any idea on how to make this picture less orange-y & more bright? Options

[LittleMissSunshi...]

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like i want to make this more brighter without it becoming more orange. i would like my picture to look more natural. i have photoshop7, any idea on how to make this possible?

Reason for edit: image tags fixed :D -nat

[Gigi]

Basically do whatever people have already suggested and hope for the best.

If you want to make it brighter and less orange, can't you just adjust the colour balance and brightness/contrast? =\

It would be that simple if the image was of high quality, and lit properly (also I wouldn't suggest using Brightness/Contrast because in order to lighten, you'd up the Brightnes, but then it would be washed out and then you'd have to up to Contrast, and then it would just look waaaaay too saturated. Color balance can't fix something that extreme. I'd rather use Curves or Levels).

Unfortunately there is never a quick fix for a shitty image to begin with. I'd advise for you to just take a well-lit picture next time, turn on the flash, don't crop a small part from a large image, use natural lighting, etc..there's only so much you can do with Photoshop before you have to go into manip territory, i.e., the moment you have to use the smudge tool because your image is too grainy because of crappy lighting.