How to Fix Digital Pictures

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Luis Estrada. In this video, I'll show you how to fix digital pictures. I am using Picasa 3. Picasa is a registered trademark of Google. A company to which I have no affiliation. In Picasa, it's incredibly simple to fix your pictures. Simply double click on the image to start the editor. First, we will remove the red eye from the photo. Press on the red eye button. The program will try to best guess, all correction needed. In this picture, we see that there's a correction that is not necessary. Simply click on the box to delete it. You can manually draw a square around each red eye, you want to correct. If you click on the preview button. The square outlines are hidden to see the picture with the applied corrections. The reset button removes the corrections and the auto control starts the process again. Once you're happy with the results, press on the apply button. At the bottom of the basic fixes tab, there is the undo and redo buttons. Red eye changes cannot be redone. So you need to confirm on the box. Another common fix is the crop. You can manually create a square by dragging and dropping. Or use one of the predefined sizes from the drop down box. Try the rotate button to switch between landscape and portrait orientation. Click on the preview button to eliminate the surrounding square. Once you're happy with the result, press the apply button. To undo most changes, you can press control Z, on your keyboard. Or press redo, if you change your mind. The another quick fixes like auto contrast, auto color and the fill light control. Another great tool is the retouch to remove dust or scratches. And the text tool. Lastly, the I'm feeling lucky, button. Changes lighting and color with a simple click. I'm Luis Estrada and I've just shown you how to edit your digital images."