Picnik fixes for color and exposure

Pt. 4 of 10 | 2:38 |

Photo Editing Tips with Picnik

Thursday September 17, 2009

That landscape you saw while on vacation was gorgeous. The sun setting over the ocean, boats in the background. So why doesn't the picture do it justice? In

Picnik

, you can

fix a photo's color profile

and even compensate for some under or over exposure. These and other

photo fixes

are easy in Picnik.

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Show Notes

- Click on Exposure and use the slider bars to

change the exposure and contrast

values.

- Select

Auto-Fix

to have Picnik attempt to auto correct your exposure and contrast values.

- Click Reset if you're not happy with the results.

- Click on Advanced to access shadow, highlight and brightness sliders as well as a histogram.

- Click on the Color button to access color saturation and temperature sliders.

- Adjust these sliders until your image looks the way you want it to.

- The Neutral Picker allows you to change the overall color of an image by selecting a point within the photo.

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