FIGURE 10-21 A retouched photo before the softening (blurring) tool is used for blending FIGURE 10-22 The softening (blurring) tool makes the retouching less obvious. CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools Are Useful for Specific Tasks 179 10 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Fixing Scratched, Torn, Wrinkled, and Stained Photos Fixing scratched, torn, wrinkled, and stained photos is just a matter of applying the cloning and retouching process described in the previous section. Some programs, such as PhotoSuite 4, have special utilities and wizards to fix these types of flaws; however, you can treat them just as you would any other cloning and retouching job. Figures 10-23 and 10-24 illustrate the process of repairing a scratched photo. The result of the repair process appears in Figure 10-25. Simply zoom in on the scratched, torn, stained, or wrinkled area, and begin cloning and covering it with pixels from the surrounding area. FIGURE 10-23 This photo has an obvious scratch. 180 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 10-24 Image-editing software allows you to zoom in and clone the surrounding pixels. CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools Are Useful for Specific Tasks 181 10 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 10-25 After editing, the repair is barely noticeable. Other Useful Touchup Tools Depending on the sophistication of your image-editing software, it might include dozens of image-editing tools having a wide range of complexity. You might have the patience to research and master these tools, but if you’re like most scanner users, you want to hone in on those tools that are most useful and versatile for enhancing your photos. You’re more interested in a finished photo that captures a mood and a moment than one that reflects the maximum amount of cutting-edge technology. This section tells you about three powerful tools that can help you achieve a variety of professional effects with a minimum of techno-fuss. 182 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Sharpening Blurry Photos A sharpen tool is useful if you photograph people who move—and don’t they all? It’s a feature that corrects the blurriness than can result from a moving subject. Blurriness results when a photo subject is captured at too low a shutter speed. The shutter speed of a camera determines the amount of time the film (or computer chip in a digital camera) is exposed to light by the shutter being opened. The faster your shutter speed, the better the ability of your camera to capture fast-moving objects. A sharpen tool creates an illusion of sharper focus by adding small halos of light along the borders of an image. The darker side of the border gets a dark halo, while the lighter side gets a light halo. The greater contrast along the borders gives an overall impression of a less blurred image. Figures 10-26 and 10-27 show a photo- graph before and after sharpening. FIGURE 10-26 A blurry photo before the sharpening effect is applied CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools Are Useful for Specific Tasks 183 10 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. . the surrounding area. FIGURE 10-23 This photo has an obvious scratch. 180 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 10-24 Image-editing. section tells you about three powerful tools that can help you achieve a variety of professional effects with a minimum of techno-fuss. 182 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF. 10-21 A retouched photo before the softening (blurring) tool is used for blending FIGURE 10-22 The softening (blurring) tool makes the retouching less obvious. CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools