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Chapter 5: Basic Touchup

Setting the white balance on a digital camera

Many digital cameras allow you to set the white balance for specific types of light, such as sunlight, incandescent, and flash. Using this feature can help reduce tint problems in your photos.

Zooming in to find white

If there are no significant areas of white in your photo, use the zoom tool to magnify the photo on the screen. When you zoom in, you may be able to use a very small area of white, such as the white of a person’s eyes.

Adjusting Tint

When you take photographs, the source of the light can create a colored cast in the photo. We tend to think of light being white, but nearly every light source has its own unique color. For example, natural sunlight has more blue in it, while incandescent (tungsten) lights—including most household light bulbs— give off a reddish or yellowish cast.

When taking a photo, you can compensate for these different colors of light by setting the white balance (with a digital camera), or using special filters (on a film camera). But if you still end up with a cast in your photos, use the adjust tint tool to correct the balance of colors to make the lighting look more natural. You adjust tint by locating a point that should be white, and then Digital Image Pro balances all of the colors in the photo based on the white point you set.

If you have already used the levels auto fix tool, the tint problems in the photo may already be corrected. Use the adjust tint tool to make additional adjust- ments.

To adjust tint:

1On the Touchup menu, click Adjust Tint. The mouse pointer becomes an eyedropper.

2With the eyedropper, click an area in the photo that should be white. Picture It! automatically corrects the colors.

3If you are not satisfied with the results, use the sliders for fine-tuning. Set the Color slider to the color of the cast in the photo, and then use the Amount slider to lower the amount of that color in the photo.

4Click Done.

Fixing Red Eye

Using your flash indoors in low light situations can give your subjects red, unnatural-looking eyes. The Fix Red Eye tool eliminates the redness.

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702 specifications

The Microsoft 702 is a powerful and versatile device that has garnered attention for its innovative features and cutting-edge technology. Designed with both personal and professional users in mind, it seamlessly blends performance with usability in a compact format.

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