Chapter 11

Ten Retouch Menu Tricks

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Finding the in-camera editing tools

Bullet Seeing original and retouched photos side-by-side

Bullet Eliminating red-eye

Bullet Leveling horizon lines and correcting distortion

Bullet Brightening shadows with a D-Lighting adjustment

Bullet Making a black-and-white copy of a color photo

Bullet Cropping away excess background

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 can be fixed by using tools on the camera’s Retouch menu. It’s easy and completely risk-free, too: When you apply these tools, the camera doesn’t alter your original file; it makes a copy and applies changes to only the copy.

This chapter offers tips for putting the major retouching tools to best use. See ...

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