Tutorial: Fixing White Glare in B&W Images

[jordannamorgan]

Making classic movie icons often means working with scans of black-and-white photos that are sixty or seventy years old. Of course, the quality of these can be dodgy--especially if you're fond of obscure stars and character actors who don't have any nice galleries of hi-resolution photos devoted to them. One of the problems I've often come across is scans that are too high-contrast, making some parts of the image glaringly white. This tutorial offers a simple fix that will, if nothing else, make your image more consistent to work with.

( Fixing white glare in high-contrast B&W photos )