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[hitzusin]

Hello! I was wondering if anyone has a tutorial, or knows where I can find one on how to lighten up really dark screencaps? I've been using curves and the good old screen method, but it seems even on HQ images the quality gets lost because they're so dark, and I'd really like to do something with them? Or maybe a tutorial on how to use dark

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[unreal]

http://awmpdotnet.livejournal.com/15357.html
http://teenwolfresource.tumblr.com/post/64373272873/video-tutorial-how-to-color-brighten-up-dark-caps
http://jadeellsworth.co.vu/post/58985895462/how-to-brighten-stupidly-coloured-screencaps-a

All tutorials I found use curves.

[hitzusin]

Thank you! And funnily enough the icons I want to make are of teen wolf. xD The images on the first link are broken tho. :(

[sodamnreckless]

Here are some tutorials:
http://coloring-mania.tumblr.com/post/26194374910/
http://rrue.tumblr.com/post/62461666866/

[hitzusin]

Thank you!

[applepips16]

If you could post an example of the kind of caps you are struggling with, I could write up a small tutorial for it. :)

[hitzusin]

Sure, of course! Here's a cap example. There are a lot of good scenes I want to icon, but they are dark like this one. And I have no idea what to do with it to lighten it and keep the quality.

[applepips16]

Okay, for some reason, my first comment was marked as spam so here I am, trying again.

With caps like these, its best not to lighten them too much. Since they are so dark already, lightening them too much makes them terrible. The best thing to do is work with the way the cap is. I will uploading the PSD in addition to this because I know my reasoning is terribly vague

From this, to thisFirst up, a Curves Layer to lighten this without washing it out

[hitzusin]

I unspammed it! I have no idea why it does that either. :| And thank you for the tut and psd! I'll be giving it a try tomorrow when it's not so late. xD

[pineapple_sky]

Not tutorials, but I posted four PSDs a while back showing how to brighten caps (the Sansa/Game of Thrones one was incredibly dark to begin with). Maybe looking through the PSD will help you get a better idea of which layers help to lighten. :)

[hitzusin]

Thank you so much! These are beautifully done, too!

[chiffanichan]

I made it a tutorial for you :)
http://aciddrop.net/view_tutorials.php?id=26