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Blinkies or the Histogram? You Tell Me.

Thumbnail image for Blinkies or the Histogram?  You Tell Me. April 12, 2011

Perfect exposure is one thing you and I could probably talk about forever, right? Do you aim for one stop over or straight down the middle?  Evaluative or spot?  And how do you know when you’ve nailed exposure?  That brings me to the current topic – blinkies vs. the histogram. Here’s my theory, but I’m [...]

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The Perfect Photoshop Elements Workflow – Part 1, Reading a Histogram

January 22, 2009

Reading a Histogram in Photoshop Elements Getting the correct lighting and exposure is critical to taking a great picture.  The Levels histogram is a tool provided by PSE to let you analyze and adjust the distribution of the pixels in your image among shadows, midtones and highlights.  Adjusting the levels of pixels among these areas [...]

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