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Elements
Basic |
Level 2 Basic |
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Lesson 6
Quick Fix
Smart
Corrections
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“Quick Fix”
is the heart of the Basic Level of
Elements.
This lesson, and the next 3 lessons,
will outline the “Quick Fixes”. |
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Introduction |
This lesson will introduce the
“Smart Fix”. We will cover the
automated “Smart Fix”, as
well as the manual override. |
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Step #1: Select Photo |
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From the “Photo Well”, click
on the image that you want to work
on.
A blue border will highlight the
selected image. |
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Step #2: Quick Fix |
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From the Main menu, click on:
[ Edit ]
Then click on:
[ Go to Quick Fix… ] |
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Step #3:
Ready To Fix |
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Once you enter the “Quick Fix”
screen, set the “Before & After”
view to “Portrait”.
Then click on:
[ Fit On Screen ]
“Rotate” to correct the
orientation if necessary.
Note:
These steps were illustrated in the
Lesson #5. |
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Step #4a:
Smart Fix
Automatic |
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Elements can attempt a complete an
“Automatic” fix for
the entire image.
We do not recommend
this. We feel that the program can
rarely make the image exactly the
way you want it.
But you can try it first to see how
you like it. |
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Step #4a:
Smart Fix
Auto Results |
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This is the way “Auto Fix”
worked on our example image.
We were not entirely happy
with it. |
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Step #5a:
Undo Smart Fix |
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If you are unhappy with the “Auto
Fix”, you can click on:
[ Reset ] |
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Step #5b:
Undo Results |
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When you “Reset” your
“Auto Fix”, you will also
undo any rotations that you
have made. |
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Step #5c:
Redo Rotation |
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If you undid your rotation, you can
correct it by pressing:
[ Rotate ] |
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Step #5d:
Rotation
Results |
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The example image is shown rotated
appropriately again. |
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Step #6a:
Auto + Manual |
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We can let the program perform an
attempt at an “Auto Fix”.
This time, however, we will do a
little “Manual Adjustment” to
the auto correction.
Start by pressing:
[ Auto ] |
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Step #6b:
Auto Results |
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The results of our “Auto Fix”are
again shown in our example image |
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Step #6c:
Manual Added |
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After the “Auto Fix”, we can
apply a “Manual Override”.
This is accomplished by using the
“Manual Amount” slider.
We do not recommend
this approach for most images. You
can only adjust how the program
thinks you want your image.
But you can try it and see how you
like it. |
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Step #6d:
Manual Result |
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We have shown the result of a
“Manual Override” on our example
image.
We feel that we can do better
if we have more manual control over
what the program is doing.
We will illustrate this in the
Lesson #6 – “Making Specific
Corrections”. |
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Step #6e:
Manual
Undone |
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If you want to undo
your “Manual Override”, you
can press the button that is marked
by a circle with a line through it:
[ Cancel ]
Note:
This only cancels the “Manual
Override”. The auto correction
is still in effect. The “Auto
Fix” can be cancelled as shown
in Step #5c. |
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Step #6f: Auto
Only
Results |
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Our example image is shown with the
“Manual Override” cancelled,
but the “Auto Fix” still in
effect. |
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Step #6g: Redo
Manual |
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Here we have elected to set a new
“Manual Override”. |
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Step #6h: Redo
Results |
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Our example image shows the results
of the new “Manual Override”. |
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Step #7:
Accepting Fix |
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If you are completely happy with
your correction, you can accept the
correction by pressing:
[ Check Mark ] |
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Step #8: |
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To leave the “Quick Fix”
screen, click the indicated
button:
[ X ] |
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Step #9a: Save
Format |
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The image from your camera was
probably in a file format called “JPEG”.
This format will recompress your
image every time it saves it. This
will result in a loss of quality.
We recommend that you convert your
corrected image to Adobe’s file
format called “PSD”. This is
a lossless format that will not
result in any loss of quality to
your image.
To accomplish this, click on the
down arrow beside “Format”.
Then select:
[ Photoshop PSD ] |
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Step #9b: Save
Where |
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Click in the indicated Check Boxes
to save the image:
[ As a Copy ]
[ Include in the Organizer ] |
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Step #10: In
The Well |
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The new corrected image will now
appear to the right of the original
image in the “Photo Well”.
Note:
The original image remains
untouched.
There is now a second image
with our changes in effect.
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Summary |
This lesson introduced the “Smart
Fix”. We covered the automated
“Smart Fix”, as well as the
“Manual Override”. |
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