It’s a nearly full frame image of a house surrounded by trees, and when I try adjusting in PS7 to bring out any of the details, it looks pretty crappy.

Due in great part to the image itself of course, but my inexperience with

PS

is surely a contributing factor.

I assume that there is no magic "cure" but in general terms, how would you tackle trying to get a decent, printable image given this kind of subject? Curves, levels, contrast, … ??

"Starband" wrote in message

…
I assume that there is no magic "cure" but in general terms, how would you tackle trying to get a decent, printable image given this kind of subject? Curves, levels, contrast, … ??

Curves. If you don’t get good results in RGB mode, convert to CMYK and adjust the curve for the K channel.

Of course, if there’s no shadow detail to begin with, image adjustments won’t do any good.

Starband wrote:

I was asked to print an aerial photo image taken by a friend of mine (Epson 1280).

Unfortunately the shot was taken at a fairly low altitude– into the sun. It’s a nearly full frame image of a house surrounded by trees, and when I try adjusting in PS7 to bring out any of the details, it looks pretty crappy.

Due in great part to the image itself of course, but my inexperience with PS is surely a contributing factor.

I assume that there is no magic "cure" but in general terms, how would you tackle trying to get a decent, printable image given this kind of subject? Curves, levels, contrast, … ??

There is a nice tutorial about how to use Curves in a picture like that at the Apple website.
http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/ttphotoshop/605curve s.html

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

add an curves adjustment layer set the mode to multiply

try repeating this until your happy with it 🙂

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

There is a nice tutorial about how to use Curves in a picture like that at the Apple website.
http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/ttphotoshop/605curve s.html

That is an excellent web resource, thanks for the pointer. I have bookmarked this location, they have many tutorials, the video and audio combine well to explain what is going on.

JP

Looks like the bottom line is the ol’ garbage in garbage out scenario. <s>

The suggestions I got have left me w/ at least a decent image that we can use. Thanks to all who responded!

"Starband" wrote in message

I was asked to print an aerial photo image taken by a friend of mine

(Epson

1280).

Unfortunately the shot was taken at a fairly low altitude– into the sun. It’s a nearly full frame image of a house surrounded by trees, and when I try adjusting in PS7 to bring out any of the details, it looks pretty crappy.

Due in great part to the image itself of course, but my inexperience with

PS

is surely a contributing factor.

I assume that there is no magic "cure" but in general terms, how would you tackle trying to get a decent, printable image given this kind of subject? Curves, levels, contrast, … ??

Yeah, the movie is a heck of a lot easier to follow than a traditional snapshot tutorial.

JP White wrote:

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

There is a nice tutorial about how to use Curves in a picture like that at the Apple website.
http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/ttphotoshop/605curve s.html

That is an excellent web resource, thanks for the pointer. I have bookmarked this location, they have many tutorials, the video and audio combine well to explain what is going on.

JP