How to Fix Digital Photo Flaws

By eHow Computers Editor

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Digital cameras freed people from many problems that came with film cameras, like picking up developed photos that were all blank. Just being able to see your picture immediately after taking it makes a big difference. Yet digital photos aren't without their problems. And sometimes we don't have time to try again. Follow these steps to fix digital photo flows.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

Image editing software

Step1

Start with the basics. If your pictures look spotty, it could be dust. Give your digital camera lens a good cleaning with a blower brush.

Step2

Check your image editing program's capabilities. Adobe Photoshop is a popular image editing program used by people at all proficiencies. It can be a little difficult to learn; Adobe Elements is easier. Chances are you already have an image editing program on your computer. Many PCs come with Microsoft Photo Editor. See if your image editing program comes with a tutorial to give you a quick tour of its capabilities.

Step3

Change the size of your digital image by cropping and resizing it. A common mistake is standing too far from the subject. The cropping tool allows you to take just what you want from the picture and get rid of the rest. Crop, cut and then paste as a new picture.

Step4

Alter the brightness or contrast of a photo to make the lighting closer to what you want. Often, you'll find a little sun on the toolbar. This is the brightness button. Unless you're absolutely positive you want to keep this level of brightness (or darkness), save the picture under a different name after you make your changes.

Step5

Fix red eyes. When you take a picture in a dark area, sometimes the camera flash reflects off someone's retina, causing red eye. See if your image editing program has a red eye removal tool.

Step6

Use Adobe's Spot Healing Brush to make blemishes disappear on digital photos. Size the brush a little larger than the blemish. Put the cursor over the blemish and click it away.

Step7

Rid yourself of strange things coming out of people's heads with a clone stamp tool. Find a similar area nearby—the source. Use Alt-click and click. Move to the area you want to remove. Click several times to replace the object with pixels from the source.