How to edit a photo well. Is photo processing necessary? Photos vary

Often the photos we take come out dark and dull. This can happen for various reasons, for example, you took photos in bad cloudy weather, at night, or in a poorly lit room. And of course, looking at the photos on the monitor or printing them, you simply got upset and no matter how you tried to select them, your result left much to be desired. But don't worry, because in this tutorial, you will learn how to improve your photos in just a few steps!

The beauty of this tutorial is that all these steps are very easy to understand and universal for almost all photographs. Using a simple example, we will walk you through such processing steps as: cropping and correcting the horizon, increasing contrast and brightness using curves, creating a bokeh effect using texture overlay and increasing clarity. So let's get started!

For example, I chose this photo of the cat Snowball:

Photo taken on Pentax K-5, 50 mm lens at f/1.6, 1.40c and ISO 800

The note: Let me make a small digression. I used Photoshop CS2 to process this photo. Why? First of all, Adobe now officially allows you to download and use Photoshop CS2 absolutely free! I wrote about this. For beginners, this is just a fairy tale. Secondly, all the tools are present here, all the necessary tools are present, as in the CS6 version. So, let's finally start adjusting the photo.

Step 1 - Correcting the horizon and cropping

Some pictures are taken with a blocked horizon, as well as with unnecessary objects captured in the frame. To fix this you need to use two tools:

  1. Transform Selection(Transform Selection Tool)
  2. Crop(Crop Tool)

I wrote a separate lesson about these two tools: where everything is described and explained in detail. However, let's briefly look at how they work again.

To use the tool Transform Selection, first you need to make a selection on the canvas by pressing the keyboard shortcut CTRL+A.

Remember: Without the object selected, you will not be able to activate the transform tool.

You will notice dotted lines appear around the canvas. This is our highlight. Now you can activate the tool Transform Selection by pressing the keyboard shortcut CTRL+T:

Pay attention to the highlighted points. Thanks to these points you will be able to stretch the image. However, for now we just need to rotate the image and align the horizon. To do this, move the mouse cursor outside the canvas. The cursor should look like two arrows. Now hold down the left mouse button and rotate the photo:

Now let's use the tool Crop for framing and trimming all unnecessary. This tool, you can activate both from the palette and with the power hotkey C:

Deselect by clicking CTRL+D and drag the dots to crop the area as shown below:

After this, press the key Enter:


Step 2 - Increasing Brightness Using Levels

Now let's make our photo brighter and more contrast. To do this we can use an adjustment layer Curves(Curves) or just a tool Curves(Curves).

For this photo we will use the tool Curves(Curves), but first make a duplicate of the main layer by pressing the keyboard shortcut CTRL+J:

After that click CTRL+M to activate the tool:

Experiment with the curve until the image becomes brighter and lighter. By moving the curve point up, you increase the brightness; by moving the point down, you darken the tones. Here's what I got:

Most often you will have to create multiple points on a curve, as in this case. You can know more about curves.

Step 3 - Create highlights and shadows in the eyes and remove defects

In this step we will add expressiveness to the cat's eyes. To do this, it is best to use two tools:

  • Dodge Tool(Dodge Tool)
  • Burn Tool(Dimmer Tool)

Select Dodge Tool(Clarifier) ​​and in its settings set the Highlights parameter. Thanks to this, the tool will only affect light areas:

Now try making the highlights in your eyes brighter:

After that, activate the tool Burn(Dimmer), and in its settings set the value Shadow(Shadows) so that the shading effect affects only the dark areas. Darken some areas in the eyes:

In addition to the eyes, I also darkened the cat's nostrils. Let's remove defects in the eye area. In this case, it is more convenient and easiest to remove defects using a conventional tool Stamp(Stamp). But to do this as efficiently as possible, you need to lower the opacity of the tool effect in its settings.

Select a tool Stamp(Stamp) and in its settings set the parameter Opacity(Opacity) value at 25%

This tool allows you to use texture from anywhere on the canvas. To select a texture, hold down the ALT key and click on the area next to the eye:

All textures are selected, now release the key and retouch the “dirty” area with a few mouse clicks:

Do the same with the other eye:

Step 4 - Sharpening

Now the photo does not look as clear as I would like. But Photoshop allows you to correct this shortcoming. The method that will be presented here, in my opinion, is one of the most successful and correct, since it is more flexible and, moreover, does not “destroy” the image, unlike filters.

To begin, merge all layers into one by pressing the key combination CTRL+SHIFT+E. And then duplicate this layer (CTRL+J)

For the first layer, change the blending mode to Overlay(Overlap)

After that, apply the Hight Pass filter... (Color Contrast)

In the filter settings, keep an eye on the contours. Adjust it so that the outlines become a little visible, but be careful not to overdo it. You will immediately see the result of the clarity adjustment.

When you are satisfied with the result, click OK and merge all layers into one by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+E.

You can find out more about setting clarity.

Step 5 - Create a Bokeh Effect

In the final step, we will give the photo a mood by creating a bokeh effect. To do this, you can use a variety of textures, for example, for this photo I used the texture from here.

All you need is to add the desired texture to the canvas:

Then change its blending mode to Soft Light(Soft Light) and lower the opacity a little:

You can use an eraser to erase some of the texture on the cat's body. Then you can increase the brightness a little with the same Curves tool.

That's all. Remember that these steps are universal for almost all photographs. Now you know the sequence of actions and the necessary tools. I hope you found something useful for yourself. Ask questions, subscribe to site updates, add to social networks, like and all the best to you.

Now everyone can learn how to professionally process photos at home. All you need is the right software. If you want to easily and quickly correct not-so-successful photo reports about your club adventures, landscapes with a “littered” horizon, photos from family celebrations or children’s parties, try Movavi Photo Editor. With it, you can easily adjust various image parameters, rotate photos and resize them while maintaining quality, cut out unnecessary objects from a picture, completely replace the background and use many other functions of the application.

Download one of the best photo editors in Russian and follow the instructions below.

1. Install the Movavi app

Open the downloaded file and wait for the installation to complete. The program will start automatically.

2. Add the necessary files to the Photo Editor

Drag images for processing into the program window or select them by clicking the button Open file.

3. Edit your photo

Enhance Photos

Go to the tab Photo enhancement to adjust color parameters: tone, temperature, contrast, brightness, exposure, gamma, etc. Improve image quality with one click using the button Auto improvement.

Editing portrait photos

Edit and enhance photo portraits in the tab Retouch. Use the tool Elimination of defects to remove all skin imperfections. Also at your service Red eye correction And Teeth whitening. You can also add a little creativity when processing a portrait: change the eye color or apply makeup.

Adding effects and titles

Use ready-made filters in the tab Effects for a fun way to rethink the style of your photos: instantly create images that look like old, yellowed photos by choosing a filter Sepia, experiment with pixelation using a filter Pixels, turn regular photos into black and white with a filter B/W and try many more.

Add any titles and edit their parameters in the tab Text.

Rotate, crop and resize photos

Rotate and flip photos in a tab Turn. Remove excess, maintaining proportions if necessary, in the tab Trimming. Easily resize photos in the tab Size.

Removing unnecessary objects

Going to the tab Deleting objects, cut out any unnecessary objects (people accidentally included in the frame, buildings, wires, etc.). Just press the button Erase by selecting the object using one of the tools: Brush, Lasso, Magic wand or Stamp. Use Eraser to remove the selection.

Replacing the background

To remove the background, open the tab Removing the background. Apply a few strokes of the green brush to the object you want to leave, and a few strokes of the red brush to the outside of the object. Go to the active tab Step 2: Replace the Background. You will see that the background will be cut out. After that, click the button Add an image, and then Download to replace the deleted background with any image from the selected file, or select a ready-made background from those offered in the program. You can also make a fill by selecting a specific color.

4. Save the processed file

Save your photo in any popular format, including JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, etc. by clicking the button Save. You just edited your photo like a real pro! With Movavi Photo Editor it's easier than ever!


Sergey Dolya is one of the most popular bloggers in Russia. Also a traveler and photographer. Today, with the permission of the author, we are publishing an article by Sergei about how he processes his travel photos using Adobe Lightroom.

How I take pictures

When photographing, I use 3 simple rules:

  1. Shoot everything only in RAW format
  2. Flash is evil. If the frame is dark, then it’s better to raise the ISO than to use a flash (lately I don’t even take a flash on my trips so as not to carry unnecessary weight)
  3. When constructing a frame, always remember the rule of thirds (emphasis on the second E). Let me explain. The frame can be divided into three parts vertically and three parts horizontally.

The horizon should pass either along the upper line or along the lower one:

The main subject of the photograph should not be in the center, but on the left or right third line:

If there is a person in the frame, then his gaze should always be directed to the long side of the frame.

If there is a moving object in the frame, then it should always move not behind the frame, but to the long side of the frame:

When shooting at night, I use a tripod and a cable release. For example, to shoot fireworks, I set the shutter priority to 4 seconds and make the exposure compensation -1:

Unfortunately, I myself have never studied photography anywhere. I also don’t like to read books on photography, as they are all very boring.

When I travel, I really like to take photographs. local residents, but they don’t like it. I always try to ask permission to take pictures. First I smile broadly at the person. Then I give him the thumbs up. I'm starting to leave. I stop. I look at the man hesitantly. I point at him, then at my camera, then back at him and nod my head questioningly.

Usually, after this the person agrees to pose for me.

Where and how do I store my photos?

I store all original photographs in RAW format on my work computer using Adobe Lightroom.

I rename the files according to the following scheme: YearMonthNumber_country_serial number. For example: "20080715_iceland_210", "20080620_syria_020" or "20080924_nkorea_598".

For each trip I create my own folder. I hide these folders inside large catalogs with the name of the year, that is, all photographs taken last year are stored in the “2008” folder, all photos of this year are stored in the “2009” folder, etc.

How I process photos

I wrote detailed step by step instructions with illustrations of how I process each photo.

I do this first in Adobe Lightroom and then in Adobe Photoshop. The process is as automated as possible and takes less than 1 minute per photo...

It all starts with removing bad photos. Good photographer not the one who removes a lot, but the one who deletes a lot.

As a rule, no one is interested in looking at 30 photographs from the “me next to a tree in different poses” series. Leave one photograph that is the most striking in your opinion. The rest - delete.

Don't leave bad photos! I rename the remaining photos in accordance with the template described above. I apply the same initial settings to all the remaining photos, namely:

  • Adding clarity: Clarity +50
  • Enhance secondary colors: Vibrance +25
  • Increase sharpness (Sharpening): Amount 40; Radius 0.8; Detail 50; Masking 0
  • Increase Noise Reduction: Luminance 65

It is convenient to create a user preset for these settings and name it, for example, Clarity-Detail-Noise. In order not to apply it to each photo separately, I apply it to the first one, then select all the others with shift and synchronize the remaining photos with the first one using these parameters (Sync button at the bottom right of the screen):

Processing each photo always begins with the same thing - cropping:

I cut off everything unnecessary and uninformative:

The horizon is often “cluttered” in photographs. That is, the horizon line does not run parallel to the horizontal third line, which I wrote about earlier. In this case I rotate the frame a little:

The next step is to remove vignetting (darkening in the corners of the frame), if it is present. I drag the Amount slider to the right, and the Midpoint slider, on the contrary, to the left until a satisfactory result is achieved:

Often the scenes being photographed have uneven lighting. Because of this, some areas of your photo may be bright, while others may be dark. IN latest version To solve this problem, Lightroom has introduced an ingenious tool - a gradient filter. With it you can lighten or darken part of the frame. It is called by pressing the “M” button. For example, in our photo the car is very dark. Using a gradient filter, you can brighten only it without affecting the brightness of the rest of the frame:

I have the "default value" for the gradient filter set to 0.6. If this is not enough, then you can move the slider in the upper right part of the screen (see arrow) or use the filter several times, as in my frame. It is the application of this filter that confuses most people into thinking that I am using HDR technology.

Next, I click the auto button and see what settings Lightroom offers me. Usually, I don't like them, and I move the sliders myself. Typically I turn up the Fill Light to +10; I leave Recovery at 0; I move the blacks to taste, looking at the result. I can also adjust the white balance (top right).

If there is a blue sky in the frame, then I add blue to it and make the clouds more expressive. This can be done while shooting using a polarizing filter, or you can use the Matt\’s Deep Blue Sky preset.

There are 3 levels of “brightening” of the sky. I usually use the first, weakest level. Compare the results. Final edited photo without preset:

And after using the preset:

It is important to note that this preset also increases the saturation of red, orange and yellow colors. If there are people in the frame, the skin turns out to be an unnatural color. De-saturate these three colors after use. In our case, there is no blue sky in the frame, but using this preset also gives a good result:

All! Processing in Lightroom is complete. Now we need to sharpen the photo for publication on the Internet. To do this, I export the photo from Lightroom in TIFF format (I process all the photos first and then export them all at once):

  1. I select the folder to which all pictures will be exported
  2. Since I have already renamed all the photos, I will export them under my own name
  3. I select the settings for the exported file: Format TIFF; Color space sRGB; Bit Depth 8 bits4.
  4. I check the Don\’t Enlarge checkbox and maximum size 800 pixels5 on each side.
  5. I increase the sharpness for the screen (sharpen for screen)
  6. I put a checkmark for a signature on the photo: sergeydolya.livejournal.com

After I export all the photos, I launch Photoshop. Recently, I downloaded the Photoshop Action for Sharpening from pavel_kosenko . If you noticed, all my photographs, starting with the article about the “White Mountain of the Moscow Region,” have become much sharper.

This is the result of this Action. All I do is go into Photoshop, choose File - Automate - Batch and sharpen all the photos in the folder. This action can be downloaded from Pavel’s article on sharpening. If you yourself cannot figure out how to use it (as I could not), then Pavel periodically conducts paid seminars where you can come with your computer, and he will set everything up for you:

All! I save photos “for web&devices” and then post them on the Internet. If you have tried to process your photos using my algorithm, then please post the result in the comments to this article. It is advisable to post the original frame and the frame after processing.

Competent photo processing begins with competent shooting. First of all, you need to do the preparation. This is very important for the final result. Think about the composition, take care of the lighting. Post-production is just polishing, emphasizing what you did on the set. You can correct contrast, emphasize color and volume. The taste is formed during shooting, and the juice appears after processing.

During processing, first of all, you need to pay attention to your feelings. Each photographer creates his own style in this way and is appreciated for it. You can't be an interesting photographer if you constantly follow strict rules. Only your emotions and sensations make you unique.

Each treatment is divided into two stages. The first is converting a RAW file. At this stage, you can correct most of the defects in color rendition, detail, sharpness and other characteristics of the image. Next comes artistic treatment. This can take a very long time.

Reportage photographers do not need to retouch every photo. They just need to use a RAW converter in batch mode. Programs such as Capture one or Adobe Photoshop Lightroom They allow you to quickly correct white balance, but do not provide a rich selection of artistic tools. Automatically, you can work with curves, correct contrast and color, but you will not be able to retouch the skin or accurately emphasize volume.

Deep retouching involves working with skin texture, shadows and highlights, and plasticity. You must understand in advance what result should be obtained in the end.

It is not difficult to learn all the processing techniques. You just need to master new techniques step by step and learn how the tools work. Now there is no shortage of text and video lessons.

Often, professional photographers will hire a separate person to do all the processing, or at least the conversion from the RAW format. It is important that the photographer does as much as he can, since first of all he is responsible for his work and must maintain his own style. The photographer must be no less competent in processing than the person hired. Thanks to this, you can constantly develop the skills of your employee and raise the quality bar. At the same time, we must not forget about our own growth.

Every big photo shoot should be broken down into small episodes. For example, if you are photographing a walk in nature, it should be in the same style. Going out to the pond, or vice versa into the city, you can change your style. This applies to both shooting and processing.

We take photos every day, especially selfies or portrait shots with the main camera. Some photos turn out perfect right away, while others just beg for improvement. For example, pronounced problem areas of the skin in ordinary life They can be almost invisible, but in the photo they are striking. Also, in most cases, the photos turn out faded and don’t seem as cool as they were intended. In this article we will tell you how to improve your photography using retouching and color correction. To do this, we will use the Movavi photo editor program.

Salute to everyone, dear subscribers and readers of PhotoCASA magazine! My name is Pavel, in this article I want to talk about the principle of processing a “lamp” portrait indoors without the use of studio equipment. Before I begin describing the processing, I would like to say a little about the process of obtaining the source. The shooting took place in the library, where almost all the halls did not have the amount of natural light necessary for a portrait, which I prefer.

This photo was taken on a Nikon D610 camera with a Sigma 35 mm f/1.4 Art lens. This was the very first shoot after buying my first one SLR camera. Before this I shot with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 mirrorless camera. I use Adobe for cataloging and initial color correction of photographs.
Lightroom, then I retouch and do more detailed color correction in Photoshop. I open the photo in Lightroom and get started.

Good afternoon friends! My name is Valentina Tsvirko and I am an amateur photographer from Belarus. A few years ago photography came into my life and enriched it with new colors! At first I photographed landscapes and city views, but about a year ago I tried my hand at portrait photography, and this shoot really fascinated me. I prefer taking portraits close-up, show the inner world of a person, his soul. I learn from lessons from the Internet and books on photography and try very hard to improve my level of knowledge. Many thanks to PhotoCASA magazine for the opportunity to publish this article and please do not judge me harshly: I’m still learning)…

Thanks to digital photography we bring hundreds of photographs from our trips, but some of them are mercilessly deleted because of their Bad quality. They turn out blurry, with a blocked horizon, or simply not effective enough. And we usually discover this only when we return home.

Don’t rush to get rid of seemingly damaged photos. They can still be saved in a simple photo processing program - such as Movavi Photo Editor.

Greetings, dear readers of PhotoCASA magazine. In this article I will show how to make a rather interesting picture from a source file that most would move to the trash. I open the source in Camera Raw. I do the standard operations: exposure, calibration, sharpness (the bare minimum).
Next, I open the photo in Photoshop. I set a black point and make the photo lighter with another layer of curves. Next, I copy the layer (Ctrl+J), selecting the desired areas on it with the Lasso tool (L), and in several approaches I do a “content-aware fill” (Shift+F5). I mainly cleaned areas with gaps in the shadows.

Hello everyone, my name is Vlad Nelyubin. I wedding photographer, and I want to tell you about a little trick that helps me in my work.
There are a lot of wedding photographers now, and you need to be able to always stay in the mix. That's why I give my clients small gifts that cost me little, but give the newlyweds pleasant memories that will last a lifetime. This is creating a picture from a wedding or any other joint photograph.

Hi all! My name is Dima Begma, and today I will talk about the processing of one of my photographs.
A little about the photo itself. Were used for filming Nikon camera D 610 and Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens. The picture was taken in Dnepropetrovsk in cloudy weather with strong winds. Since we were filming on a pedestrian bridge, random passers-by often got into the frame. As a result of this, when processing the photo, I will need to replace part of the image with people with a similar empty area from another image. All photos
made with the same camera settings.


My name is Anton Montbrillant, and I would like to talk about how I process my portrait photographs.
I do the most natural processing without any complex tinting or painting, and I try to do it with fairly simple tools, which allows me to preserve beautiful and natural colors. So let's look at the original image. Photo taken on camera 645D and lens smc -D FA 645 55mm f/2.8 AL

Let's figure out what “High End Retouch” is. Retouch (French retouch - to paint on, correct).
Changing the original, editing the image. The purpose of editing is to correct defects, prepare for publication, and solve creative problems.

Hi all. My name is Ruslan Isinev. I'll show you how this photo was processed.
I'm using Photoshop CC2014.
I open the photo in Camera RAW. I do all the main work here, this is for me one of the most important tools in Photoshop.
We darken the background, lighten the model, thereby selecting the object we need. In this photo I’m already happy with everything, click “open”.

Hi all! My name is Dima Begma and today I will talk about the processing of this photo. I have quite a few 1:1 aspect ratio photos in my portfolio, and this shot was no exception.
In order not to lose the quality and resolution of the picture when cropping, I prefer to take such photos by gluing two or three photographs into one. All photos were taken with the same settings and the same focal length, I just shifted the camera along the axis.
The ultimate goal of processing is to get a picture that will convey the atmosphere of the sunset as much as possible.

Hello, dear friends! My name is Dmitry Fevralev, and I am interested in artistic photography. What I'm most interested in is the atmosphere and subtext in a frame that can provoke thoughts, emotions, and perhaps even ideas in the viewer. That's why I love psychological facial portraits,
which can tell us much more about ourselves than might seem at first glance. Let me make a reservation that I am self-taught in photography.

Hello, dear readers! My name is Karina (Kerry Moore), and I do artistic and fashion photography. These two styles were assigned to me by the Internet audience. All my works were shot on Nikon D90 and Nikkor 50 mm f/1.4 G. Photography is both work and hobby for me. And today I will talk about my most famous work- a series of photographs “Azure” especially for PhotoCASA magazine.

Hello, dear readers of PhotoCASA magazine!
Today I am with you, Anna Zadvornova, with a new lesson in which I will tell you how to draw a portrait. So, let's begin!
First, open the original image.
Let's go to Curves.
Next Selective color correction, set the values:
RED: Cyan +4, Magenta –9, Yellow +7, Black –2.
YELLOW: cyan –13, magenta –3, yellow +3, black +3.

Hello. Today I will talk about processing one of my photos.
This photo was taken with a Canon 6D and a 135 mm lens, with a shutter speed of 1/1250 sec, an aperture of f/ 2 and ISO100, the time was before sunset.
Initially, I was faced with the task of making the photo warmer, making the girl’s dress blue, and also emphasizing the soap bubbles and rays of the sun.

Work began in Camera Raw. On the Hue-Saturation-Luminance (HSL) tab, the main task was to use color to make the picture more voluminous and change the turquoise color of the girl’s clothes to blue. To do this, in the Luminance tab, I moved the orange slider to the right, separating the girl from the background, and in the Hue tab, I changed the turquoise tint to blue.

Hello, dear PhotoCASA readers!
My name is Maxim Guselnikov and I would like to talk about how I process my photographs.
I prefer natural processing, without any complex special effects or collaging, and I try to use enough simple techniques, which, however, make the photograph more expressive.

Greetings, dear readers of PhotoCASA magazine! I want to tell you how the presented photo was processed.
1. Open the photo in Lightroom. We correct exposure, light and white balance.
2. Using color correction tools, remove redness on the face and hands.
3. Set the following parameters in calibration

Good day, dear readers of PhotoCASA magazine!
This time I want to talk about processing one of my photographs.
When processing, I use a single algorithm, but I never make the series identical, choosing my own colors for each shoot and placing emphasis on the most significant elements of the image.
My processing is always divided into two parts: color correction in Lightroom and retouching in Photoshop.
First of all, an analysis of the source code.

Hello, dear readers of PhotoCASA magazine! My name is MarinaPolyanskaya, in this article I will talk about the processing of this photo.
This photo was taken during a March trip to St. Petersburg. The inspiration and muse of the photo was the stunning model Anya Kubanova. It was decided to adopt the cat to highlight Anya’s natural beauty. Early in the morning we went to shoot on one of the St. Petersburg roofs. It was cloudy, very cold and windy, but both the model and the cat bravely held on, for which many thanks to them.
So, open the RAW file in Lightroom...

Hello, dear readers of PhotoCASA magazine, I am Stanislav Starchenko, photographer and retoucher. My specialization is collages, photo manipulation, implementation of both own ideas, as well as orders from other photographers.
In this article I want to show the main stages and some secrets of creating my photo story “Transitional age”. The plot was based on a theme from the history of the Spanish noble family of the Borgia from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The picture shows a girl. Or already a girl? Sensual
a modest portrait on the wall reminds us of her innocence and purity, toys in the right corner remind us of her recent childhood and upbringing. But what about her look? What was she thinking about? Did she really feel the change and nostalgia for her childhood?
Yes: she turned 16. Fire in the fireplace, sparks... Transitional age!
The project of the work created in Photoshop includes more than 200 layers, so I will not dwell on each layer separately. I divided all the work into 10 main parts.

Since I grew up in a village, this topic is very close to me.
I like everything antique, imbued with the spirit of old age.
Before we start processing the photo, let's figure out what we want to do. Convey the atmosphere of the village and old age. Decide on a colorist for the photo. There are many color combinations, but I prefer the harmony of opposites. In our situation there will be light
in yellow-orange shades, and the shadows in blue-blue.
First, I open the RAW file in Lightroom.
Step 1: Basic Settings
Since the photo is very dark and cold, we make it warmer. To do this, I adjust the white balance. Next, I remove the contrast, move the Highlights down, and increase the Whites. I pull out the shadows a little and increase the clarity (Clarity) to add volume to the photo.
Now I lower the Saturation, and, on the contrary, increase the Vibrance. Vibrance is a very useful feature when working with portraits: it protects flesh tones from oversaturation and loss of shades.