Photo Editing Tutorial: Page 2

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Adjusting Color & Resizing

9.  Click Adjust.  Click Brightness/Contrast.

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10.  This will bring up a dialog box where you can click and drag the arrows to adjust the brightness and contrast of the photos. Similar boxes appear if you click on Hue/Saturation etc.  All of these tools help you to set the color so that the bear's color is more truly represented in the photo.

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11.  Alternatively, you could also use the tool bar that displays icons.  The icon I am pointing to here will bring up the same Brightness/Contrast dialog box if you click on it.  Mouse over the other icons to see what function they serve.

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12.   Now, let's resize our photo.  Click on Image, then on Resize from the dropdown menu.

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13. Alternatively you can click on the Image Size icon, which I am pointing to in this screen shot.

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14. Type in your width and height in pixels and set your resolution.  For the Bears 4 Sale area you best settings will be 400 px wide by a maximum of 600 px high. The resolution should be set at 72 px per inch, which is also known as dpi. (Dots per inch.)

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15.  Click OK and your photo will be resized to your settings.

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