Photo Editing Tools

Below is a list of the enhance features accessible through MyPublisher

Red-Eye Removal:

You can reduce the red-eye often found in photos with a few simple clicks. Red-eye reduction is accessible via the mini-enhance tool bar that pops up when you click on an image in the book, card or calendar. It is also accessible via the Enhance Photo menu

To use the red-eye tool, place the cursor and drag the box (you can make the box as large or as small as you'd like) around the area with red-eye. It is even possible to do multiple eyes at one time. After selecting the area, the Red Eye Removal box pops up. From that point, you either accept the suggested correction, or increase/decrease the sensitivity. When done, click the accept button to finalize the changes.

Note: while the red-eye tool works extremely well, if a photo has red face paint on or is too red-toned, it is possible that the red-eye tool will try to correct other red colors. Therefore, it is best to select the area as close to the red-eye as possible to avoid this.

Rotate Left / Right:

This feature will rotate the image 90 degrees (one quarter turn) respectively. Images may need to be rotated if the original photo was imported in the incorrect orientation (landscape/horizontal instead of portrait/vertical, or vice versa). The photo can be rotated back to its original position, if desired. If you have an older operating system, there might be a lag time between clicking the button and the actual rotation of the image. If you click the Rotate button too fast or too many times, the image might take a few seconds to reorient itself to the desired position.

Flip:

This feature flips the photo to a mirrored image of the original. Selecting the Flip button again will not flip the image back to its original position. In order to flip the image back, click on the Undo button.

Black and White:

This feature converts a color image to a black and white image. In order to revert the image from black and white back to color, just click the Black and White button again or click on the Undo button.

Auto Adjust:

This feature is designed for those images that may benefit from slight adjustments in tone, brightness, or contrast, such as:

• Images that are slightly washed-out or over-exposed
• Images where the subject is underexposed and appears too dark because of a bright background
• Images where the picture may appear "flat" and may look better with a little more contrast

NOTE: The Auto Adjust feature will not correct out-of-focus images, images that have a color caste, or images that resulted from "special" settings on your digital camera (e.g. sunsets or non-flash night/party scenes) nor will it make small image files large, or improve the resolution of low-resolution image.

If you want to revert your adjusted image back to its original state, just click the Auto Adjust button again, or click on the Undo button.

Auto fit:

This feature will automatically resize your photo so that it fits into the photo frame of the particular page layout you selected. To undo the auto fit, click on the Undo button

Zoom In:

Clicking on the Zoom In feature will enlarge a photo in increments of 1%. Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while you're clicking on the Zoom In button in order to enlarge your photo in increments of 5% each time you click on the Zoom In button.

NOTE: If the outline around your photo changes from blue to RED, the resolution of this photo is below the recommended level for using the current zoom feature. The red outline around the photo indicates a less-than-optimum resolution. Please zoom out or use the photo with a higher resolution. If this photo is not adjusted or removed from the book, card or calendar, it will not print as sharply as it appears on your screen. It is strongly recommended that you adjust or remove any images in your book, card or calendar that have red outlines around them.

Zoom Out:

Clicking on the Zoom Out feature will reduce the size of the photo in increments of 1%. Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while you're clicking on the Zoom Out button in order to reduce the size of your photo in increments of 5% each time you click the button.

Move:

This feature will re-position the photo within the confines of the photo frame. Click the Move button and then position the hand icon on top of the image you'd like to move. Click the mouse button to grab the photo and drag it into the desired position. When you have the photo where you want it, release the mouse button. To get the image back to where you had it originally, click on the Undo button. If the original picture filled up the entire photo frame (prior to re-positioning it), you could also click on Auto Fit so that the picture will resize to fit the frame again.

Crop:

This feature allows you to select an area of a photo you want to include. Any area outside of the area selected will be removed from the image. In order to go back to the original photo size, click on the Undo button.