Table of contents for Photo Editing Basics
- Canvas Rotation – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 1
- Cropping Images – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 2
- Levels Adjustment Layer – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 3
- Color Balance Adjustment Layer – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 4
- Curves Adjustment Layer – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 5
- Smart Sharpening Filter – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 6
- Adding Background and Border – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 7
- Saving a Picture for Web Use – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 8
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The Levels Adjustment Layer can be used for contrast control and color correction. It’s an incredibly versatile tool. In any well-exposed image, it’s totally feasible that with a few simple adjustments in levels, your image can be ready for print.
One can click the “New Adjustment Layer” button within the Layers Palette, and choose Levels within the drop-down list. You may also navigate to the “Layers” menu ->”New Adjustment Layer” and choose it from that menu.
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The Crop tool enables you to select a region of an image and discard everything outside this area. The tool can be found third from the top in the Photoshop Toolbox, within the left side.
Color Balance Adjustment Layer – Photoshop CS4 – Photo Editing Basic Part 4
YouTube - Photo Editing Basics Part 4 - Using the Color Balance Adjustment Layer
The Color Balance command changes all around combination of colors within an image for general color correction.
Click the Color Balance icon in the Adjustments panel.
Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. Click OK within the New Layer dialog box.
Note: You may also choose Image > Adjustments > Color Balance. But remember that this process makes direct adjustments to the image layer and discards image information.
Within the Adjustments panel, select Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights to choose the tonal range in which you wish to focus the alterations.
(Optional) Select Preserve Luminosity to avoid changing the luminosity values within the image while changing the color. This option maintains the tonal balance in the image.
Drag a slider toward a color that you would like to improve in the image; drag a slider away from a color that you might want to decrease in the image.
The values above the color bars show the color changes for the red, green, and blue channels.
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