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TOOLS OF THE TRADE
LeVeLs
CroPPINg
To make your images
really stand out a few
It is often the case that an
quick levels adjustments
image can be improved by
can make all the difference. The Levels
cropping in closer to allow the
palette allows you to manually control
subject to fill the frame or to
the brightness and contrast using three
remove distractions around the
simple controls that sit beneath a
edge that you may not have
graph, known as a histogram. This
noticed when taking the shot. You
histogram shows the make up of all of
can also make more severe changes
the tones in the image from pure black
such as turning a landscape into a
to bright white and every available
portrait, or visa versa. The cropping
tone between. The three control tabs
tool is also a very handy tool for
represent the black point, white point
straightening horizons and resizing
your image too.
Photomerge exPosure
Among the new features in
Elements 8 is an addition to the
Photomerge software. Photomerge
exposure allows you to combine
images taken at differing exposures to
create what is often referred to as an
HDR effect. On a bright day a single
exposure would often end up with a
bright white sky or a shadowy
foreground – but with Photomerge
you can expose for the elements
seperately and combine them.

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