Step 2 – Edit/Correct Photos, Photo Gallery

• Next, it will show you how to find Windows Live Photo Gallery on Vista, Windows 7.

• After that, I will show you how to find Windows Live Photo Gallery on Windows 8.

How to Find Windows Live Programs with Vista and

Windows 7 Tip

• Click on Start Menu Icon in lower left and then click on All Programs.

If you see it, click on it to open it.

• Note - If you don’t see it on your computer, you need follow Step 1 to download Windows Live Essentials 2011.

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How to Find Windows Live

Programs with Windows 8 • Next I will show you how to find Windows

Live Photo Gallery on Windows 8.

• Note – if you don’t find it, you will need follow Step 1 to download Windows Live Essentials 2012.

• If you don’t have Windows 8, scroll down to page 9.

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On Windows 8 home page, scroll to right and you will see Photo Gallery

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Or you move curser to lower right and you will see the items and click on Search

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Start typing in the program you are looking for, like Movie Maker or Photo Gallery, etc.

• If you add Classic Start Menu to Windows 8, you can do a search, like Windows 7

This is Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011, which is the same as 2012.

Windows Live Photo Gallery Features

• Organize by Tagging Photos and adding Folders

• View and Find Photos

• Slide Show

• Edit existing Photos

• Create new Photo, like Panorama, Fuse, Collage

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Note: View vs. “Database”

• Windows Live Photo Gallery views photos that are stored on your hard drive and not on its own “Database”.

– If you delete any Photos in Photo Gallery, you lose them.

Copy Tip

• Before you Resize, Change Effect, Crop, I recommend you create a Copy of the photo

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Copy Tip

• Right Click on the Photo and then click on Copy.

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Copy Tip

• Then click outside the photo and right click and click on Paste.

• I will show you the results next.

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Copy Tip

• Before you Resize, Change Effect, Crop, I recommend you create a Copy of the photo

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Here is the Copy

The original

Step 2 – Edit/Correct Photos, Photo

Gallery - Part 1 – Fix Redeye

• Because you are fixing the photo, you do not need to make a copy.

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Edit Picture – Double Click

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Edit Pictures Layout

Click on Fine Tune to Change Right Column

Fix Red Eye(s) by clicking on Red eye (I will zoom in next)

Fix Redeye

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• Click on Red eye

Fix Redeye

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Your curser

changes, Note –

I zoomed in, so

you can see it.

You then move it

down to the left

eye.

Fix Redeye

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You left click,

hold it down,

drag and create

a box, like on the

left and then let

go.

Fix Redeye

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You then see it is

fixed to blue.

Repeat the

process on the

right eye.

Fix Redeye

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You then see

them both are

fixed.

Fix Redeye

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You then click on

Close File in

upper right.

Fix Redeye

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You then see a new

window. You can

click on Don’t show

this message again.

Then click OK.

Undo, Redo, Revert to Original

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When you click on Undo in the upper left

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You see that one eye goes back to Red

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When you click on Redo, it goes back to blue.

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When you click Revert to Original

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A new window opens and you click on Revert

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It then goes back to original

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Part 2 – Change to Black & White

• As I mentioned before, first you make a copy of the photo.

• Next you double click on the original or the copy.

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When you hover over Effects you see the change, then you click on it.

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You see it Black and White, then follow same process as before to Close File

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Note - if you want special effects, you can use Movie Maker and you could then capture it with

PicPick and Save the Photo

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Or Webcam Manycam Effects Samples

Or Webcam Manycam Effects Samples

Manycam Tips

• Free software – Manycam.com

• It is used for Skype and/or Movie Maker.

• Note – you need to change Skype and Movie Maker settings.

• You could then capture it with PicPick or Snipping Tool and Save the Photo.

Part 3 – Crop

• As I mentioned before, first you make a copy of the photo.

• Next you double click on the original or the copy.

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Click on Crop

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You then see a highlighted crop area on the photo

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• You can left click on hold it down on the highlight and then move the mouse to drag it around

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• You then can left click on hold down on any of the box areas and adjust it

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• You then click on Crop dropdown and click on Apply crop

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• You then see the results, you then click on Close File to save it.

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Part 4 – Resize

• As I mentioned before, first you make a copy of the photo.

• Next you double click on the original or the copy.

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• You have options, one is click on photo then right click and click on Resize

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• Second, is click on Edit tag and click on resize

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• Once you do either option, a new window opens, you then select the size and then click on Resize and Save.

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Part 5 – Brighten or Darken

• If you are fixing a photo, you do not need to make a copy.

• You double click on a photo to fix.

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• If photo is too dark, one option is to click on Auto adjust.

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• You then see the difference.

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• Second option is to do it manually. You click on Adjust exposure in the right column.

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• The column changes, you left click on the center, hold it down and drag it to the right or left.

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• You then see the change. You can do the same with Contrast, Shadows, Highlights, etc.

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Part 6 – Retouch

• If you are fixing a photo, you do not need to make a copy.

• You double click on a Photo that you want to remove a small portion.

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• You click on Retouch.

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• It is the same process as fix Redeye, I have zoomed in, so you can see it.

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• You highlight a small area to remove, which is the same process as Crop. I have zoomed in.

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• You let go and it is removed.

• This is the end of Step 2.

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