With Photoshop open, click on File heading at the top left of the menu bar and select Open. You will be directed to the most recent location of images or folders last used to open a file. Navigate to the folder location or image you wish to open. If files are arranged in a list format, you can change to thumbnail view to see a mini version of each image. Make your selection and click on the Open button.
So, let's say you have an image of an outdoor scene. You realize it isn't the color you'd like it to be... maybe it's just not warm enough the way you remember it. Or that it's to blue since it was taken in the middle of the day... not my favorite time of day preference.
I will demonstrate with one of my pictures of Meredith Bay in the springtime last year. This image is warm since it was captured in the early morning, during that magical light that only
happens at the beginning and end of the day... mainly because the sun is
shinning through more layers of the atmosphere than at noon time.
The menu we will use in this lesson is called the Levels menu. It is
located under the Image heading in the top menu bar, then down to
Adjustments, right to Levels.
Adobe® Photoshop Class #4
Ahhh, just what you got Photoshop for - color adjustments and fiddling around with all these cool controls... but not so fast! You still have to understand what they all do for you.
In this lesson, we will learn to make a simple color adjustment to your digital image. And like the last lessons, we still need to recap a bit...
The Levels menu gives you the power to modify the full color of the RGB image, just the darks or lights, or individual layers of color. In the top menu, with RGB selected, the full color adjustment is available.
When you drop the toggle arrow down, you can select any of the 3 layers to modify. In the lower menu, the mid-tones have been adjusted in the Blue layer. To the right is yellow and the left is blue enhancement. You will probably want to experiment with this menu a bit before actually saving the image. Remember, to either Cancel or Undo any unwanted changes.
I hope this information has helped you understand this valuable and powerful menu ability. Keep in mind that a little adjustment goes a long way... go slowly.
See you in the next lesson....
The Levels menu provides control over the Red, Green, and Blue layers of your RGB image, the native color range from a digital camera. Each layer has 256 levels of color. Within each layer, the menu control allows adjustment of the shadows, mid-tones, and highlights. With this simple control, you can alter the color of your picture greatly or just a tad.
