However, this automated color correction does
not always give you the results you want. But
you can tweak the Auto Color options before
you apply it to get better automated results.
You will only have to do the following once:
Press Command-L or Ctrl-L on your keyboard to
bring up the Levels dialog.
Click on the Options button.
For the Algorithms select Find Dark & Light
Colors and check Snap Neutral Midtones.
In the Target Colors & Clipping part, click on
each color swatch and enter the following
settings for the three target colors:
Shadows R: 20, G: 20, B: 20
Midtones: R: 133, G: 133, B: 133
Highlights: R: 244, G: 244, B: 244
To save these settings as your defaults, click
on the Save as defaults checkbox. By doing this
you will get better results every time you use
Auto Color, all with one click.
As far as I know Photoshop Elements does not
have these options to tweak the Auto Color
correction, I only have version 4.0, but you can
try the standard Auto Color and see if that has
the results you want:
Enhance > Auto Color Correction
Photoshop Elements has several Quick Fix and
Auto Fix tools you can try out.
Contrast
After I applied the tweaked Automated Color
Correction I noticed that my image could use
some more contrast. Again I will try adjusting
the contrast of the image automatically. In
general this will give a pretty good result.
Photoshop CS3: Image > Adjustments > Auto
Contrast
Photoshop Elements 4.0: Enhance > Auto Contrast
Brightness
If your image needs more light go to
Photoshop CS3: Image > Adjustments >
Brightness/Contrast
Photoshop Elements 4.0: Enhance > Adjust
Lightning >Brightness/Contrast
Slide the top slider to the right until you have
the amount of brightness you like. Of course for
less brightness, drag the slider to the left.
You can adjust the contrast a little again too
if needed with the bottom slider. Click OK.
