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Change Exposure Online

Easily adjust the exposure of your images online for free. Brighten or darken your photos with our simple exposure correction tool.

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Adjusting Image Exposure: Balance Light and Shadow

Exposure adjustment is a fundamental image editing technique that corrects the brightness of your photos by modifying how much light appears to be captured. Proper exposure brings out details in both highlights and shadows, creating well-balanced images. Unlike simple brightness adjustments, exposure correction preserves the natural contrast and color relationships in your image.

Step-by-Step Exposure Adjustment:

  1. 1Upload Your Image: Get your image into our tool by dragging and dropping, selecting from your files, or pasting an image URL.
  2. 2Adjust the Exposure: Use the slider to increase or decrease the exposure. You can also enter a value directly for precise control. Watch your image change in real-time.
  3. 3Apply the Changes: Once you're happy with the result, click the "Apply Exposure" button.
  4. 4Download Your Image: Your adjusted image will appear on the right. Click the download button to save your masterpiece.

Pro tip: When correcting exposure, pay attention to both highlights and shadows. Extreme adjustments can result in loss of detail in either end of the tonal range. It's often better to make several small adjustments rather than one large change to maintain image quality.

Common Questions About Exposure Adjustment

Q: What is exposure?

A: Exposure refers to how light or dark your image appears. It's essentially about balancing the light and shadows to bring out the best in your photo.

Q: How does changing exposure differ from adjusting brightness?

A: Exposure correction mimics how a camera captures light, maintaining more natural tonal relationships in your image. Brightness adjustment simply makes all pixels lighter or darker.