Chapter 3. Rotating and Resizing Your Photos
In the last chapter, you learned how to get your photos into Elements. Now itâs time to look at how to trim off unwanted areas and straighten crooked photos. Youâll also learn how to change the overall size of your images and how to zoom in and out to get a better look at things while youâre editing.
Note
From here through Chapter 14, you need to be in the Elements Editor. If youâre still in the Organizer, press Ctrl+I/â-I to go to the Full Edit window.
Straightening Scanned Photos
Anyone whoâs scanned printed photos can testify about the hair-pulling frustration you feel when your carefully placed pictures come out crooked onscreen. Whether youâre feeding in precious memories one at a time or scanning batches of photos to save time, Elements can help straighten things out.
Straightening Two or More Photos at a Time
If youâve got a pile of photos to scan, save yourself some time and lay as many of them as you can fit on your scanner. Thanks to Elementsâ wonderful Divide Scanned Photos command, you can save them as individual image files in no time.
Start by scanning in the photos (Figure 3-1). The only limit is how many can fit on your scanner at once. It doesnât matter whether you scan directly into Elements or use the scannerâs own software. (See Working with PDF Files for more about scanning images into Elements.)
Figure 3-1. Consumer-grade flatbed scanners are generally pretty slow, so itâs a huge timesaver to ...
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