![]() Your histogram now gives you a reading for the area of your photo you previously selected rather than the whole image. A new layer now appears based on your previous selection and you’ll need to invert the mask by selecting ctrl+I. Press Q to exit quick mask and the area becomes selected with marching ants all around it. Quick mask will paint the selected area red by default. ![]() Here I am going to edit the foliage below Theo so I have painted this area with my brush whilst in quick mask mode. Using my quick mask (B to select my brush and then Q to enter quick mask mode) I paint on the part of my image I wish to edit using a soft brush at 100% opacity. I’m happy with this so now Imove on to more localised adjustments.Īdjustment layers stack on top of each other so no need to select the background after each layer just click on the top most layer. Grab the white triangle and pull it left until you reach the side of the histogram. I now will look at the histogram and see if I have any gaps at either end, in this image there is a gap at the far right side so time to work on that. ![]() You’ll need to have your properties tab open to show you the histogram of this levels layer (if yours isn’t active you can find it in windows – properties). I add a levels layer – to do this, either click on the little icon in the ‘layers’ palette to add an adjustment layer and choose levels or go to the menus at the top of the screen and click on Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Levels. Here I am trying to show how powerful the levels layers can be and I will take this image straight into Photoshop with no adjustments in Lightroom.įirst up, I will do a global exposure adjustment using levels. I’ve captured a lovely moment but the colours are dull and flat and not at all like they really were. This was taken at sunset on a cold winter day using my 70-200mm at f2.8, shutter speed 1/400, and ISO 400. Here is the SOOC image of my lad, Theo, with his beloved bear Big George. I have found the easiest way to do this is through using level adjustment layers within Adobe Photoshop – levels are a simple way of making a big difference to your photo. There are lots of ways you can use post processing to achieve this and here I will show you what works for me. For my own images, my personal style is a simple clean edit with a nice pop of vibrant colour.
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