Chapter 11

Ten Fun (And Practical) Ways to Manipulate Your Photos

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Applying Retouch menu filters

Bullet Removing red-eye

Bullet Correcting crooked horizon lines, lens distortion, and perspective

Bullet Tweaking exposure, contrast, and color

Bullet Cropping away excess background

Bullet Creating a black-and-white version of a photo

Bullet Having fun with special effects

Every photographer produces a clunker now and then. When it happens to you, don’t be too quick to press the Delete button, because many common problems are surprisingly easy to fix. In fact, you often can repair your photos right in the camera, thanks to tools found on the Retouch menu.

This chapter starts with the basics of navigating the Retouch menu and then provides specific instructions for using its photo-repair tools. Following that, I ...

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