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Using Edit Mode

In Edit mode, you can use the editing tools to fine tune your image, remove red eye, and apply special effects.

Editing an Image

To Edit an Image:

Select Edit mode.
Do any one or more of the following:

At the top of the panel, use the Selections or Drawing tools.
In the Repair group, click Red Eye Reduction or Repair Tool.
In the Add group, click Text, Borders, Vignette, Drawing tools, Tilt-Shift, or click Special Effect and select an effect.
In the Geometry group, click Rotate, Flip, Crop, or Resize.
In the Exposure/Lighting group, click Exposure, Levels, Auto Levels, Tone Curves, or Lighting.
In the Color group, click White Balance or Color Balance.
In the Detail group, click Sharpen, Blur, Clarity, or click Noise to remove or add noise.

You have several options in saving your images. See Saving images in Edit for more information.

Reverting to Original Settings

You can discard your Edit settings and revert to the original settings for your image. For steps to revert your image, see Restoring originals.

Histogram and Image Viewing Controls

While editing an image, you can adjust the magnification with the zoom controls, located in the bottom right corner.

Histogram

Displays the histogram preview for the current image. The histogram provides a graphical representation of the intensity level of pixels within each color channel. Spikes at either end of the graph indicate clipped colors. Keeping the histogram open is particularly useful when adjusting exposure, as the histogram reflects all adjustments as you make them.

You can also display the Histogram as a separate window by selecting View, and then Histogram.

Undo/Redo

Undo to discard all changes made on the current tab. Redo to return to the options that you had selected prior to clicking Undo. In Edit, Undo and Redo buttons display the changes you can undo or redo.

Reset

Click on the Reset button to reset the image to its default settings.

Display Full Screen

Displays the image on a full screen. Press F to view full screen and to return to Edit mode.

Actual Size

Returns the current image to its actual size.

Navigator Pane

Automatic Window: When Automatic Window is enabled, the Navigator pane appears as soon as you zoom in on a photo. Drag your cursor to the section of the image you would like to see magnified. Release the cursor to settle on an area of the image.

Right-click on the Navigator pane to switch from Automatic to Manual.

Manual Window: When Manual Window is enabled, you can view the Navigator pane by selecting the Navigator icon. The Navigator icon only appears when the image is magnified or if the Actual Size icon has been clicked. Click and hold the Navigator icon to display a small duplicate of your image. Then drag your cursor to the section of the image you would like to see magnified. Release the cursor to settle on an area of the image.

Right-click on the Navigator icon to switch from Manual to Automatic.

Fit Image

Reduces the image to fit within the Edit mode area.

Show Saved

Toggles the changes on or off, to compare the current image to the last saved version.

Zoom slider

Increases the size of the image if you drag it to the right, decreases the size if you drag to the left.

Zoom drop-down list

Displays a list of zoom sizes to select.