On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:12:36 GMT, peter wrote:
> I have a photo with people in foreground and sunset in background. The
> exposure of sunset is good, the people are too dark (see sample photo
#0) .
> I want to select the people and brighten them.
>
> After selecting the people (using magic wand multiple times), I found it
....
>
> http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/5490046_o37yZ
>
> Using photoshop CS2.
The magic wand almost always produces a poor selection when used in a
photograph. As Tacit says, curves can do a lot.
Here's my take, using curves only:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curvemeister2/sets/72157606316942446/
To darken the sky, use curves in a layer (or smart filter for
Curvemeister/CS3), and a modified version of one of the channels as a
mask,
to separate out the sky. As with many underexposed images, noise is an
issue. The free demo from www.neatimage.com can work wonders.
--
Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
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