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Editing photos? Remember to keep your originals! Even if you're not a professional photographer, you probably have some photos that are important to you: weddings, graduations, family vacations, old friends, etc. Hopefully, you're already backing up your important digital photos along with your other files, either with an external hard drive or a cloud backup service. But even if you're keeping your photos safe, there is still a risk of  damaging them when you edit them . For example, let's say you decide to convert a photo to black and white to give it an artistic touch. If you change your mind later on, you won't be able to convert it back to color because the color has already been removed from the image. There are many other kinds of edits that are irreversible once you've saved the image because they remove information from the image that is  difficult or impossible to get back . These include cropping, resizing, and many types of filters. Other adj...

Introduction Images that come straight from a digital camera aren't always perfect. As you start to gain more experience with image editing, you may notice some  recurring problems  with images that you'll want to fix. For example, some images may be too bright, while others may be too dark or too blurry. There are many different  corrections  that can make your images look dramatically better. Some of the corrections we'll cover in this lesson include: Brightness   and   contrast : If an image is  too bright  or  too dark , you can adjust the  brightness  and  contrast . Color : If the colors in an image are  muted  or  dull , you can use a variety of color-correction tools, such as  saturation . Sharpness : If an image is  less clear than you'd like it to be, you can  sharpen  it. Want to see the difference that corrections can make? Take a look at the example below. It only took ...

Introduction Image editing is all about adjusting your images to make them look better. We're going to talk about some of the most  basic image adjustments , along with some common problems to watch out for when making these changes. The adjustments we'll cover in this lesson include: Cropping : If you want to remove parts of an image, you can  crop  it. You can think of cropping as using a pair of scissors to  cut out  the parts you no longer want. Resizing : If you want to make an image smaller or larger, you can  resize  it. However, keep in mind that making an image larger than its original size generally does not look good. Rotating : If you want to change the  orientation  of an image, you can  rotate  it to the left or right. Optional : If you'd like to follow along, you can download some or all of our  example images . Just click any of the images below to open a full-sized version. Then right-click the full-si...