Galaxy S4. Editing a Photo

Editing a Photo
You can edit your photos using the built-in Photo editor
application on your device. The photo editor application
provides basic editing functions for pictures that you take on
your phone. Along with basic image tuning like brightness,
contrast, and color it also provides a wide variety of effects
used for editing the picture.
1. From the Home screen, tap
(Apps) ➔
(Gallery).
2. Select a folder location and tap a file to open it.
3. With the image displayed, press
Edit.
4. Select an image area by touching and holding the
image and then selecting an available option:
• Selection mode: provides several on-screen selection options
such as: Select area, Inverse selection, Selection size, and
Selection mode (Select area, Inverse selection, Selection size,
and Selection mode).
• Select all: select the entire area of the current image.
• Clipboard: copies the currently selected are to your device’s
clipboard.
5. Use the following editor controls to edit your picture:
and then tap
• Edit: allows you to edit the current image. Launches the Photo
Editor application.
Note: To select the picture area, touch and hold the current
picture.
Previous: lets you undo the current operation.
Next: lets you redo the previous operation.
Cancel/Delete: exits the current photo editing
session.
Save: stores the currently edited photo.
Rotate: allows you to rotate a photo in all 4
directions. You can also mirror image a photo.
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Crop: allows you to crop (cut-out) an area of a
photo.
Color: allows you to Auto adjust color, Brightness,
Contrast, Saturation, Adjust RGB, Temperature,
Exposure, and Hue of a photo.
Effects: allows you to add various effects to your
photo.
Portrait: allows you to apply various face
correction effects such as: Red-eye fix, Airbrush
face, Face brightness, Out-of-focus, Beauty face,
Face reshaping, or Spot healing.
6. Press
to access the following options:
• Save as: allows you to rename your current image and save it
to your gallery.
• Select image: allows you to select a new image for editing.
• Take picture: allows you to activate the camera and take a
new image for editing.
• Share via: allows you to share your saved photo via Bluetooth,
Email, Flipboard, Gmail, Google+, Group Play, Hangouts,
Messaging, Picasa, S Memo, or Wi-Fi Direct.
• Set as: assigns the currently saved image as either a: Contact
photo, Home and lock screens, Home screen, or Lock screen.
Sticker: allows you to place various pre-created
on-screen stickers atop your current image.
Drawing: allows you to add draw directly on your
current picture by using either a brush/pen or
eraser.
Frame: places a pre-created border style atop
your current image.
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