Comments on: A Quick and Effective Way to Enhance Contrast in Photoshop

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:26:10 +0000

Or you could try taking a good picture in the first place. It’s a new technique I learned in photo class, where you find interesting subject matter and shoot it during the right time of day from an angle that makes the light and color intriguing, or you light it yourself artificially. I am really tired of everybody “fixing it in post..” Photoshop is killing the art of photography.

By: David Hardwick Photography

David Hardwick Photography — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:44:09 +0000

Very useful photoshop tip for some people. Thanks for all your articles.

By: Cole

Cole — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:15:28 +0000

totally awesome, this works miracles just the essence of photography right here: digitally enhancing an image.

By: Stefan Petersen

Stefan Petersen — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:48:54 +0000

Great write up! I’m always looking to further my ‘poor’ post processing techniques.

By: Tofom

Tofom — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:25:37 +0000

Really geat tip. I’ve created a Photoshop action.
Thank you

By: PO Cyborg

PO Cyborg — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:16:22 +0000

Great cleaner of the grey wash-everything-together haze! It gives the last extra after lightroom treatment.: Subtle and beneficiant. Will definitely use it. [B T W Ilan: the vignetting effect is due to optic flaws, not the action itself. ]

By: SteakHouse

SteakHouse — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:51:52 +0000

Good post, thank you.

Now to be silly and pedantic (I am definitely not taking this seriously, it just amused me as I tried to unravel it)

I loved the highly confusing multiple-negative in the opening paragraph

“…there is not a single photo I have ever taken that does not look better without it. NEVER.”

*head explodes*

“There is not a single photo I have ever taken” i.e. “every photo I have taken”
“…that does not look better” i.e. “looks better”
“without it”… here is the confusion: this should be “with it”… even if you use the original double negative.
“Never” an expertly chosen addendum to further confound the mind before the without/with issue has been figured out!

:^D

By: Dustin

Dustin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:00:47 +0000

I just thought that I should finally comment on this. I read this tip wuite a while back on here, and started using it right away. It’s Great! There is truly no image that I’ve found that this doesn’t improve on some level. I’ve even made it into a little action. The only things I have learned to watch out for is images with a lot of dark areas and sunsets. In images with really subtle shadow detail, I usually run the equalize/soft light action, and then erase out the dark areas as it usually makes them too dark. As for sunsets, well it can wash them out a little. To remedy that I usually still use it, but then I’ll duplicate the layer and play with the curves and/or saturation to get the sunset right, then use a mask or eraser to just show the part of the sunset that I want.

Thanks for the tip!

By: Gbenga Loveeyes Images

Gbenga Loveeyes Images — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:13:29 +0000

Photoshop…. Just when I think I am almost done, nw skills keep coming up. Thanks DPS

By: Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:34:59 +0000

Hmmm, I’ll have to give it a try, I can’t see why you wouldn’t just use one curves adjustment layer though? .. what are the benefits of this method?