For this second challenge in the Scribble This! series, learn how to get rid of the grey blahs in your photos by adjusting the levels! Here’s how to enter the challenge:
- First, read this tutorial on adjusting levels.
- Next, create a card with at least a bit of white in it — you’ll need a bit of white so that you can adjust the levels correctly. The rest of the colors + theme are all up to you! Post a picture before you adjust the levels and again after. Write about any interesting things you discover!
- Leave a link below to the post with your card — be sure not to link to your whole blog.
| 1. Bianca from Germany 2. Sarah M 3. Doris from Poland 4. Godelieve 5. Andrea Roose 6. Bethany P 7. Deborah 8. Kristina 9. Winter Sims 10. Dotty 11. Alice W. 12. Kelly 13. Leah Weir 14. Virginia L. 15. ABeecher | 16. Kelly Booth 17. Adriel 18. STEPHANIE C. 19. Rachel Sztonyk 20. Lisa Carroll 21. Rachel Hope 22. Jill 23. SmilynStef 24. Dawn 25. Laura 26. MMG 27. Brit Swiderski 28. Vera Rhuhay 29. teresa W 30. Laura G | 31. Dragonfly Designs 32. Sarah Martina 33. Mei Ann G {Canada} 34. Rosemarie Diehl 35. Avital Gertner-Samet 36. Lysa 37. Ashley C. Newell 38. Laura Bassen 39. Heather Ruwe 40. CrazyKid 41. CrafyKid’s Sister 42. Divya R 43. Divya 44. Divya |
This challenge is now closed — thanks to everyone who entered!
AND! Feel free to add the challenge image to your post — you’ll want to save the image to your computer and then upload it like you do a photo.
Most of all, have fun! Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!
I enjoyed playing with GIMP and was very happy with how I was able to adjust the white in my card using the steps you provided in the tutorial. Thanks.
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This is a great tutorial! Do you have any suggestions for adjusting the levels if there is no white in the card pictured? What if it has vanilla or light pink or some other pastel color?
Hi Marisa, if you still have the card, you can take a photo of it with something white to work with next to it, and then crop it out later. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait for future tutorials for other things you can try. Hope that helps!
Hi Lisa,
Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial! I’ve always been intimidated by PS and your easy-to-follow directions made it oh-so-simple for me to get rid of the ugly grey blahs in my photos! Here are my before-and-after photos: http://jennierosedesigns.blogspot.com/2009/07/goodbye-gray-hello-white.html. The results were STUNNING! Can’t wait to try more of your tutorials!
Jennie