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| Correcting Color |
| Correcting Contrast |
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Correcting Color
Step 1
Open an underwater photo in Photoshop. To do this, click on the File menu and select Open. Then, browse for the photo and click OK.
Step 2
To brighten the red channel, we'll use a Levels adjustment layer. Click on the “New Adjustment Layer” button located in the Layers pallet and select Levels.
Step 3
The Levels tool should appear. Change the channel to Red.
Step 4
Drag the middle input slider towards the left until the color of the photo looks correct. Keep your eye on the photo as you adjust; especially on the red areas.
The color is now fixed. Looking back into the channels, we can see that the blue and green channels were left untouched while the red channel was brightened.
Next, we'll learn how to correct the contrast of underwater photos.
