Digital Photos Touch Up Guide
The advances and conveniences in digital photography make it possible for anyone to take a perfect picture, but how exactly is this possible is we all are not the world’s greatest photographer? By touching up your raw images through digital editing you can take what was once an average picture and make it a great photograph. Maybe you needed to lighten your image, crop or rotate a bit and even clean up some dirty spots; this is all quick and simple to do once you know how. Most pictures need some type of adjusting to produce the final image. Take a look at this short guide to help you with the most common touch ups for your photos.
Step 1: Start Up Your Image Editor To get started, you must first choose your favorite image editing program. A program such as Ulead Photo Impact is best for beginners. It is an easy to use tool that still provides professional photo effects.
Step 2: Remove Red-Eye If you\’re taking photos of people, chances are you may have taken a photo with red-eye problems. This is easily removed with image editing software. In Paint Shop Pro, select the Red-Eye Removal tool in the menu and voila, the program does all the work for you. In Ulead PhotoImpact, there\’s an equivalent tool called Remove Red Eye in the Tool Panel.
Step 3: Rotate and Crop If you\’ve taken a photo in a wrong orientation, it\’s easily corrected with little loss in quality by using a rotate tool. You\’ll also want to do some cropping of your photo to remove cluttered surroundings that draw attention away from your subject. For example, I find cropping very useful if my subject is occupying only the middle portion of the photograph. Cut away the two sides of the picture and you have a much more professional look.
Step 4: Play with Color Don\’t be afraid to experiment with colors. Image editing programs put a lot of power in your hands. You can make the leaves purple, change the entire photo to black and white, add a sepia effect - almost anything you want. A good photo editing program will have automatic color balance options to adjust color defects in your pictures.
Step 5: Blurring Effects Some pictures can be enhanced by using a blurring effect. In this case you would select unimportant areas of the photo to softly blur out to draw more focus to the subject of the photo. An example would be to blur out the background leaves of a picture of a butterfly.
Step 6: Sharpen Up Sharpening the image is the next step in the photo touch up process. You cannot sharpen an out of focus image into clarity contrary to popular belief. The best way to utilize the sharpen tool is to selectively sharpen just a portion of an image such as a person’s eyes. Leave the unimportant areas unsharpened to give the focus to your selected area.
Step 7: Resize You may need to resize your photo depending on your needs. Resize down to a smaller size to e-mail your pictures to family. Resize to a 4×6 print to turn your image into a greeting card.
Step 8: Save Your Work We’re almost finished. Now all you have to do is save your work in the suitable image format. If you want to save all of the details for future editing, save in the TIFF format. If you want to send the picture by e-mail or upload to a web site, choose the JPEG format for saving the image.
Conclusion Alrighty then! Now you know the secret to touching up and preparing your raw digital photos for output. I\’d say that not all the above steps are truly necessary in a given situation. Remember to use your discretion to see which is necessary. Don\’t be afraid to experiment and learn - practice makes perfect when it comes to touching up your photos.
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