How to Use the Windows Live Photo Gallery

Share your pictures with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Windows Live Photo Gallery is a photo management application available for free on the Internet. The software forms part of Microsoft's Windows Live suite of free applications, also including Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail. The Windows Live Photo gallery is a simple-to-use application that can edit and share your photographs with friends. You can tag people that appear in your Windows Live Photo Gallery pictures so you can search your photographs by name.

Things You'll Need

• Windows Live Photo Gallery

Instructions

1. Add photos to Windows Live Photo Gallery by connecting your digital camera or memory card or inserting a CD or DVD clicking the "Home" tab. Select "Import Photos" and choose the device containing the pictures you want to add in the "Import Photos and Video" dialogue box. Click "Import" to add the pictures to Windows Live Photo Gallery.

2. Double-click a photo and click "Fine Tune" to manually adjust the brightness, contrast, shadows and highlights sliders to adjust the appearance of your photograph. In Fine Tune mode you can straighten, crop or remove red-eye from your photos using the menu.

3. Change the file type of a photo by double clicking a picture and selecting "Edit" then "Make A Copy." From the dialogue box, select a file type from the drop down menu and a location for the new file, click "Save" to convert the picture.

References

• Windows Live Photo Gallery: How do I edit photos?
• Windows Live Photo Gallery: How do I import photos from a digital camera, memory card reader, CD, or DVD?
• Windows Live Photo Gallery: How do I change the file type of a photo?