Editing Images

In Canvas

If you just want to resize an image—and it is not a huge size change—you can do that easily right in Canvas. Just click on the image and use the little corner boxes to drag it to the size you want. As you are dragging and resizing you will see the pixel change as you move. An alternative way is to click on the image then click on the picture icon (Insert/Edit Image) in the upper toolbar. This will open a window where you can type in the size you want. If you just put in the width Canvas will retain the aspect ratio. To give you an idea, the image at top is 600 pixels wide by 100 pixels in height.

On a Mac

When you are on a Mac, anytime you open an image you are automatically in a handy editor. Click on the toolbox icon in the bar above your picture to show the Markup Toolbar. Here you can resize your image, change exposure, contrast saturation, color balance and sharpness. You can add text, lines, arrows, boxes, circles, and opaque or transparent blocks of color. You can even create quick circular images, which we love to do. Here is a quick Tutorial on How to Make a Circular image Download Tutorial on How to Make a Circular image. There is quite a bit you can do without ever opening an editor like Photoshop.

On a PC

The Photos app that's built into Windows 10 isn't as full featured as some photo editing apps, but it's extremely easy to use and it's convenient. You can use it for basic filters, cropping and rotating images, and other light edits. Here is a link to the directions for editing photos in Windows 10 Links to an external site..