Photo has darken areas

[Sanil]

Hi

I have a photo, which has darken areas within the photo. Need to remove the dark areas. I attached the photo herewith for your information.

How do I remove the darken areas of the photo?

Any suggestion, please?

Thanks.

Sanil.

 

[Rich54]

There are probably several ways to do this. I'm not sure of your skill level in Photoshop, but you'll need to understand layer masks. I spent only 5 minutes on this just to see if my method works. You could do a better job if you took more time.

1. Duplicate your image on a new layer and change the layer blend mode to Screen.
2. Add a layer mask to the Screen layer and fill the mask entirely with black.
3. Select a soft brush and set the Flow to about 8%. Activate the layer mask and brush with white over the areas of the image that are too dark. The Flow of 8% allows you to brush repeatedly over a given spot to gently build up the lightening effect. If you find that you've lightened too much, use the same brush at 8% flow to paint black into the layer mask.

Here's what I got in 5 minutes:

 

[JJLAPIN]

I used the Dodge tool to reduce the Dark Areas. I then Desaturated it O'all and then brought back the color using Curves while also making a contrast move, I then used the Burn to boost the shadows. Took only a few minutes. Hope this helps.

 

[Sanil]

Thanks. I am new to using Photoshop.

I will try what you suggested myself.

Thanks again.

 

[admin]

I used the Dodge tool to reduce the Dark Areas. I then Desaturated it O'all and then brought back the color using Curves while also making a contrast move, I then used the Burn to boost the shadows. Took only a few minutes. Hope this helps.

Impressive result, looks very good.