Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-11)

Jargonbuster!

Organizer

Elements’ Organizer

is an app that

organises your

photosforyou.

Photo Bin

Every open file lives

in the Photo Bin at

the bottom of the

interface, where

you can choose

betweenthem.

Face detection

Elements uses

algorithms to

determine whether

an image contains a

face, and can add

these to the

Organizer’s database.

It doesn’t always

work, however.

QUICK MODE

Elements is split into

three modes. We’re

in Quick this month,

which cuts down

the options for a

simpler experience.

ADJUSTMENTS

PALETTE

All the Adjustments,

from brightness to

colour balance to

sharpness, are

found here.

ADJUSTMENTS

BUTTON

If the Adjustments

palette isn’t showing

itself, click here to

bring it up.

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9 Eye opening
The ability to open closed eyes became part of Elements a
few years ago, and works well as long as you meet a few criteria.
You need a photo of the same subject with his or her eyes open as
well as one with them closed. Pictures of other people, or even
animals, can be substituted for hilarious results. Elements also has
to be able to detect a face in the image – it can’t always do it.

10 Don’t blink

Inadvertent blinks in photos can be fixed, however. Once

the face is detected, click the Red Eye tool in the toolbar, and

choose Closed Eye Correction in its Tool Options. You’ll be

prompted to choose the face you wish to edit, and where the

open-eye image is, whether on your PC, in the Organizer, or

already open in the Photo Bin. Then, it’s a simple click. Q

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