make pure black

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May 25, 2019
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how to make an image pure black?

I found something before, but now want to ask the forum people of how they do it

smoothening the curves which now look like pen marks on paper (possible?)

thank you for your response

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D Fosse

Community Expert

The very first thing to do in cases like this is always to correct uneven lighting (curves and layer mask painted in):

Then set black and white endpoints to maximize the workable contrast range:

So now you have a much better starting point to use any of the techniques outlined above, and the end result will be much better.

Omar.Fathy

Community Expert

You can easily do that by using the Levels command Image> Adjustment> Levels or Press Ctrl+L
Adjust the Shadows stop till you get the black you need.

jane-e

Community Expert

Does Threshold work?

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White VanillaAuthor

Inspiring

thank you Jane

do you might also know a way to 'cluster the pixels together' to make it more 'icon-like' in photoshop?

like image trace illustrator but than in photoshop?

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White VanillaAuthor

Inspiring

You’re welcome, Vanilla Vanilla,

Maybe, except that I’ll need a definition for “icon-like”!

~ Jane

but there is no blur tool or something like that which filters the dense pixels whereafter the pixels can be offset?

D Fosse

Community Expert

I think he means 0-0-0 instead of the charcoal grays here. A simple levels adjustment will do that, just drag the black input slider to the right.

Vanilla, I hope you're doing this with layer masks, which allows you to go back and readjust the mask later to get the perfect selection. It looks like you may have made the selection first, and then used it to permanently delete the background. That's a one way street and you can't fix mistakes later.