The Creative Art Of Fine-Tuning Your Photos With Elements
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Thanks to the most advanced technology, capturing unforgettable moments have now become very easy. Aside from digital cameras, phones now come with built-in cameras which make it a lot easier to take pictures and keep these precious moments. But what about those pictures that you've taken way before digital cameras became an asset?
A lot of people can get truly frustrated and disappointed with plenty of pictures taken with still cameras due to the low quality of the shot. Even if you've managed to find the disadvantages and have them reprinted, if the photos were poorly taken to begin with, having it reproduced will be useless. But that doesn't mean to say that these could not be restored. Using straightforward elements of Adobe Photoshop, you would be able to enhance the quality of the pictures and keep the memories alive.
Here are some great ways to fine-tune your pictures with easy elements from Photoshop:
Cropping
You look amazing in your high school prom picture, but you'd rather forget that guy standing right next to you. By using the crop tool, you can keep a copy of your high school prom photo sans your ex-sweetheart. After scanning the picture and opening the file in your Adobe Photoshop, drag the cursor while holding down the left button on your mouse to select the area that you desire to keep. Then simply click Picture and select Crop. You will be left with the chosen area of the image which you have highlighted.
Repairing the Angles
If your little one tried to take a picture and it came out a bit tilted, you can realign it in order that it comes out straight. Simply choose the measuring tool located in your menu toolbar on the left side of your monitor. Click on one horizon of the image that you would like to re-align and then dragging it the cursor to the other end. This would fix up any minor misalignments. If it still looks a bit off, click on the canvas option and rotate it on the canvas until you are satisfied with it. The software will automatically expand the canvas to fill in the empty spots.
Colour Touch Ups
If the lighting caused the picture you took to come up a littl bit too orange, you can also remedy this by adjusting the colours on the picture. Go to Image then choose Adjustments and then Color Balance. It would open up a menu which would allow you to repair the colours of the image. Simply drag each cursor right or to the left. Since Adobe Photoshop comes with a preview feature, it would allow you to see the modifications as you drag the cursors to help you make the picture come as close as how you remember it.
Sharpen
The commonest of all photos taken by film cameras is that often they tend to look a little bit blurred. To bring out the details of the picture, select the sharpen feature in the Filter option on the menu bar. The program will automatically sharpen the details of the image a bit at a time. Continue the entire process until you are satisfied with the details of the entire picture.
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