Ways to retouch a photograph

After you've scanned in a photo or downloaded one from a digital camera, you can retouch it in the following ways:

Remove an overall color tint caused by indoor lighting   If you shoot a photo indoors without a flash, the resulting image might have an overall green or reddish tint. You can correct this problem by selecting options in the Tint workpane. Fix the tint

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Crop out unwanted parts of a picture   If your picture contains distracting elements, you can select and crop out those areas. Crop a picture

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Clone an area of a picture to paint over another area   For example, you can clone a patch of grass and use it to paint over a rock in the same or another picture. Clone an area of a picture

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Remove red eye from a portrait   You can easily correct this common imperfection. Click to select and remove red eye

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Remove dust and spots   Fill dust or spots in a photo and remove other types of light or dark blemishes. Remove lots of dust or spots. Remove a few specks of dust or spots

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Remove scratches   You can cover up scratches or long blemishes. Remove a scratch

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Sharpen or blur a picture   Sharpen the focus of your picture or create a blur effect. Blur or sharpen an object

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Lighten, darken, or improve the contrast   If your picture appears bleached, or dark and dull, you may need to adjust the difference between its light and dark tones Adjust brightness and contrast in a picture

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Cover up unwanted parts of your picture   If you can't crop out distracting elements in your picture, you can cover them with a more desirable element. Hide an unwanted element in a picture

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