Ok Chris help me out with this one! Bad Contrast again!

[CcrlR]

Ok I am stumped about this one
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewreject.php?id=18041

Why was this one labeled Bad Contrast? :x
Grain?
brightness?
sharpness?

What was it about? What's the opposite of grain for photoshop 5.0 I need to take out some grain but what can I use besides the grain for Photoshop 5.0 or what can I use for it? for this one?http://www.jetphotos.net/viewreject.php?id=18047

[ckw]

In this case the "bad contrast" refers to lack of contrast - the picture looks flat. The blacks are a muddy grey, and the whites, well, aren't - the whole picture looks dull and lacks sparkle.

But this is easily rectified in Photoshop using the "levels" function - just move the right hand and left hand sliders slightly towards the middle.

You might also try the "auto contrast" function, but results can be unpredictable.

Cheers,

Colin

[Chris_SE]

Adjusting contrast is better done in Curves, make the curve look like an S, a very narrow S though. Adjusting levels in that way will only burn out whites and clog black areas.

Looks to me like the image was cropped or just poorly scanned from a print or similar =/

[ckw]

I agree that contrast is normally better handled in curves - assuming the white and black points are correctly set. But in this particular case I don't think they are, hence the suggestion to use levels. If that alone does not do the trick, by all means use curves to enhance contrast.

As a matter of course, my workflow is check levels, adjust if necessary; fine-tune tone & colour in curves; reize and sharpen to requirements.

Cheers,

Colin