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Make your pictures look their best. Correct blurry and dark pictures, change the look with an artistic effects, and add borders or shadows to make pictures stand out.

Adjust the brightness, contrast, or sharpness

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Corrections.

  3. Hover over the options to preview them and select the one you want.

Apply Artistic Effects

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Artistic Effects.

  3. Hover over the options to preview them and select the one you want.

Change the color

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Color.

  3. Hover over the options to preview them and select the one you want.

Apply Picture Effects

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Picture Effects.

  3. Select the one you want: Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Soft Edges, Bevel, or 3-D Rotation.

Add a border

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select a border.

Compress the picture

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Compress Pictures.

  3. Select the options you want and select OK.

Reset the picture

  1. Select the picture.

  2. Select Picture Tools > Format and select Reset picture.

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Change the brightness, contrast, or sharpness of a picture

Apply an artistic effect to a picture

Add or change an effect for a picture

Reduce the file size of a picture

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Make your pictures look their best.

Correct blurry and dark pictures, change the look with artistic effects, and add borders or shadows to make pictures stand out.

To adjust the brightness, contrast, or sharpness, select the picture, and then select Corrections.

Hover over the options to preview the correction and select the one you want.

You can also change the look of a picture.

To add an artistic effect: select the picture, select Artistic Effects, and then select the effect you like.

Changing the color works the same way. Just select Color and the option you want.

Select Picture Effects for even more options like Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Soft Edges, Bevel, and 3-D Rotation.

You can also add a border. First select the picture, and then select a border.

Adding effects can increase the file size. If your file gets too large, select Compress Pictures to reduce the size.

Finally, if you decide you don’t like your changes, simply select the picture and select Reset Picture.

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