[filmscanners] Re: Advice needed on Photoshop

["Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>]

I don't have Photoshop LE, but in the full version, I'd switch to Quick
Mask, create a gradient so that I have a gradual selection from bottom to
top, then go back to the original layer and use the Curves dialog to lighten
the top of the image.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Bloor" <admin@seratel.ie>
To: <anthony@atkielski.com>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 19:03
Subject: [filmscanners] Advice needed on Photoshop


> I have a slide of a building (the treasury in Petra), lit only by candles
> standing in front of it.  This means that the top half of the building is
> much darker than the bottom.  While retaining this effect to some degree,
I
> would like to lighten the top of the building and leave the bottom as it
is.
>
> Is there some way I can use Photoshop to lighten the slide progressively
> from say 0% at the bottom to 50% at the top ?
>
> I have Photoshop LE 5.0, so I might be missing some of the more esoteric
tools.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Bloor
>
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