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Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
Almost all pictures can be improved with basic touchup tools. Digital Image
touchup tools can be used to correct common problems such as red eye, crooked
pictures, lighting problems, or similar distractions that can ruin a photo. In
many cases, Digital Image helps you eliminate basic problems with just a few
clicks.
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
When you take a photo with an automatic camera, the camera’s automatic
exposure feature measures the available light and determines how much light
is required to take the photo. Sometimes, the exposure meter’s measurement is
slightly too low or too high, creating problems with brightness and contrast in the
photo. Digital Image provides tools to fix the levels of brightness and contrast.
To correct brightness and contrast:
1. On the Touchup menu, click Brightness and Contrast.
2. Click Exposure auto fix
.
3. If you are not satisfied with the results, fine-tune the settings with the
Brightness and Contrast sliders.
4. Click Done
.
The picture on the left is both too dark and too low contrast. The Exposure auto fix tool was
applied to the version on the right, correcting both the brightness and contrast levels.
Basic Touchup
Making a copy to
touch up
Never edit your only
copy of a picture.
Always make a copy or
choose Save As to save
the edited file with a
different name. If you
aren’t satisfied with the
results, you can always
start again from the
original.