Editing Your Photos


Often, on closer inspection, the photo that looked so perfect in the camera seems to have a few flaws: The lighting or the color is slightly off, the subject isn't framed quite right or has those disconcerting red eyes, or the photo is under- or over-exposed. You can adjust these problems using the tools in Windows Photo Gallery, and, if you don't like what you did, you can easily revert to a copy of the original photo.

Adjust the Exposure and Color

In Windows Photo Gallery, click the photo you want to edit to select it, and then click the Fix button.

Click Auto Adjust if you want to let the computer adjust the brightness, contrast, and color.

Click Adjust Exposure, and use the sliders to change the brightness and contrast.

Click Adjust Color, and use the sliders to change the Color Temperature (the percentages of red and blue), the Tint (the shadings of the colors), and/or the Saturation (the intensity of the colors).

If you don't like one of your changes, click the Undo button. To undo a series of changes, click the down arrow next to the Undo button, and choose from the series of items that you can undo.

To edit another photo, use the Next or the Previous button to display additional photos.

Tip

Windows Photo Gallery editing does only the most basic photo-editing tasks. If you have a more powerful editing program installed on your computer, select the photo to be edited, click the Open button, and choose the program you want to use from the drop-down list.


Tip

Changes are automatically saved as you work, but a copy of the original file is kept in the Photo Gallery. To undo all your editing, click the File button in the editing window, and choose Revert To Original from the drop-down menu.


Crop a Photo

Click Crop Picture to specify which part of the photo you want to keep while the remaining parts are discarded.

Click Proportion, and select the finished size you want for the photo.

Use the mouse to drag the frame to include what you want to keep. If the frame is oriented incorrectly, click Rotate Frame.

When the photo is cropped exactly the way you want, click Apply.

Remove "Red Eye"

In a photo in which someone has those lovely red eyes caused by the camera flash, use the Zoom Control to enlarge and clearly pinpoint the red eyes, and click Fix Red Eye.

Drag a rectangle over the red part of the eye. Repeat for any other red eyes.

Click Back To Gallery to return to the Photo Gallery.



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