Practical Paint.NET: The Powerful No-Cost Image Editor for Microsoft Windows

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P. WhittPractical Paint.NEThttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7283-1_4

4. Correcting Tonality, Contrast, and Exposure

Phillip Whitt¹  

(1)

Columbus, GA, USA

 

Now that we’ve taken the grand tour of Paint.NET’s features and tools, it’s time to do some actual work. In this chapter, we’ll cover several techniques for making improvements in images that are too dark, dull, or have exposure issues that require adjustment.

The topics and tutorials covered in this chapter are

• An Overview of Image Tonality

• Tutorial 1: Correcting Exposure Using the Auto-Level Adjustment

• Tutorial 2: Correcting Exposure Using the Brightness/Contrast Adjustment

• A Look at BoltBait’s Combined Adjustments ...