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PhotoDeLuxe icon Adobe PhotoDeLuxe    

Get photo
Rotate/size
Adjust quality
Repair
Special effects
Save and send
Print options

This program is often bundled free with scanners. Although designed for home use, it can be used effectively for teaching basic photo-manipulation skills if PhotoShop or PaintShop Pro etc are not available. It has the advantage of being easy to use. Apart from its technical limitations, its main disadvantage is that it saves photos as .PDD or .PBD files [its own file type] not as .JPEGS or more widely used formats. You can, however, export the photo as a different file type [see step 6].

Step 1: Get Photo

  • You have a choice of sources for acquiring the photo e.g. click on Scanner and it will take you through the procedure for importing a photo from your scanner [if one is installed!].
  • If you want to work on a photo that you have already saved e.g. on a floppy disk or on the hard drive, from the internet or a digital camera, click on Open File and navigate to it.

PhotoDeLuxe interface

 

 

 

 

Step 2: Rotate and size

If your photo is upside-down, this is where you rotate it

 

Step 3: Adjust Quality

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Step 4: Repair Photo

If you need to remove scratches or red eye caused by using flash close to the subject, this is the place to do it!

 

 HOT TIP

Save your original at this stage before you start to experiment with it.

Step 5: Special Effects

Each effect has a fly-out menu with different options. Experiment!

HOT TIPS

  • Don't forget to click on the Undo button if you don't like an effect.
  • If you do like an effect, save the picture with a new name so that the original is unchanged.

 

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  • Step 6: Save & Send
    If you click on Save, PhotoDeLuxe will save your photo as a .PDD or .PBD file that can only be read by this program, so you will need to convert your photo to a more widely used format such as .JPEG

  • Click on Export > Other Export and follow the steps.

  • Give your manipulated photo a name [different from the original]

  • Click on the small black arrow next to the Save As box and select JPEG

  • Navigate to the folder where you want to save it > Save

  • Click Done when finished.

Step 7: Print options  

  • You can print small multiple copies of your image on one page (ideal for making cards to send or sell
  • You can print standard photo sizes if you have photo quality paper for your printer
  • You can even print onto T-Shirt transfers for making T-Shirts
  • Don't forget to check what your work looks like on the page by clicking on Print Preview before you send it to the printer.

 

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