Before:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02bf9zRWEI/AAAAAAAAAtk/WBO-C6Tj21g/s400/pre.jpg)
After:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02kFgDKhTI/AAAAAAAAAvI/g30ULoFfZ4Q/s400/after1.jpg)
First i would like to inform you that this tutorials is not for tooooooo dark images i mean 99% of the image is black but most of dark photos will be good.
1-open the photo then duplicate the background layer.
2-go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur.. then change the settings just like this pic :
you can change the radius amount depending on your photo size (the bigger the photo the bigger the amount)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02bgD8IKXI/AAAAAAAAAts/hDpNEOZZ62U/s400/1.jpg)
3-now duplicate the Layer1 then go to Filter>Distort>Diffuse Glow.. then follow the pic:
and also you can change the amounts depending on your photo size
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02b9RQWlUI/AAAAAAAAAt0/oz4tu_RkW6w/s400/2.jpg)
4-change the blend mode of the two top layers to screen just like the next 2 pictures :
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02b9j4GwlI/AAAAAAAAAt8/u2wcu145s-w/s400/3.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyGVe9ZXTt2hEImQJrmHLeJortm1fQ_qjsgzd-ceT-wUpDXy50TrHQtltbGYviivkNWcm41aXvyzTL0fG3O9QHmimtMGWu-y9JiybfCIgxd0VdghWuXaGADeJmRQMl13SUqZAsXIJ__E/s400/4.jpg)
this is the result so far :
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02cOzEnzRI/AAAAAAAAAuM/RLoNcF5CVNQ/s400/5.jpg)
it's good but the sunlight area is too bright so in the next step we will work on darken it a little bit
5-now we will group the 2 top layers select both of them (select the first and while you are clicking on Ctrl select the second ) like this :
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02hLsckQ5I/AAAAAAAAAuY/OvyTj8xvVEs/s400/6.jpg)
now group the 2 selected layers by pressing Ctrl+G or go to Layer>Group Layers:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02hLybBqgI/AAAAAAAAAug/wWbwlM7hJpc/s400/7.jpg)
6-add a layer mask to the group :
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02hMLeWr0I/AAAAAAAAAuo/BY74c8lKtqA/s400/8.jpg)
select the gray color:
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02i0gFUdGI/AAAAAAAAAu0/P6t9-Xtk7gU/s400/9.jpg)
now finally paint with medium brush on the too bright area like here :
(paint on the red area in the next pic )
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02i0yewTNI/AAAAAAAAAu8/ZlN77D6AkUk/s400/10.jpg)
this is the final result :
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02kFgDKhTI/AAAAAAAAAvI/g30ULoFfZ4Q/s400/after1.jpg)
and this is another example :
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02Z7XQJX2I/AAAAAAAAAtY/RbRZRUTCv1M/s400/pre.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uteXALokXqQ/S02kFjheQAI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/nNzYbcRZieQ/s400/after2.jpg)
i hope you like it and please leave a comment .
2 comments:
mmm the picture looks cartoonish after.
I think what you've done is great. I used to use just with finding the high and low levels (ctrl+l) and finding the midrange. Using a mask/defuse is nice.
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