PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

Image adjustments
Image Adjustments and Effects 109
The focus has so far been on manipulating images, painting and drawing—all
methods of creating or modifying selection areas, drawn objects (e.g., text and
shapes) or the entire image. However, a major part of photo-editing is making
corrections (i.e., adjustments) to your own near-perfect images. Whether you’ve
been snapping with your digital camera or you've just scanned a photograph, at
some point you may need to call on PhotoPlus’s powerful photo-correction tools
to fix some unforeseen problems.
For photo-correction, several methods can be adopted. You can use a combination
of:
• Retouch brush-based tools: Red Eye, Smudge, Blur, Sharpen, Dodge/Burn (for
exposure control), Sponge (for saturation control), Scratch Remover.
• Image colour adjustments: For applying colour adjustments to a selection or
layers.
• QuickFix Studio: For making cumulative corrective adjustments from within
a studio environment.
Retouching
The Tools toolbar includes an assortment of comparatively simple brush-based
tools that come in handy at various stages of photo editing. For the most part the
tools are hosted on the Retouch Tools flyout, but the blemish, scratch and patch
removal tools exist on the Repair Tools flyout.
Retouching tools work on Background and standard layers, but not on text layers
or shape layers.
On the Retouch Tool flyout:
Red Eye Tool - for correcting the "red eye" phenomenon common in
colour snapshots
Smudge Tool - for picking up colour from the click point and "pushing"
it in the brush stroke direction