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Fixing exposure

Fixing exposure - Photos for OS X Tutorial

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Fixing exposure

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- Let's move on to fixing exposure. I like fix exposure first because it has great impact on color. You see as you brighten an image, it tends to wash the color out a bit. Darken an image, and the colors become richer. Getting exposure right is really the first step to enhancing an image. All the other adjustments that you're going to make are really depended upon it. This is why I always say fix exposure first. Let's go ahead and take a look at a good example. We'll switch to the album called UAE. And let's select this first image here which is an aerial view looking down on the city scape. We'll double click to open it and now click the edit button. You'll notice that the histogram is visible. If you don't see it, just go under the view menu and make sure you've turned on the histogram. Now let's take a look at the overall change. If I move the global slider here for light, you see we can darken the image or…

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