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Part II

Photo Editing

 Album Pick: Select an image version to represent a stack, then click this button to

select the image as the pick within that particular album (the stack can have a
different pick image in another album).

 Open All Stacks: Click this button to open all the image stacks in the album or project

you’re viewing.

 Close All Stacks: Click this button to close all the image stacks in the album or project

you’re viewing.

Adjustment Tools

 Selection: Use this tool to select images.
 Rotate Left: Use this tool to rotate an image counterclockwise.
 Rotate Right: Use this tool to rotate an image clockwise.
 Straighten: Use this tool to manually rotate an image so that it’s straight in relation to

a virtual horizon.

 Crop: Use this tool to crop an image to a constrained aspect ratio or custom dimension.
 Spot & Patch: Removes imperfections in the image, such as sensor dust, by either

copying the pixels around the blemish (“spotting”) or copying pixels from another
area of the image (“patching”).

 Red Eye: Use this tool to correct red-eye, occurring when the subject’s retinas reflect

light from your camera’s flash.

 Lift: Use this tool to copy a set of metadata and adjustments from a selected image.
 Stamp: Use this tool to stamp, or apply, a copied set of adjustments to one or

several images.

Selection

Stamp

Rotate Left

Crop

Lift

Rotate Right

Spot & Patch

Straighten

Red Eye