Hi, I'm new here. I'm an average, soccer-mom type of photographer & I've had Elements about a year, but I still get around from tutorial to tutorial in the photo-editing arena. I mostly use Elements for making picture books (I'd say scrapbooks, but my time-limited style is to do *very* simple designs).
Right now, I have a few photos which need to have the background toned down: the subject is in front of a bright window. In the pictures in question, the flash lightened the subject so I would think it's salvageable, but the background is just too bright. I've toyed with cutting out the window and inserting another background, but I was hoping for a more natural-looking solution, one that just tones down the bright whites of the window without severely darkening the images that show through the window.
I'm surprised I haven't been able to find any tutorials on this - it seems everyone would need this at one time or another! There's always going to be situations as a soccer mom where you just have to make the best of a bad photographic situation. I'm hoping this is so simple it doesn't require a tutorial? (and I'm just kinda slow? )
I'd appreciate any help! Thanks.
K
Right now, I have a few photos which need to have the background toned down: the subject is in front of a bright window. In the pictures in question, the flash lightened the subject so I would think it's salvageable, but the background is just too bright. I've toyed with cutting out the window and inserting another background, but I was hoping for a more natural-looking solution, one that just tones down the bright whites of the window without severely darkening the images that show through the window.
I'm surprised I haven't been able to find any tutorials on this - it seems everyone would need this at one time or another! There's always going to be situations as a soccer mom where you just have to make the best of a bad photographic situation. I'm hoping this is so simple it doesn't require a tutorial? (and I'm just kinda slow? )
I'd appreciate any help! Thanks.
K