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Darker writing

mika59 -  
 Anonymous user -
Hello,
My text (which is part of the image) is grayish. How can I make it darker/more black without affecting the background (white)?

When I try to darken the text, noise appears in the background at the same time :/
Best regards,
Mika

Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 54.0.2840.99

3 answers

  1. Anonymous user
     
    so, I was saying:
    - select the relevant text:


    - right-click → layer via copy


    - levels → adjust → assign to lower layer


    there, I have a tone difference on the background but yours is white, it will be easier to adjust with the whites slider
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    1. Anonymous user
       
      a little advice:
      if you do it zone by zone, you risk having tonal differences throughout, especially in the content
      when you're done, you add a new layer at the top on which you don't put anything
      and you make a new levels adjustment above this empty layer without attributing it to the lower layer to unify the whole thing
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    2. mika59
       
      Cool, thanks a lot for your tutorial!
      In order to avoid having differences in tone on the content, I was also thinking of directly selecting the text itself with the magic wand, and then applying a change in level only to that selection. Do you think that could work? :)
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      1. Anonymous user > mika59
         
        no, it's not going to turn out well
        - because the baguette tool pixelates the selection completely
        - because the text color is not consistent
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    3. mika59
       
      And by the way, can we make the writing finer/thinner? I feel like it's harder this time ^^
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      1. Anonymous user > mika59
         
        it's possible by selecting the text and collapsing the selection, but I advise against it for the reasons given about the baguette.
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