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Harsh Daylight Retouch

One of many photographers' most annoying problem is harsh daylight lighting. In this Photoshop class, we'll teach you how to rescue those photos and make them look acceptable.

Fix Harsh Daylight Photos Photoshop Tutorial

Open an affected photo into Photoshop. Below is an example of a photo with harsh daylight lighting.

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First, we'll create a duplicate of the layer. It is necessary to create a duplicate layer and do all the work on this duplicate layer because in case we need to get the original image, we'll always have a copy of it i the Background layer. Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer.

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