1. Explain the purpose of editing exposure and colour
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Editing Exposure and Colour
Learn to correct global tone and colour while preserving natural detail.
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What you will learn
2. Apply a practical method to correct global tone and colour while preserving natural detail
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3. Recognise the main technical, safety or professional risk
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4. Review the result and record one useful improvement
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Step-by-step practice
Step 1. Identify why editing exposure and colour matters to the photograph you want to make.
Step 2. Prepare the subject, location, equipment and any required permission.
Step 3. Practise how to correct global tone and colour while preserving natural detail.
Step 4. Review focus, exposure, light, composition, story and responsible practice.
Step 5. Complete this activity: Edit three related photographs to a consistent brightness and colour balance.
Safe and responsible practice: Keep untouched originals, document significant edits and confirm rights before publishing.
Practical activity
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Edit three related photographs to a consistent brightness and colour balance.
Good-practice checklist
Original files remain untouched
Export settings match the destination
Complete the practical activity for editing exposure and colour
Record settings or decisions that produced the best result
Review the result on a second screen or as a print
Ask a qualified person when safety, privacy or legal consequences are significant
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