I found some old photographs that came out very undereposed. I have tried Photos to fix, but unsuccessfully. Do you have a preferred program that corrects, fixes, lightens, reduces noise, adds color, etc, from underexposed photos? Thank you.
When I'm scanning slides, I try to correct the exposure during the scanning. For example, VueScan lets us adjust the exposure during the scanning. That can give better results then adjusting the exposure after the scan.
For dust and other degradation of the scans I am using Snapheal (from the same manufacture as Noiseless).
I purchased Noiseless, Snapheal, Intensify as a bundle "Creative Kit". Intensify lets us bring out the details, that are still available, but it cannot do magic. I am not sure, if this package is still available.
There's not a whole lot you can do with underexposed photos. You can make them look better, but they'll never look like they were properly lit.
The biggest problem with underexposure is the grain of film, or electronic noise of digital cameras. There's lots of it, and it isn't easy to remove. Best I've found for that is Noiseless. It does take some time to learn the interface (beyond the presets). The main trick is getting the settings just right so you reduce the noise to almost nothing without flattening the detail that's supposed to be there out of everything.
I've been doing digital imaging for 40 years (before Photoshop even existed) and it's an art making underexposed images look good. Translation - lots of practice.
You can also get Ctein's Digital Restoration from start to finish, he has a lot of tricks to pull the most out of scans.
Hmm, I'll have to look at Noiseless tomorrow and see if it has color enhancement. I think it only doe the one thing - reduce noise. But I'll have to check to be certain.
Didn't look at the page I linked to close enough to realize it seems to now just be a placeholder, then throws you to Luminar. I see there is a noise reduction function, but it's hard to tell how much control you have. It shows a very basic interface, but does have an Advanced button. I'd have to download the manual to see what it can do. Or better yet, a trial version if they have one.
You can also reduce noise in at least a few ways with Photoshop. That's again a "practice" thing to learn how to get the best results out of the various tools.
Thank you for responding so quickly. I am digitalizing all my old photos, and came across these photos from my honeymoon. They weren't planned on being under-exposed, but a camera malfunction. Does noiseless help add color that is missing from these photos?
Lastly, I went to the website you "linked". I didn't see a place to download. Is the program still available, or has it been bought by Luminar? Thank you.
Under exposed, or faded?
If there is no color info in the underexposed areas - they are 0, 0, 0, there is not much you can do.
Are these digital or scans? Do you still have the originals?
These are old slides, now scanned and digitalized. They are not faced, but just underexposed photos due to camera exposure malfunction. Trying to "rescue"/fix them to relive the memory.
Program that corrects/fixes underexposed photos
