

One is as a static adjustment the other is as an adjustment layer. As we're about to see, using the Brightness/Contrast command couldn't be easier or more intuitive, especially since there's only two sliders one for brightness, and one for contrast! How simply is that?Īs with most of Photoshop's image adjustments, there's two different ways that we can apply Brightness/Contrast. If you're new to Photoshop and "manual image adjustments" sounds a bit scary, don't worry. So in this tutorial, we'll look at the first of Photoshop's manual image adjustments, the Brightness/Contrast command.

In fact, when it comes to retouching our photos, the saying, "If you want it done right, do it yourself" is usually true. While the Auto commands in Photoshop have their place, and are certainly popular thanks to the fact that they run on auto-pilot, they don't always do the best job. We then learned how we can apply these Auto commands as adjustment layers to keep our image editing non-destructive. So far in our series on correcting tone and color problems in our images, we've looked at Photoshop's three Auto image adjustments ( Auto Tone, Auto Contrast and Auto Color) and how they can instantly boost contrast, and even remove an unwanted color cast, from a photo.
