Removing shadows within photoshop

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is it possible/fairly easy to remove some dark/underexposed areas in PS, without brightening or overexposing the whole image? If so, is a a tutorial on tp or the net that someone could point me in the direction of?

I will get a sample image up tonight. :thumbs:
 
I know photoshop Lightroom has an exposure adjustment brush thing.
 
You could try the dodge/burn tool, and just paint the areas that are underexposed.
 
The dodge tool is not really the best way of dodging, it tends to affect saturation even with the improvements in CS3/4. A better was is to add a new layer, fill with 50% grey, set the layer blend mode to soft light and paint with white on the bits you want to lighten (use a low opacity brush) If you use black you can "burn in as well.
 
swanseamale47 said:
The dodge tool is not really the best way of dodging, it tends to affect saturation even with the improvements in CS3/4. A better was is to add a new layer, fill with 50% grey, set the layer blend mode to soft light and paint with white on the bits you want to lighten (use a low opacity brush) If you use black you can "burn in as well.
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I agree, the burn and dodge utilities are great if it is just minor adjustments but if you are looking at more major work things can rapidly go very wrong.
 
i am looking to remove the usual dark shadows under the eyes caused by the sun being to the side/corner of the person. I tried the technique described by swanseamale but i had no luck as PS is very new to me. But i shall march on nonetheless!
 
Create a duplicate layer of the image, then using curves or levels, or a combination of both, lighten the image. Then, put the original image back to the top and using the eraser tool, rub out the parts of the image you want to brighten, to start with reduce the opacity and flow to something around 40% and then build it up gradually.
 
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