When shooting on a sunny day with the wrong exposure settings or if the flash fails, you will notice sharp shadows on the face. The photo below has been taken with a side lighting, that's why the face is in shadows.
Before
After
We use the Enhancer plugin in this tutorial, but you can take the standalone edition and use the same parameters to achieve this result.
Step 1. Open the image in your photo editor which supports the Enhancer plugin, for example Photoshop (or in the Enhancer program if you use the standalone edition).
Step 2. To call the Enhancer plugin select the command Filter - AKVIS - Enhancer in Adobe Photoshop; the menu item Effects - Plugins- AKVIS - Enhancer if you work with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo; or Effects - AKVIS - Enhancer if you use Corel Photo-Paint.
You will see the AKVIS Enhancer window in the Enhancer mode with the photo processed at default parameter values (settings of the AKVIS Default preset or a user preset).
Step 3. Our task is to reveal the child's face which is cast in shadows due to unevenness of exposure. Therefore we will increase the values of the parameters Shadows to 80 and Lightness to 100.
Step 4. Press the button in the Toolbar to apply the result of the photo correction and close the plugin window.
in the Toolbar to apply the result of the photo correction and close the plugin window.
— A Child in the Garden