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Introduction |
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Thanks to photo editing software such as Windows Live Photo Gallery,
many photography mistakes can now be fixed with quick tricks and techniques. With just a few basic edits, including cropping, straightening,
and color adjustment, you can turn a so-so snapshot into a treasured photograph. |
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Remove red-eye from your photo |
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Several HP printers and All-in-Ones, like the HP Photosmart C4680 All-in-One Printer,
offer PC-free red-eye removal.
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Don't let a small detail ruin a good photo—here are a couple simple ways to remove red-eye from your images:
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Improve your photo's lighting |
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To correct an underexposed photo, look for Exposure or Enhance tools found
in your editing software.
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Altering the lighting can significantly improve the appearance of your photo.
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Use the Adjust exposure tool featured in Windows Live Photo Gallery to alter your photo's brightness, contrast, shadows, and highlights.
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If using other software, such as Adobe Photoshop, look for an Enhance feature or a tool that allows you to customize the Contrast of the photo.
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Color correct your photo |
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Enhance the colors in your photo by adjusting the saturation, temperature, and tint settings.
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Whether you're adjusting a photograph's hues for accuracy, or experimenting with style, today's photo editing solutions offer trouble-free color correction.
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Windows Live Photo Gallery features an Adjust color tool you can use to change the temperature, tint, and saturation of the colors in your photo.
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The Saturation tool found in photo editing software can either help save a muted photograph or simply give it more richness and depth.
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Crop, rotate, or straighten your photo |
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Cropping is a simple way to remove distracting elements from a photo.
Use the Rotate tool to discover which orientation best suits your photo.
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Use these editing techniques to improve your photo's composition:
Crop to remove distracting elements
Rotate horizontally or vertically
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Some photographs lend themselves best to one orientation over another, so feel free to experiment with the Rotate feature of your software.
Straighten your photo
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Use the Straighten tool found in photo editing software, including Windows Live Photo Gallery, to re-position crooked photos, or accurately adjust the angle of your photo.
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Sharpen your photo |
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![Side-by-side comparison of a blurry and sharpened photo.]](/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/edit_restore_photos/tips/img/improve_photos_6.jpg)
Use your editing software's Sharpen tool to eliminate blur and bring focus
to the photo's subjects.
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A blurry photo can often be corrected with a few quick editing techniques.
- Windows Live Photo Gallery features an Adjust detail tool that gives you the ability to sharpen the focus of your photo.
- Subtly adjusting Contrast and Saturation levels to add further clarity to your image is also helpful.
- With professional-grade software like Adobe Photoshop, you can use a Sharpen tool, or the Unsharp Mask tool, which locates and sharpens the areas within your photograph where colors change.
- If making other edits to your photo, save sharpening for one of the last steps.
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Print your perfect photos |
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Learn more |
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*Based on light fade testing under glass using HP Vivera Inks on HP Premium Plus photo paper and HP Premium photo paper, according to Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc.
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