How to Fix An Underexposed Photo

[Farmer Nestor]

For newbies like myself ;D

1. Open your photo and make a copy of the Background Layer by choosing Layer> Duplicate Layer, or by dragging it to the New Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.

2. In the Layers palette change the Blend Mode of the new layer from Normal to Screen. This will lighten the photo uniformly.

3.Now repeat the entire procedure again. Create a new layer, change the blend mode to screen, and then take a look at the result. Continue doing this until you go from "oh-my-god it's almost perfect" to "oh-my-god I've ruined it!"
4.Now leave that last layer active even though it's taken you too far and lower the Opacity using the slider at the top right of the layers palette. This lowers the intensity of the effect. When you've found the right amount, you can flatten your image.

5.Choose Layer> Flatten or use the palette’s flyout menu and choose Flatten Image. That's it. Save your file (File> Save) and you're done.

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cheers & mabalos!

[Teddy Regpala]

Hhhhhmmm, I just saw this now.
Will try this at home this weekend.

I have a question on #3 though. Do you duplicate the copy (screen layer) or of the original background layer?

More PP tips will be highly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Martin Alvendia]

From what I know is you duplicate the original layer. I tried this once before and it works!

[Farmer Nestor]

Sample shot using this technique.......

before


after

[Elvin Sansona]

thanks for sharing sir Nestor