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You can rotate and enhance your photos using the image adjustment tools under the Image menu.
These tools allows you to rotate, flip, crop, resize, adjust brightness/contrast and color balance of your photos.
Adjust Brightness/Contrast of the Photos
To adjust Brightness/Contrast:
- Select the image.
- Choose Images > Brightness/Contrast...
- In the dialog box, move the sliders to increase or decrease the brightness and contrast of the image.
- Click OK to apply.
Adjust Color Balance of the Photos
To adjust color balance and tone balance:
- Select the image.
- Choose Images > Color Balance... (Shortcut: Ctrl+B)
- In the Color Balance section of the dialog box, move the sliders to adjust the color balance.
- Select Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights to select the tonal range on which you want to changes.
- Select Preserve Luminosity to prevent changing the luminosity values in the image while changing the color. This option maintains the tonal balance in the image.
- Click OK to apply.
Adjust Hue/Saturation of the Photos
To use the Hue/Saturation command:
- Select the image.
- Choose Images > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation... (Shortcut: Ctrl+U)
- In the Hue/Saturation dialog box, choose which color to adjust from the Edit drop down menu.
- Move the sliders to increase or decrease the hue, saturation, and lightness of the image.
- Click OK to apply.
