Lighten Photos?

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louisegd
Jul 21, 2008
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I have Photoshop CS2 and my boss asked to lighten photos by 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% in order for the colors to come out right on press. How do I do this?
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Carl_Stawicki
Jul 21, 2008
Proper color management would solve this problem, but if your boss is asking you do do that, I’m assuming that isn’t possible where you work.

You can take the request literally by using curves. Pull the 50% point down to 45%, 40%, 35%, etc. Lower numbers = brighter image.

Carl.
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Allen_Wicks
Jul 21, 2008
Another easy way is to make a duplicate layer set to screen mode, then vary opacity.
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J_Maloney
Jul 21, 2008
Allen:

Try a blank adjustment layer instead of duplicating the image layer (i.e., create a new adjustment layer: levels, curves, etc and make no adjustment; just hit ok). Then screen/multiply/etc the adjustment layer.

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