When shooting on a sunny day with wrong exposure settings or if the flash fails, you can notice sharp shadows on the face. The photo below has been taken with a side lighting, that's why the face is in shadows.
Step 1. Open the image in your photo editor.
Step 2. Call AKVIS Enhancer plugin. To this effect select the command Filter - AKVIS - Enhancer in Adobe Photoshop; the menu item Effects - Plugins- AKVIS - Enhancer if you work with Jasc Paint Shop Pro; or Effects - AKVIS - Enhancer if you use Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
You will see the following AKVIS Enhancer window with the photo processed at default parameter values.
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