Perfect Your Digital Photos
The digital photography revolution has completely changed the way we capture, store and enjoy our photos. With the vast capacities of digital storage cards being the only limitation to the number of photos you can take, it’s common to capture hundreds of pictures of a scene or event – there’s no need to worry about running out of film.
This approach to photography is liberating, and it can improve your chances of capturing the perfect shot. There are of course downsides to snaping hundreds of pictures every time you’re out and about. It can leave you with dozens of images that aren’t quite right – perhaps there’s an unwanted object in the scene, or the lighting isn’t quite right.
Part of the beauty of digital photography is that capturing your photos is only the first step in the process. Once you’ve copied your snaps over to your PC the real fun begins – editing your images to get them looking their best.
Most image-editing software provides users with a huge array of options to choose from. These may range from simple one-click features to correct red-eye or remove colour casts, all the way through to advanced layer and masking functions, which can be used to combine photos together to create new scenes and eye-catching designs.
This kaleidescope of features can put your head in a spin, particularly if you’re inexperienced in editing photos. There’s no need to let photo-editing software get the better of you though – we’re here to help with our comprehensive guide to getting the best from your pictures with the minimum of effort. Over the course of this guide we’ll steer you through the options in Adobe’s Photoshop Elements and the free alternative, Paint.NET, to show you how to get great looking snaps fast!
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Photoshop Elements
- Photoshop Elements – the expert’s guide. Get familiar with the Adobe Photoshop Elements interface.
- Enhance your digital photos - get your pictures looking their best in Photoshop Elements.
- Work with layers and masks - create photo montages and special effects using layers and masks.
- Create a photo slideshow - Showcase your images to friends and family as a photo slideshow.
- Organise and tag your images - Keep your image collection well organised in Photoshop Elements.
Paint.NET
- The Paint.NET interface - Get to grips with the user-friendly free photo editor, Paint.NET.
- Enhance photos in Paint.NET - Fix common problems to improve the look of your images.
- Add special effects - Change the look of your photos using Paint.NET’s built-in effects.
- Advanced tools and plug-ins - Expand your creativity by installing free Paint.NET add-ons.
Free photo tools
- Enhance pictures in The Gimp - Tweak your digital photos with the veteran freeware photo editor.
- Create paintings in ArtRage - Turn digital photos into virtual paintings with ArtRage Starter Edition.
- Morph images with Free Morphing - Create professional-looking animations by morphing photos together.
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