Correcting

To fine-tune an image, click the Corrections tool or choose Corrections from the Image menu. You see a dialog box like the following:

Click and drag to adjust the division between the original and edited preview.

Click the tabs at the top of the screen to make these kinds of corrections:

◗Brightness and Contrast

For adjusting the amount of light in your image and the difference between light and dark areas.

◗Color

For correcting color casts and adjusting the balance of cyan (blue), magenta (red), and yellow in your picture.

◗Hue/Saturation

For adjusting colors around the “color wheel,” the strength or purity of color, and the brightness of your image.

◗Sharpness

For emphasizing or de-emphasizing edges.

◗Equalization

For increasing detail in dark areas of your image.

Each dialog box “tab” includes sliders for quickly and easily correcting your image. Simply move the slide indicator left or right to make your edit.

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