September 2009
Beginner
640 pages
26h 48m
English
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Editing Your Photos
The tools in the Quick Fix window are pretty easy to use. You can try one or all of them—it's up to you. And whenever you're happy with how your photo looks, you can leave Quick Fix and go back to the Full Edit window or the Organizer.
If you want to rotate your photo, click either of the Rotate buttons below the image preview area. (See Rotating and Flipping Options for more about rotating photos.)
Tip
If you click the Reset button just above your image, you'll return your photo to the way it looked before you started working in Quick Fix. This button undoes all Quick Fix edits, so don't use it if you want to undo a single action only. For that, just use the regular Undo command: Edit → Undo or Ctrl+Z.
Fixing Red Eye
Everyone who's ever taken a flash photo has run into the dreaded problem of red eye —those glowing, demonic pupils that make your little cherub look like someone out of an Anne Rice novel. Red eye is even more of a problem with digital cameras than with film, but luckily, Elements has a simple and terrific Red Eye tool for fixing it. All you need to do is click the red spots with the Red Eye Removal tool, and your problems are solved. This tool works the same whether you use it in Quick Fix or Full Edit.
To use the Quick Fix Red Eye tool:
Open a photo.
Zoom in so you can see where you're clicking.
Use the Zoom tool to magnify the eyes. You can also switch to the Hand tool if you need to drag the photo so that the eyes are front and center.
Activate the Red ...
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