Get the Image You Want: Essential Photoshop Editing Techniques

Problem : Solution Fix accidental silhouettes

Problem: Objects in the foreground of an image appear silhouetted.

Solution: Adjust the tonal values of your image to bring a dark foreground into the light with some help from a mask.

Have you ever taken a picture directly in front of a window? If you have, and you didn't use either a flash or a fill-flash to reduce the lighting ratios, then your final print was probably less than desirable. Due to strong lighting and very dark shadows, anything located in front of the window will be silhouetted. Happily, ...