How to Fix Bar Photos ~ Enhance Photography Skill

If you have recently built a bar in your basement or are having a night on the town at the local pub, you may want to document this by taking some photographs. Unfortunately, many bars are darkly lit. While almost all cameras have a flash unit, inconsistent lighting may cause the colors or lighting in your bar photo to be off. However, with the help of freely available photo editing software such as Picasa, GIMP or Paint.NET, touching up a dark bar photo is a snap.

Instructions

Open your bar photo in Picasa. Double-click on the Picasa logo to open the program. From the File menu, select "Import From." On the menu bar next to the heading "Import from:," select "Folder," then highlight your bar photo. While your bar photo is highlighted, select "View and Edit" from the "Picture" menu.

Select the "Auto Color" setting for your bar photo. Your bar photo will be displayed in the main window. From the left window, select "Auto Color." This setting will automatically adjust the colors in your bar photo to approximate the normal color spectrum.

Edit the "Fill Light" setting for your bar photo. If the lighting on your bar photo still appears too dark after using Auto Color, you may need to adjust the light settings as well. From the window on the left, slide the "Fill Light" bar to the right. Your bar photo will lighten up. Adjust the "Fill Light" setting until the lighting on your bar photo appears to be normal.

Open your bar photo in GIMP. From the File menu, select "Open." Navigate to the folder containing your bar photo and click on it, then click on the "Open" button.

Create a new layer. On the Layers dialog box, right-click the background layer, then select "Duplicate." This will create a copy of your bar photo, which you can edit without making permanent changes to the photo. Left-click on the eyeball next to the "Background" layer, then left-click on the "Duplicate" layer. This will display only the editable copy of your bar photo.

Correct the color in your bar photo. From the Tools menu, select "Color," then "Levels." On the dialogue box, select the "Auto Correction" button, then select "Okay." The brightness and coloring in your bar photo will be fixed.

Open your photo in Paint.NET. From the File menu, select "Open." Navigate to the folder containing your bar photo and click on it, then select "Open." After opening your bar photo, make a copy by selecting "File" then "Save a Copy."

Create a new layer. On your keyboard, press "Control," "Shift" and "D" at the same time.

Edit the layer properties to lighten the photo. Press the "F4" key to open the layer properties dialogue box, then press "Tab" twice. On the dialogue box, select "Screen," then select "Okay." The brightness and coloring in your bar photo will be corrected.

Instructions

Open your bar photo in GIMP. From the File menu, select "Open." Navigate to the folder containing your bar photo and click on it, then click on the "Open" button.

Create a new layer. On your keyboard, press "Control," "Shift" and "D" at the same time.

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