Many
of the easiest photo edits can be done with a single click from
within Photo Story. To correct the color level of a photo, select
the photo (click once on it), then click the color adjustment
button below the photo. It's amazing how a photo taken on a
cloudy day will brighten up!! To remove red-eye, select the
photo, then click the red-eye button (magic!!). Your subject's
eyes no longer look like the eyes of Satan. To rotate your photo
90 degrees right or left, select the photo, then click on the
appropriate rotate button.
More
advanced edits (but still VERY simple) may be made by selecting
a photo and then clicking the edit button:
Rotate
and Crop
Three
options will present themselves in the tabs on the window that
now appears. The first is rotate and crop. Of course, you can
always rotate from the project window, but the crop option is
what interests us here:
Once
you check the "Crop" box, an area box will appear
in the center of the photo. You can move the box around the
photo and resize it until you get the area you want to keep.
Once you are satisfied, click the Save button
and your photo will be cropped to your specifications.
Auto
Fix
Let's
face it -- not every photo is a prize winner. Some may appear
washed out, too dark, or too light. By clicking on the Auto
Fix tab in the Edit Photos window,
you can automatically adjust the contrast levels, the color,
and red-eye by turning these options on. Be sure to SAVE
any changes you make.
Add
Effects
You
may want to add some "special effects" to your photos.
For example, this series of photos dates from the ninenteenth
century. I might want to add a sepia effect to the photos to
make them appear "old." Or, I may want to change the
last color photo to black and white so that it matches the rest.
All of this can be accomplished with the third tab, the Add
Effects tab. Simply click on the down arrow to open
the list of effects, select the one you want and click Save..
You
can work on one photo at a time, or you can advance through
the timeline by clicking the right arrow to move to the next
photo to be edited. When you have finished, click Close.
We're
almost finished editing our photos -- but we have one more thing
to do. In the next lesson, you will learn how to remove black
borders from photos.
