philipcs
09-06-2007, 09:45 PM
I have wrote a tutorial how to use Picasa to enhance photo and dedicated to photography newbie.
Posted in our new blog as well http://www.pixelraves.com
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht01.jpg
Step 1: Double click to open the picture you would like to enhance
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht02.jpg
Step 2: Now you are in the editing view
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht03.jpg
Step 3: Click the Tuning tab, adjust Highlights to increase the brightness and adjust the Shadows to increase the contrast of the photo. This photo color too warm, I have adjusted the Color Temperature to left to reduce the warmness.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht04.jpg
Step 4: Now click on Effects tab for more enhancement. I have selected Saturation and to give the photo a little bit more vivid.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht05.jpg
Step 5: Next, I click Glow to give the photo some gauzy glow feel.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht06.jpg
Step 6: I would like to make the blue sky darker to simulate polarizer effect. I have used Graduated Tint and adjust the Feather value to maximum to give the smoothest feel and increase the Shade value to darken the sky.
Now I am done and satisfied with the result and I am ready to export this enhanced photo to a smaller size.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht07.jpg
Step 7: Click File -> Export Picture to Folder…
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht08.jpg
Step 8: In this window, you can select the size and image quality that you want to export. For this photo, I have selected 1024 x 768 and Maximum Image Quality.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht09.jpg
Step 9: Compare the exported and edited copy against the original image. Now you should be able to see that the image has become much better.
Posted in our new blog as well http://www.pixelraves.com
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht01.jpg
Step 1: Double click to open the picture you would like to enhance
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht02.jpg
Step 2: Now you are in the editing view
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht03.jpg
Step 3: Click the Tuning tab, adjust Highlights to increase the brightness and adjust the Shadows to increase the contrast of the photo. This photo color too warm, I have adjusted the Color Temperature to left to reduce the warmness.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht04.jpg
Step 4: Now click on Effects tab for more enhancement. I have selected Saturation and to give the photo a little bit more vivid.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht05.jpg
Step 5: Next, I click Glow to give the photo some gauzy glow feel.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht06.jpg
Step 6: I would like to make the blue sky darker to simulate polarizer effect. I have used Graduated Tint and adjust the Feather value to maximum to give the smoothest feel and increase the Shade value to darken the sky.
Now I am done and satisfied with the result and I am ready to export this enhanced photo to a smaller size.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht07.jpg
Step 7: Click File -> Export Picture to Folder…
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht08.jpg
Step 8: In this window, you can select the size and image quality that you want to export. For this photo, I have selected 1024 x 768 and Maximum Image Quality.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z226/yaulh/pixelraves/picasaht09.jpg
Step 9: Compare the exported and edited copy against the original image. Now you should be able to see that the image has become much better.