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Quick Photo Fixes

From Sue Chastain,
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As hard as we try, not every photo comes out perfect. Thankfully, today's makes it easy to correct a myriad of mistakes. Here are some software solutions to many common photo problems.
Fixing Red Eye :
Most software today has a red eye tool that makes quick work of removing red eye. But now and then you might come across a stubborn case of red eye where the automatic red eye tool in your software doesn't work. That's okay… it's not that hard to fix manually!
Fixing Pet Eye:
Pet eye is the glowing white, green, red, or yellow eye reflections that you often get when taking photos of pets or animals in low light conditions when a flash is used. This tutorial shows you a fairly easy way to fix the pet eye problem using just about any photo-editing software.
Fixing Pet Eye in Your Photos
Fixing Photos that are Too Dark (Underexposed) or Too Light (Overexposed):
Using layers and blend modes, you can quickly fix exposure problems that result in a too dark or too light photo.
How To Quickly Correct a Dark Photo in Paint Shop Pro
How To Quickly Correct a Dark Photo in Photoshop
How To Quickly Correct a Washed Out Photo in Paint Shop Pro
How To Quickly Correct a Washed Out Photo in Photoshop
More Help:
In need of a quick fix that isn't listed here? Post your question to the discussion forum and we'll do our best to help.
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