Edit your first photo

Bring out the best in your photos with these fundamental photo-editing techniques.

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1. Crop and straighten

Using the Crop tool, you can trim edges, change the shape and size of a photo, and even straighten a crooked shoreline or horizon.

Open a file (0:41); Crop (0:57); Straighten (2:04); Save (2:50)

2. Improve lighting and color

Brighten a photo and make its colors pop using adjustment layers.

Brightness/Contrast (0:18); Hue/Saturation (1:20); Edit an adjustment (04:19)