Simple photo adjustment program
In the past, maybe a computer or two ago, when I put some digital photos on my computer, with a click of the mouse I could adjust the contrast, exposure, or whatever to save a picture that was not qui...
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coolmom42 wrote:
If you have access to Microsoft Office, MSWord has a surprising amount of photo editing options.
Windows 10 has ditched the old Picture Manager, which was very handy.
MS Office Picture editor while it can make some basic adjustments with brightness, contrast, color it really leaves a lot to be desired.. In other words, it doesn't work all that well.
Much better results can be achieved with a standalone picture editor..
Lots of free options available.. but honestly hands down paid standalone versions often will result in far better pictures..
I have a pretty old version of Photoshop Elements.. It has some very nice fully automatic brightness/contrast and color correction features which tend to work extremely well..
Photoshop Elements does require one to "poke" and "play" around to learn but it may actually be easier and faster as long as the automatic correction can correct it the first shot.
I often only have to apply the automatic correction once and be satisfied at the results.. Sometimes I end up having to make a few minor corrections but not often.
I have been able to bring back extremely badly exposed family slides that I scanned into the computer to the point they are nearly perfect.. Yeah, it takes some fiddling but depending on the subject matter it may be worth it..
