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." 

Click on the picture to get a closer look at it.