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General Category => Computer questions => Topic started by: overfifty on February 12, 2014, 11:18:47 am

Title: Dark photos
Post by: overfifty on February 12, 2014, 11:18:47 am

Is there any way of lightening up a dark photo to start the pattern process? Thank you, Barry.

Title: Re: Dark photos
Post by: daveo on February 12, 2014, 11:26:10 am

barry
In gimp try "colours" "brightness/contrast"
Dave

Title: Re: Dark photos
Post by: Toneman on February 12, 2014, 04:37:11 pm

Windows photo gallery has an editing tool to brighten a photo.

Tony,aka,Toneman

Title: Re: Dark photos
Post by: EIEIO on March 26, 2014, 04:27:37 pm

Barry - after changing the image to Mode Grayscale, try setting Brightness/Contrast to 50/50. If it's still too dark or washed out, try using the edge detection filters or Cartoon to get the edges highlighted.

Title: Re: Dark photos
Post by: Marcellarius on March 28, 2014, 04:08:51 am

or use Microsoft Office Picture Manager

next to brightness/contrast this has a midtone adjusting.
maybe not the best, but quick to use.
(ise images, one original, one adjusted.

Sometimes tools have a "gamma" correction curve, woorks good also.
(look for gamma in help of your tool)

Title: Re: Dark photos
Post by: jerry1939 on March 29, 2014, 12:23:26 pm

Hey, You guys helped me too!!  Thanks.

jerry

Hi EIEIO,  Now I owe you 2 drinks  ;D
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