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My question is for anyone that chooses to answer, but Mike seems to be the Curves boffin here.
My daughter is just starting out with Photoshop 7 and using it to edit her digital photographs. I’m reasonably proficient at this, but hardly an expert. She’ll send me a "thumb drive" (she lives in a different town) with some images on it and I’ll edit them, explain what I did, and give an exercise to do the same thing on another image and send the thumb drive back. She’s gradually learning to use the tools.
On the current project, I’m adjusting with Curves. Basically, I’m brightening part of the image that I made a selection, but Curves works better than the Brightness slider.
Here comes the question: How do I explain what Curves do? I can use Curves and get good results. I can look up tutorials on the web and find long and involved explanations. My daughter doesn’t need a long, technical explanation of x and y scales. It would work just to say "Bring up Curves, move the line until you like the results, and click OK". However, I’d like to provide a quickie basic description of what Curves do and why there are times you use them to brighten and why there are times you don’t.
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My daughter is just starting out with Photoshop 7 and using it to edit her digital photographs. I’m reasonably proficient at this, but hardly an expert. She’ll send me a "thumb drive" (she lives in a different town) with some images on it and I’ll edit them, explain what I did, and give an exercise to do the same thing on another image and send the thumb drive back. She’s gradually learning to use the tools.
On the current project, I’m adjusting with Curves. Basically, I’m brightening part of the image that I made a selection, but Curves works better than the Brightness slider.
Here comes the question: How do I explain what Curves do? I can use Curves and get good results. I can look up tutorials on the web and find long and involved explanations. My daughter doesn’t need a long, technical explanation of x and y scales. It would work just to say "Bring up Curves, move the line until you like the results, and click OK". However, I’d like to provide a quickie basic description of what Curves do and why there are times you use them to brighten and why there are times you don’t.
Want to try it?
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