September 2014
Beginner
643 pages
20h 48m
English
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Chapter 4. The Quick Fix
With Elements’ Quick Fix tools, you can dramatically improve a photo’s appearance with just a click or two. The Quick Fix window includes easy-to-use tools that help you adjust the brightness and color of your photos and make them look sharper. You don’t even need to understand much about what you’re doing—just click a button or move a slider, and then decide whether you like how your image looks.
You can also frame photos here and apply some fancy special effects (think Instagram filters) and textures with just a click. For example, you can make your photo look like it’s printed on metal or was painted long ago on a wall where the paint is now cracking and flaking off. Elements 13 includes lots of new effects that are really fun and incredibly easy to use.
Tip
You can also share your photos right to Facebook, Twitter, Revel, and a few other popular sites right from Quick Fix. Just click the Share button at the upper right of the window. (There’s more about sharing photos on Organizer Slideshows.) If you want to use your photos in a Create project (Chapter 15), just click the Create button (also in the window’s upper right) and choose a project. When you finish in Create, you’ll be in Expert mode. If you want to get back to the Quick Fix, just click the word “Quick” at the top of your screen.
Even if you do know what you’re doing, you may still find yourself using the Quick Fix window to tweak things like shadows and highlights because it gives you a handy before-and-after ...
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