Correcting a flat looking image
Aug 13, 2023 15:46:33 #
Often, the B&W you start out with is rather flat. If using Lightroom, here is an easy way to improve the image.
I have included a flat image, and the corrected image as examples.
Step 1: In Lightroom, hold down the Alt Key (Window) or Cmd Key (Apple) and in the Lightroom Tone Box, drag the Blacks slider to the left until you start to see black pixels start to appear on the screen. These represent the blackest black that you can get, and allow yourself a few black pixels.
Step 2: In Lightroom, hold down the Alt Key (Window) or Cmd Key (Apple) and in the Lightroom Tone Box, drag the Whites slider to the right until you get a few white pixels to show. These represent the Whitest of the White pixels. Having just a few of them is OK.
The result is an image stretched to fill the entire space from blackest black to whitest white and will have solved the flatness problem.
Alternately, you can drag the Dehaze slider to the right instead of the Blacks slider to the left. Additionally, you adjust the Clarity slider a little left or right to fine tune how your image is looking.
I have included a flat image, and the corrected image as examples.
Step 1: In Lightroom, hold down the Alt Key (Window) or Cmd Key (Apple) and in the Lightroom Tone Box, drag the Blacks slider to the left until you start to see black pixels start to appear on the screen. These represent the blackest black that you can get, and allow yourself a few black pixels.
Step 2: In Lightroom, hold down the Alt Key (Window) or Cmd Key (Apple) and in the Lightroom Tone Box, drag the Whites slider to the right until you get a few white pixels to show. These represent the Whitest of the White pixels. Having just a few of them is OK.
The result is an image stretched to fill the entire space from blackest black to whitest white and will have solved the flatness problem.
Alternately, you can drag the Dehaze slider to the right instead of the Blacks slider to the left. Additionally, you adjust the Clarity slider a little left or right to fine tune how your image is looking.
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Aug 14, 2023 11:01:54 #
Thank you everyone.
How about posting a before and after of one that you try this on?
How about posting a before and after of one that you try this on?
Aug 14, 2023 15:11:05 #
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