Retouch and correct photos

Open a photo in Photoshop Elements.

Click Enhance > Adjust Facial Features.

In the Adjust Facial Features dialog, you will notice that the face of the person is marked with a circular highlighter to indicate that the face-aware feature has found a face in the picture.

For a selected face, you can adjust the following features using the available sliders:

(Optional) To reset edits to a particular characteristic, double-click the slider. Modifications for that characteristic are canceled.  

Do one of the following:

• To cancel the set of modifications you have made to facial features, click Reset.
• To apply the modifications made to the facial features, click OK.
  

To manually fix red eye, select the Eye tool  in Quick or Expert mode. 

In the Tool Options bar, set the Pupil Radius and Darken Amount.

In the image, do one of the following:

• Click a red area of an eye.
• Draw a selection over the eye area.

When you release the mouse button, the red is removed from the eyes.

In the Quick or Expert mode, select the Eye Tool.

In the Tool Options bar, select the Pet Eye check box.

Do one of the following:

• Draw a rectangle around the eye region.
• Click on the eye in the picture.

Open a photo in Photoshop Elements.

Do one of the following in the Quick or Expert mode:

• Select the Eye  tool and then click the Open Closed Eyes button in the Tool Options bar. 
• Select Enhance > Open Closed Eyes.

In the Open Closed Eyes dialog, you can see that the face of the person is marked with a circular highlighter to indicate that the face is detected in the picture.

(Optional) You are shown a few samples in the Try Sample Eyes list. You can choose a face that closely matches the main photo. Photoshop Elements uses the selected face to replace the closed eyes in the main photo.  

Do one of the following:

• Click Computer to select a source photo from your computer.
• Click Organizer to select a source photo from the Elements Organizer.
• Click Photo Bin to select a source photo from the currently opened files.  

Select a face in the main photo whose eyes need to be opened, and then click on any of the faces from the source photos. Try different faces to find the best results.

(Optional) Click Before/After to compare the results with the original photo.

(Optional) Click Reset if you don't like the results. You can use a different source photo to try and get better results.

Click OK.

Save the photo with the changes.

Select the Content-Aware Move tool .

Choose a mode to specify whether you want to move an object or create a copy of the object.

Enables you to move objects to a different location in the image.  

Enables you to replicate the object multiple times.

Choose the type of selection you want to make:

Drag your mouse around the object you want to move, or extend to create a new selection.

Any selection you make adds to the previous selection.

When you make a new selection over an existing selection, the overlapping portion is removed from the resulting selection.

When you make a new selection over an existing selection, only the common area overlapping the new and old selection continues to be selected.

Drag the mouse pointer ( ) over the image, select the object you want to move or extend.

When you have made a selection, move the object to a new location. To do this, click and drag the object to a new location.

The area where the selection is moved from is automatically filled, based on the image content surrounding the area.

Transform your selection at the new location. Click one of the following options:

• Rotate  Enables you to rotate your selection to a different angle in the image.
• Scale  Enables you to adjust the size of your selection.
• Skew  Enables you to change the perspective of your selection in the image.

If the automatically-filled area does not appear correct, select the Sample All Layers check box and adjust the Healing slider.

Select the Spot Healing Brush tool .

Choose one of the following Type options in the Tool Options bar.

Uses the pixels around the edge of the selection to find an image area to use as a patch for the selected area. If this option doesn’t provide a satisfactory fix, choose Edit > Undo, and try the Create Texture option.

Uses all the pixels in a selection to create a texture for fixing the area. If the texture doesn’t work, try dragging through the area a second time.

Select the Spot Healing Brush tool .

Select Content-Aware in the Tool Options bar.

Paint over the object that you want to remove from the image.

Select the Healing Brush tool .

Choose a brush size from the Tool Options bar and set healing brush options:

Determines how the source or pattern blends with existing pixels. Normal mode lays new pixels over the original pixels. Replace mode preserves film grain and texture at the edges of the brush stroke.  

Sets the source to use for repairing pixels. Sampled uses pixels from the current image. Pattern uses pixels from the pattern you specify in the Pattern panel.

Samples pixels continuously without losing the current sampling point, even if you release the mouse button. Deselect Aligned to continue using the sampled pixels from the initial sampling point each time you stop and resume painting.

Choose Sample All Layers to sample data from the current layer, the current layer and below, or all visible layers.

Choose Filter > Correct Camera Distortion.

Select Preview check box.

Corrects lens barrel or pincushion distortion. Type a number in the box, or move the slider to straighten horizontal and vertical lines that bend either away from or toward the center of the image.

Sets the amount of lightening or darkening along the edges of an image. Type a number in the box, or move the slider to gradually shade the image.

Specifies the width of area affected by the Amount slider. Move the slider, or type a lower number to affect more of the image. Type a higher number to restrict the effect to the edges of the image.

Corrects image perspective caused by tilting the camera up or down. Type a number in the box or use the slider to make vertical lines in an image parallel.

Type a number in the box or use the slider to correct perspective by making horizontal lines in an image parallel.

Rotates the image to correct for camera tilt or to make adjustments after correcting perspective. Type a number in the box or drag the angle dial to rotate the image to the left (counterclockwise) or right (clockwise).

Adjusts the image scale up or down. The image pixel dimensions aren’t changed. Type a number in the box or use the slider to remove blank areas of the image caused by pincushion, rotation, or perspective corrections. Scaling up effectively results in cropping the image and interpolating up to the original pixel dimensions.

Shows the grid when selected. Hides the grid when deselected.

Shows a closer view when you zoom in, and shows a more distant view when you zoom out.

Specifies the grid color.

Open an image in Photoshop Elements, in the Quick or Enhanced room.

Choose Enhance > Haze Removal.

Use the Haze Reduction and Sensitivity sliders to achieve the desired level of haze reduction. 

Use the Before / After toggle button to see the effectiveness of the Haze Reduction feature on the photo.

When done, click OK. To cancel Haze Removal edits to the image, click Cancel.