PICA-PICASA -Take 3

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So, I went ahead and fiddled with more editing tricks. This time I used Picnik's trial version (again). I learned something quite important (to me, at least) about photo-editing software and that is: I now prefer to use Picasa over Picnik and iPhoto. I think I just need to update my iPhoto software to the most recent one but that costs and Picasa is free. I use a mac and the last time I had tried to use Picasa, it was not available to download on mac's.

Well, the editing that I did with this picture was to crop it using the rule of thirds. Then I clicked on the autofix button to have the software automatically do it for me. Then I lessened the exposure and increased the saturation to give more color to the face. All that brought me to the final product on the right side.

PHOTO EDITING (Take 2)

This time I decided to give Picnik a try.  To further edit your pictures in Picasa, you are given the option to use Picnik so I went ahead and used it.  Here I used a picture that was taken on the first day of summer school.  I took the original picture and did the following:

1. Cropped the picture - I zoomed more on the face and using the "rule of thirds", I placed my subject along the intersecting lines on the right-hand side.
2. Autofix - Next I clicked on the "autofix" button to have Picnik sense and fix the colors on my picture.
3. Brighten - I brightened the picture 18 notches.
4. Saturation - After brightening, I adjusted the saturation so that it was at 25 to give the picture an antiqued or "vintage" coloring.
5. Temperature - I also upped the temperature to give the picture a cooler feel.
6. Extras - the free version of Picnik lets you add quite a few fun features to your pictures for free.  I used the "museum mat" feature to put the frame around the picture and also a "Before & After" feature that automatically places the original picture next to the edited one with the added captions of "Before" and "After." 

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