The engine driver
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| As we can see from our image there are no true blacks even though it was a black train and the image is looking a little flat. This was very much a grab shot but all is not lost as we can correct our image in Photoshop. |
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| Have a good look at your image and don't be afraid to use the cropping tool to improve the overall composition. Call up the cropping tool from the tool box and drag it over the image, we can then use the grab handles to make any adjustments, once happy double click inside the frame or press the enter key to crop. |
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| Duplicate the background layer by dragging it over the create new layer icon as shown above. You can rename the new layer by right clicking on the new layer and selecting Layer Properties. We can then type in the name of our new layer, in this case 'Levels' |
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| Calling up the Levels palette Image>Adjust >Levels or shortcut Ctrl L and make any adjustments as necessary - in this case the Auto command is found to be sufficient.. |
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Call up the levels palette and select the black eye dropper tool but this time click on an area of the train itself. This has now told Photoshop that this area is black and this will make quite a difference to our image. Tip - If the effect doesn't look right after selecting a dark area just press the Alt key and the Cancel button becomes Reset and allows us to return to our original settings. |
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| Just to finish off our image we can use the Burn Tools (shortcut O) to darken down some of the highlights in our image. Don't forget to start with the Exposure set at around 10% in the Options Palette and slowly build up the effect. |
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The finished image Roll cursor over the above image to see the effects |