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Tutorial: AKVIS Enhancer

Photo correction

 

The author of the example is Muhammad Faroooq Khan.
Ôîňîăđŕôč˙ äî č ďîńëĺ ęîđđĺęöčč
Before and After
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He wrote:

My name is Muhammad Faroooq Khan and I am a student of the University of Lahore where I study Electrical Engineering. My Registration No. is EE-304-056. I am also interested in Graphics Designing. So I found this useful AKVIS Enhancer Filter on web. It is something very different and extraordinary. AKVIS Enhancer filter is one of the most powerful and helpful tools to fix dark photos.

I used a dark photo of a street to show how the tool works.

a dark photo

It was not easy to correct this underexposed picture in Adobe Photoshop. I tried to use LEVEL/CURVE commands but it didn't work perfectly.

As you can see the color of the trees is faded out and buildings look lighter than in the original.

After Levels command

So I decided to apply the AKVIS Enhancer filter.

  • Step 1. I called the command Filter Menu -> AKVIS -> Enhancer and I applied the filter to my image.
    AKVIS Enhancer: default settings

    As you call the plugin it processes the original image at default parametres. Here we have Shadows=0, Highlights=0, Level of Detail=5, Lightness=50.

    Image processed at default parameters
  • Step 2. At default values the details in shadows are still hardly visible. So I increased the Shadows value to 100 and Lightness to 100 as well. Now the image looks much clearer than before.
    Adjust the parameters
  • Step 3. Then I pressed Apply and Enhancer processed the photo with the new values of the parameters.
    Processing image

    As a result we get the following image.

    The processed photo
  • Step 4. In this step I apply the AKVIS Enhancer filter again to see more details. But now the Shadows value is 25 and Lightness is 7. On your image these values can be different. It all depends on the image.
    Photo processed with AKVIS Enhancer
  • Step 5. So here is the final image of my tutorial.
    Ôîňîăđŕôč˙ äî č ďîńëĺ ęîđđĺęöčč
    Click on the picture to open the photo in a larger window

 

 
How It Works How It Works
AKVIS Enhancer Plugin AKVIS Enhancer Plugin
   — Workspace — Workspace
   — Enhancer Mode — Enhancer Mode
   — Focus Mode — Focus Mode
   — Smart Correction Mode — Smart Correction Mode
   — Batch Processing — Batch Processing
AKVIS Enhancer Standalone  (+HDR) AKVIS Enhancer Standalone (+HDR)
   — Workspace — Workspace
   — Enhancer Mode — Enhancer Mode
   — Focus Mode — Focus Mode
   — Smart Correction Mode — Smart Correction Mode
   — HDR Mode (Series of Shots) — HDR Mode (Series of Shots)
   — What Does HDRI Mean? — What Does HDRI Mean?
   — Post Processing — Post Processing
Examples Examples
   — In the Street — In the Street
   — A Child in the Garden — A Child in the Garden
   — Highlands scenery (HDR)  — Highlands scenery (HDR)
   — See the lorry in detail — See the lorry in detail
   — Neuschwanstein Castle — Neuschwanstein Castle
   — Ancient Town — Ancient Town
   — Fun Slides in the Countryside (HDR) — Fun Slides in the Countryside (HDR)
   — Increase the Clearness of a Photo — Increase the Clearness of a Photo
   — Dark Picture of a Church — Dark Picture of a Church
   — Tennis-court — Tennis-court
   — Archery — Archery
   — Orange Tree — Orange Tree
   — Backlight Photo — Backlight Photo
   — Technical Illustration — Technical Illustration
   — Town at Night — Town at Night
   — Underexposed Photo — Underexposed Photo
   — A Kid with a Rattle — A Kid with a Rattle
   — African Kids — African Kids
   — A Siamese Cat — A Siamese Cat
   — Remove Smog from the Photo — Remove Smog from the Photo
   — Poet and Doves — Poet and Doves
   — A Black Cat in a Dark Room — A Black Cat in a Dark Room
   — Christmas Market — Christmas Market
   — Exposure Correction — Exposure Correction
   — Correction of a Dark Photo — Correction of a Dark Photo
   — Khan Palace Photo — Khan Palace Photo
   — Photo Correction: Lightening — Photo Correction: Lightening
   — Show Details in Shadows — Show Details in Shadows
   — An Old Brewery in a New Light (HDR) — An Old Brewery in a New Light (HDR)
   — The Golden Pavilion — The Golden Pavilion
   — An Ominous Way: Strengthen the Effect  — An Ominous Way: Strengthen the Effect

 

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