Chapter3. Edit Your Photo

Improve Photos Using Basic Functions

The advantage of digital photo is that we can change brightness and color after we take photos.

We can change brightness and color data respectively.

I will explain how to improve photos using these basic functions such as BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, SHADOWS, HIGHLIGHTS and SATURATION. Usually, these functions are already installed in your smartphones. They can be used on the other apps.

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First, let us categorize this functions.

Brightness Adjustment
(The function changes brightness data )

BRIGHTNESS
HIGHLIGHTS
SHADOWS
CONTRAST
SHARPNESS

Color Adjustment
(The function changes color data )

SATURATION

You can click above functions to learn about them first.

I will explain each basic function while improving the photo quality using the photo below as an example. You can download the photo through this download page.

I took this photo using an old iPhone 6. The picture quality is so-so.

This was previously explained in “Chapter 2. How To Improve Your Photo”, now, there are two steps. First, you need to edit brightness then you edit color. Let us move on to the next Chapter!

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ADJUST BRIGHTNESS

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