Using the Backlighting Filter

Another common problem in photography involves photos having too much lighting from the background, essentially washing out the entire image. A similar problem involves photos with too much flash on the subject. The Backlighting filter allows you to darken the bright, overexposed areas of a photo.

Accessing and Using the Filter

  1. Choose Adjust > Photo Fix > Backlighting.

  2. Use the Strength value to determine how much the lighter areas will be darkened.

Using Backlighting in Combination with Fill Flash

You may run into a situation where a photo has just enough of a problem with too-light areas as well as too-dark areas. In that case, try running the Backlighting filter on the photo, and then the Fill Flash filter.

 

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Using the Fill Flash Filter

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Using the Digital Camera Noise Removal Filter

Improving Colors

Improving Contrast

Improving Saturation