Basic+Photo+Editing

= = = Basic Photo Editing =


 * There are many applications available for editing photos. //PhotoShop// is a well-known app that professional photographers use on a daily basis, but it's not necessary for a beginner to use this application. In fact, there are so many choices in photo editing software today, many of which do more than basic editing, yet are well-suited to the novice. We will share a few here today.**

** iPhoto **

 * Why use iPhoto to edit photos?**
 * Turns so-so photos into great photos.
 * It is the default photo app on your laptop, so it's at your fingertips already.
 * Remove red-eye with a click.
 * Adjust exposure, brightness, and contrast.
 * Crop to frame your subject.
 * Add one-click photo effects such as converting color photos to black and white, giving them a classic sepia tone, adding a vignette border, and more.


 * iPhoto is a pretty intuitive app for editing photos. Open a photo and click the Edit tool at bottom of screen. You will see these choices:**

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 * The first 5 are pretty straight forward.
 * Retouch, Effects and Adjust are worth playing around with when you want to get into some more serious (and fun) editing.
 * [|Follow this link to learn more about editing with iPhoto.]

** Picnik **

 * Why Use Picnik (by Google) to edit photos?**
 * Fix your photos in just one click
 * Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
 * Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
 * Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
 * Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
 * Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
 * Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
 * Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
 * No download required, nothing to install
 * All this for free, but if you want even more choices, you can upgrade to Picnik Premium for only $24.95 a year!


 * Picnik is a pretty intuitive program to learn. It is organized with tabs.**
 * Home- upload photos here.
 * Library - where the photos you upload are stored if you have registered for a free account (not necessary to regisiter to use the app though)
 * Edit - for basic editing such as auto-fix, rotate, crop, resize, exposure, colors, sharpen & Red ey
 * Create - where you do the fun stuff such as add effects, text, stickers, touch-up, frames, advanced, seasonal
 * Save & Share - allows you to save to your computer and/or share with Flickr, Facebook, Picasa Web Albums,Twitter, etc.
 * [|Click here to go to Picnik!]

** Picasa & Picasa Web Albums **
"Together, Picasa & Picasa Web Albums(by Google) make it easy for you to organize and edit your digital photos, then create online albums to share with friends, family & the world.... Picasa is free to download, and Picasa Web Albums provides 1 gigabyte of free storage -- that's enough space for 4,000 wallpaper-size photos."


 * Important note: Before you can work with Picasa and Picasa Albums, you must have 2 things:**
 * 1) You must have a google account (your Collegiate Cougle account is NOT considered a "google account."
 * 2) You must download the application, Picasa, from Google. Download Picasa for the mac here.

//**(Please see link in sidebar for more on Picasa as we already did a LS Tech session on this.)**//