Cutting Through Haze
Low-contrast, hazy photos are the bane of every vacationer’s travel photos, but with a little bit of work, you can make those landscapes pop.
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Lee
April 19, 2011 at 3:27 am
Very helpful. Later this year I’ll be in AZ and intend to visit the Grand Canyon. Knowing that I’ll be able to compensate for hazy photos, I’ll be more inclined to take certain photos which otherwise I might have eschewed. Monkey Grass (= Muchas Gracias) for your help.
Maureen
April 19, 2011 at 9:43 pm
The articles was very helpful as I am only coming to grips with managing layers.
I got a little stumped at Step 3. It states that: make sure the Foreground to Transpartent gradient is selected (it’s the second box on the top row). I could not find that.
I am using Version 9. Can someone help?
Lee
April 20, 2011 at 5:01 am
On the Layers palette, when you click on the “Black & White Cookie” icon and select “Gradient…”, a dialog box appears. At the top of that box, double-click on the colored area next to “Gradient:” and another dialog box (Gradient Editor) appears. It’s here that you can find your desired gradient option.
Jeffery
April 22, 2011 at 6:26 am
I cannot download this file because it keeps telling me the file is damaged. :-(
Michael
May 11, 2011 at 11:55 am
Down loaded the PDF.
Great information. Clears up a lot of questions
Alex
June 19, 2011 at 8:03 am
Hi!
I guess I’m just not seeing it. How do I download the original so that I can follow along?
Thanks, Alex
Rick
June 19, 2011 at 11:08 am
It’s available here:
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/members/download-cutting-through-haze/
Janell
September 26, 2011 at 4:53 pm
I love this tutorial. I have been doing some work on some photos I took of Canada last year. Some did come out looking like a 1950′s postcard though.
David
December 17, 2011 at 8:52 am
I am running PSE 9 and can’t seem to get the gradient fill mask to work properly. It won’t paint over the foreground details. I use PSE 7 on another computer in house and it works fine when I follow the steps in the article. Any chance something’s wrong with my PSE 9?