Correct over exposed digital photos
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I have a number (about 300) photos that were over exposed by my old DSLR. I have found a trial version of Photoworks intelligent photo editor which seems to correct the images, but unless I pay for the full version I cannot save the changes.
I have used Picasa for years and it does everything that I normally want to do although it won't sort the current problem. Having bought a new camera I don't have any more over exposed photos.
My question is; is there a better or more cost effective solution?
I have used Picasa for years and it does everything that I normally want to do although it won't sort the current problem. Having bought a new camera I don't have any more over exposed photos.
My question is; is there a better or more cost effective solution?
I needed a photo spot fixer which many photo editors charge for and I recently discovered paint.net which is free and doesn't appear to come with any malware or even adverts. Paint.net has exposure adjustment.
ETA I just looked at paint.net again and it does seem to be a bit tricky to download without clicking though unwanted adverts but once downloaded and installed it seems fine.
https://getpaint.net/
Don't click on the adverts
Download from
https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
ETA I just looked at paint.net again and it does seem to be a bit tricky to download without clicking though unwanted adverts but once downloaded and installed it seems fine.
https://getpaint.net/
Don't click on the adverts
Download from
https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
Edited by Actual on Sunday 7th April 12:57
Metric Max said:
My question is; is there a better or more cost effective solution?
Learn how to properly expose your shots.Apologies for the bluntness (and assuming there's nothing wrong with your camera) but your camera didn't overexpose the shots. You did.
Regardless of the mode setting, a camera is a benign implement that requires operator input to obtain the optimum shot. Even the most basic cameras have an array of tools to help achieve this such as histograms.
But in answer to the main question, if you use a Mac, Mac Photos provides a very good array of tools and is native to the operating system (comes with the computer).
If you don’t, then buy Affinity Photo: £70 one-off payment.
OP, I’d be looking at Adobe Lightroom. Adobe offer free trials (time limited?).
You’d be able to apply exposure adjustment to one image and it would automatically apply the same adjustment to all your batch of photos. It would take 10-15min for someone who uses Lightroom, perhaps an hour or two if you don’t.
We have to assume the over exposure isn’t too wild and the images can be rescued by a few stops.
If you’re getting into photography it’s THE bit of software all photographers should use - even just for cataloguing images. Incredibly great bit of kit.
Perhaps ask around your group of friends ans see if anyone uses it as they easily be able to help.
Good luck.
You’d be able to apply exposure adjustment to one image and it would automatically apply the same adjustment to all your batch of photos. It would take 10-15min for someone who uses Lightroom, perhaps an hour or two if you don’t.
We have to assume the over exposure isn’t too wild and the images can be rescued by a few stops.
If you’re getting into photography it’s THE bit of software all photographers should use - even just for cataloguing images. Incredibly great bit of kit.
Perhaps ask around your group of friends ans see if anyone uses it as they easily be able to help.
Good luck.
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Learn how to properly expose your shots.
Apologies for the bluntness (and assuming there's nothing wrong with your camera) but your camera didn't overexpose the shots. You did.
Regardless of the mode setting, a camera is a benign implement that requires operator input to obtain the optimum shot. Even the most basic cameras have an array of tools to help achieve this such as histograms.
Thanks for the lessons in photography. I have been taking photographs with various SLR's for 60 years (yes I am old) the earliest of wich had no exposure meter.
If you took the trouble to read my post instead of assuming my incompetence you will see that it was a fault with the camera which was why I replaced it.
Many thanks to Actual, I will give https://getpaint.net/ a try
Learn how to properly expose your shots.
Apologies for the bluntness (and assuming there's nothing wrong with your camera) but your camera didn't overexpose the shots. You did.
Regardless of the mode setting, a camera is a benign implement that requires operator input to obtain the optimum shot. Even the most basic cameras have an array of tools to help achieve this such as histograms.
Thanks for the lessons in photography. I have been taking photographs with various SLR's for 60 years (yes I am old) the earliest of wich had no exposure meter.
If you took the trouble to read my post instead of assuming my incompetence you will see that it was a fault with the camera which was why I replaced it.
Many thanks to Actual, I will give https://getpaint.net/ a try
Metric Max said:
StevieBee said:
Learn how to properly expose your shots.
Apologies for the bluntness (and assuming there's nothing wrong with your camera) but your camera didn't overexpose the shots. You did.
Regardless of the mode setting, a camera is a benign implement that requires operator input to obtain the optimum shot. Even the most basic cameras have an array of tools to help achieve this such as histograms.
Thanks for the lessons in photography. I have been taking photographs with various SLR's for 60 years (yes I am old) the earliest of wich had no exposure meter.
If you took the trouble to read my post instead of assuming my incompetence you will see that it was a fault with the camera which was why I replaced it.
Many thanks to Actual, I will give https://getpaint.net/ a try
Ahh - apologies Max... I did indeed mis-read your post. Twas early! Apologies for the bluntness (and assuming there's nothing wrong with your camera) but your camera didn't overexpose the shots. You did.
Regardless of the mode setting, a camera is a benign implement that requires operator input to obtain the optimum shot. Even the most basic cameras have an array of tools to help achieve this such as histograms.
Thanks for the lessons in photography. I have been taking photographs with various SLR's for 60 years (yes I am old) the earliest of wich had no exposure meter.
If you took the trouble to read my post instead of assuming my incompetence you will see that it was a fault with the camera which was why I replaced it.
Many thanks to Actual, I will give https://getpaint.net/ a try
Apologies accepted 
I'll also have a look at at Adobe Lightroom, a free trial would be excellent if it does the job.
It's a pity that website was not around in the early1960's when I was "just getting into photography". In those days with my father's pre war Baldina which I learnt photography with, the cost of film/developing/printing focused the mind so that mistakes were rare.
In case anyone's interested it was similar to this
I'll also have a look at at Adobe Lightroom, a free trial would be excellent if it does the job.
It's a pity that website was not around in the early1960's when I was "just getting into photography". In those days with my father's pre war Baldina which I learnt photography with, the cost of film/developing/printing focused the mind so that mistakes were rare.
In case anyone's interested it was similar to this
Metric Max said:
Apologies accepted
I'll also have a look at at Adobe Lightroom, a free trial would be excellent if it does the job.
It's a pity that website was not around in the early1960's when I was "just getting into photography". In those days with my father's pre war Baldina which I learnt photography with, the cost of film/developing/printing focused the mind so that mistakes were rare.
In case anyone's interested it was similar to this
That’s a joy to see! Haven’t used film for a good few years - in fact my old OM10 still has a (rapidly degrading) half used roll in it! I'll also have a look at at Adobe Lightroom, a free trial would be excellent if it does the job.
It's a pity that website was not around in the early1960's when I was "just getting into photography". In those days with my father's pre war Baldina which I learnt photography with, the cost of film/developing/printing focused the mind so that mistakes were rare.
In case anyone's interested it was similar to this
MM - Ping me an email - let’s see how I can help you out with batch adjusting your images
(I assume it’s up and active on my profile?)
The only way to judge exposure accurately at the time of shooting is to use the histogram.
Looking at the monitor is no good because it changes apparent brightness with the ambient light.
If you're interested in getting the right exposure, always use the histogram.
NB If the OP has blown the highlights you won't recover detail, you'll just get grey.
Looking at the monitor is no good because it changes apparent brightness with the ambient light.
If you're interested in getting the right exposure, always use the histogram.
NB If the OP has blown the highlights you won't recover detail, you'll just get grey.
Try FastStone. Use the correct colours on the left side pop out (move cursor to the left of screen) or the little sun sign at the bottom of the screen.
If there are 300 pics you can batch them all in one go.
At top of screen Tools> Batch convert.
It's completely free.
Just incase you don't know overexposed pics are very difficult to recover no matter which software you use.
Link.
https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
If there are 300 pics you can batch them all in one go.
At top of screen Tools> Batch convert.
It's completely free.
Just incase you don't know overexposed pics are very difficult to recover no matter which software you use.
Link.
https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Edited by kestral on Wednesday 10th April 11:39
Edited by kestral on Wednesday 10th April 11:40
An update.
I tried to download Movani photo editor as suggested above, during the course of which many adverts started flashing up on my screen so I aborted the download.
Then I found that my default Google chrome browser had been replaced by yahoo, one that I find particularly annoying, not least because of it's stupid (IMO) name.
The problem took several hours to resolve and it wasn't any of the usual solutions. And no, I'm not just getting into IT, and have solved many computor problems for other people.
I have since downloaded the basic version of Photoworks for £14.28. I have corrected the photos, it has done a decent job.
Thanks to all who offered advice
I tried to download Movani photo editor as suggested above, during the course of which many adverts started flashing up on my screen so I aborted the download.
Then I found that my default Google chrome browser had been replaced by yahoo, one that I find particularly annoying, not least because of it's stupid (IMO) name.
The problem took several hours to resolve and it wasn't any of the usual solutions. And no, I'm not just getting into IT, and have solved many computor problems for other people.
I have since downloaded the basic version of Photoworks for £14.28. I have corrected the photos, it has done a decent job.
Thanks to all who offered advice
Metric Max said:
An update.
I tried to download Movani photo editor as suggested above, during the course of which many adverts started flashing up on my screen so I aborted the download.
Then I found that my default Google chrome browser had been replaced by yahoo, one that I find particularly annoying, not least because of it's stupid (IMO) name.
The problem took several hours to resolve and it wasn't any of the usual solutions. And no, I'm not just getting into IT, and have solved many computor problems for other people.
I have since downloaded the basic version of Photoworks for £14.28. I have corrected the photos, it has done a decent job.
Thanks to all who offered advice
I don't see Movani photo editor mentioned above so I'm concerned that your advert experience was caused by paint.net which I did warn about.I tried to download Movani photo editor as suggested above, during the course of which many adverts started flashing up on my screen so I aborted the download.
Then I found that my default Google chrome browser had been replaced by yahoo, one that I find particularly annoying, not least because of it's stupid (IMO) name.
The problem took several hours to resolve and it wasn't any of the usual solutions. And no, I'm not just getting into IT, and have solved many computor problems for other people.
I have since downloaded the basic version of Photoworks for £14.28. I have corrected the photos, it has done a decent job.
Thanks to all who offered advice
The free download for paint.net appears to be a tricky obstacle course but the actual paint.net program is not affected.
Paint.net can also be purchased from the Microsoft Store which bypasses adverts and it is assumed that the program security is verified by Microsoft.
Paint.net does not have batch capability.
Actual said:
I don't see Movani photo editor mentioned above so I'm concerned that your advert experience was caused by paint.net which I did warn about.
sgrimshaw said:
Movavi Photo Editor
A typo crept in which may not have helped. But most importantly, well done OP for fixing his photos Gassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff