Editing photos

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Hi guys,

You know, sometimes people's complexion in pics look a little pasty, and sometimes the pics come out looking a little yellow, coz of the light...is there any way to correct these things?

I am not using any fancy software or anything, just those that came with the canon cam I have....like zoom browser, etc...

[Mike K]

If your camera is a G-2, D-30 etc you have a copy of a very basic version of Photoshop that came with it. If you do not have that you should consider picking up a version of Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro wherever you can find a good deal. If are really software phobic there is a really dumbed down graphic editor called Photo cleaner
http://www.photocleaner.com/
You will probably also use a editing program to resize you images for web posting.
Mike K

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I am using the Canon S30

Mike K wrote:
If your camera is a G-2, D-30 etc you have a copy of a very basic version of Photoshop that came with it. If you do not have that you should consider picking up a version of Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro wherever you can find a good deal. If are really software phobic there is a really dumbed down graphic editor called Photo cleaner
http://www.photocleaner.com/
You will probably also use a editing program to resize you images for web posting.
Mike K

[Rustle]

Try playing with your white balance settings. You'll need to switch over to Program mode (if you're using an automatic mode) and then you can access the White Balance settings. There are presets for various situations, such as sunny, cloudy, and indoor lighting types. As well, there's a custom white balancing setting that's pretty cool. Here's an interesting article about that:
http://www.pcphotomag.com/content/2002/aug/whitebalance.html

If you're still having problems with the results, then you'll definitely want something like Adobe Photoshop Elements. But, I wouldn't buy it right now as there's a new version being released this fall. You can try it out in the meantime by downloading the 30-day trial.

Russ

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I will see what I can do about the pics.
Thanks :)

rustle wrote:
Try playing with your white balance settings. You'll need to switch over to Program mode (if you're using an automatic mode) and then you can access the White Balance settings. There are presets for various situations, such as sunny, cloudy, and indoor lighting types. As well, there's a custom white balancing setting that's pretty cool. Here's an interesting article about that:
http://www.pcphotomag.com/content/2002/aug/whitebalance.html

If you're still having problems with the results, then you'll definitely want something like Adobe Photoshop Elements. But, I wouldn't buy it right now as there's a new version being released this fall. You can try it out in the meantime by downloading the 30-day trial.

Russ