In the next few pages,
I??™ll outline the workflow I recommend (illustrated graphically in Figure 13-2). Try using it on
your own images. Don??™t want to mess with every stop on the workflow train? Then skip the ones
you don??™t care about, but try to do the ones you want in order.
Crop Exposure Color Save As
FIGURE 13-2 A good workflow for your photos: crop, fix the exposure, adjust the colors, and
then use Save As to create a new version of the photo.
268 How to Do Everything: Digital Camera
Recompose Your Photo with Cropping
Even if you do nothing else to your photo, you??™ll frequently want to do a bit of cropping. Unless
you framed your picture perfectly in the viewfinder, you can probably improve it a bit using the
crop tool in your photo editing program. And this is a great time to crop the image. If you later
want to correct the exposure or fix the colors, cropping first lets you discard pixels that aren??™t in
the part of the picture you really care about. That can make exposure corrections more accurate.
Here??™s how to crop your photo:
1. Click the Crop tool, shaped like the thick frame.
2. In the tool palette, choose an aspect ratio from the menu. You might want to use a
standard print proportion, such as 8?—10 or 5?—7. If you don??™t care about printing the
photo, then feel free to choose No Restriction.
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