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program starts out in a separate Adobe Camera Raw window, where you have
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such as Color, Portrait, and Vivid, along with noise reduction, but Elements has
no chromatic aberration correction. There are also lens distortion corrections,
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way Lightroom and DxO PhotoLab do. The raw importer actually has red-eye
reduction and cropping, which seems like an unnecessary duplication of what’s
in the editor app.
FIXING FACES
Most portrait photographers are adept at smoothing skin, and Element’s new-
for-2020 Smooth Skin enhancement is designed to simplify the process. It
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Healing brush.
The Adjust Facial Features tool is accessible from the Enhance menu. Open this,
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The last lets you change the forehead height, jawbone shape, and chin height. It
does a great job identifying the facial features and convincingly modifying them.
It’s probably best to use these tools sparingly, though, unless you want your
friends looking like strangers.