Operation Manual

For more information about working with the adjustment tools, see An Overview of Image
Adjustments, Making Image Adjustments, and Making Brushed Adjustments.
Selection and Adjustment Controls
Use these controls to select and adjust images.
Note: The following adjustment controls are available only when the Viewer is shown:
Straighten tool, Crop tool, Red Eye tool, and Quick Brush pop-up menu.
Lift toolRotate tool
Selection tool
Stamp tool
Red Eye toolCrop tool
Quick Brush
pop-up menu
Straighten tool
• Selection tool: Select projects, albums, and images with this tool.
• Rotate tool: Rotate an image counterclockwise with this tool. Press Option while using
this tool to rotate images clockwise. You can use this tool to rotate an image displayed
in the Viewer or Browser.
• Lift tool: Copy a set of metadata and adjustments, including cropping and straightening
settings, from a selected image with this tool.
• Stamp tool: Apply a copied set of adjustments or metadata on one or several images
with this tool.
• Straighten tool: Use the guides to help manually straighten (or level) the selected image.
Note: This button is available only when the Viewer is shown.
• Crop tool: Trim the selected image with this tool.
Note: This button is available only when the Viewer is shown.
• Red Eye tool: Reduce red-eye, occurring when the subject’s retinas reflect light from
your camera’s flash, with this tool.
Note: This button is available only when the Viewer is shown.
• Quick Brush pop-up menu: Choose a Quick Brush adjustment from this pop-up menu.
For more information about working with Quick Brush adjustments, see Making Brushed
Adjustments.
Note: This pop-up menu is available only when the Viewer is shown.
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