You can adjust image brightness in Illustrator using the Recolor Artwork tool. Here’s how to do it:
Using Recolor Artwork
The Recolor Artwork tool provides a way to modify color aspects of your image, including brightness. Here's how you can use it:
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Select Your Image: Choose the image you want to adjust in your Illustrator document.
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Access Recolor Artwork:
- Go to Edit in the top menu.
- Select Edit Colors.
- Choose Recolor Artwork.
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Adjust Brightness:
- Once the Recolor Artwork panel is open, you will see several options.
- Look for a way to increase color or saturation, which in turn, helps in increasing the overall brightness, especially in darker areas of an image. As mentioned in the reference, you will notice the "darker areas are becoming more colorful" as you adjust these settings.
- Play with the controls to increase the brightness to your satisfaction.
Additional Tips
- Saturation: Adjusting saturation along with brightness can help in making the brightened image look more vibrant (as indicated in the reference).
- Experiment: Experiment with both saturation and brightness settings to get the desired effect.
Summary
By using the Recolor Artwork tool and carefully adjusting the color, and saturation settings, you can effectively increase the brightness of your images within Illustrator.
