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Fun Tutorial for Kids – Dinosaur Playing Golf with Smart Photo Editor

Check out the fun tutorial below for your kids to do.Open your golf course image up in Smart Photo Editor.

Click on the Composite button on the right hand side.
Click New next to Overlay on the left hand side and find your dinosaur image.

Click Select Area and Erase from Selection and work your way round the dinosaur, making sure you go all the way round.

Once you have gone all the way round a Bucket icon will appear, click on it to remove the rest of the unwanted background.Click the Move, Rotate and Scale button on the left and move your dinosaur to your chosen location.Repeat the steps above but with your golf club. Repeat the steps again but with the golf ball.

Your image is now complete, don’t forget to save your image and your Session incase you want to come back at a later date.

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Make Furniture Pop with Smart Photo Editor

Check out the tutorial below to see how quickly you can make your furniture pop with Smart Photo Editor.Open your image up in Smart Photo Editor.Click on the Effects Gallery button on the top right. Find the effect Local Contrast and adjust the Master Slider if needed. Click OK when done.Click the Effects Gallery button again and this time find the effect Sharpen, adjust the Master Slider this effect only needs to be on slightly.

Now your image is done, all you need to do is save your image and the Session incase you want to come back to it at a later date.

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Turn your Landscapes into Breath-taking Scenes in Seconds with Smart Photo Editor

Check out the tutorial below to find out how to turn your images into stunning landscapes with just a few clicks.Open your image up in Smart Photo Editor, click on the Effects Gallery button on the top right. Find the Effect Photosmart Clarity and click OK.Click the Effects Gallery button again and this time look for the Effect Pop, adjust the Master slider for the Effect to suit your image., click OK when done.

Your image is now done, don’t forget to save the Session incase you want to come back to it at a later date.

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Make the Digital Copies of your Watercolor Painting Pop with Smart Photo Editor

When scanning your Watercolor painting the color seems more faded in the digital copy, you can correct this easily in Smart Photo Editor. Check out the tutorial below.Open your image up in Smart Photo Editor.Click on the Effects Gallery button on the top right hand side. Find a detail effect, this one is called Detail.Click on the Effects Gallery button and narrow down your search to Detail>Darken.
This effect is called Darken. If you have paint flecks in unwanted places you can easily remove these. Click on the Erase button on the right hand side.Go over the are with the flecks and choose the area you want it cloned from.

You now have a beautiful digital copy of your Watercolor painting with the colors just as bright as your original.

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Underwater Portaits – Smart Photo Editor

Underwater photographs can look really powerful and impressive but the sharpness and detail of the image is dimmed. You can correct this in a matter of seconds with Smart Photo Editor, check out the tutorial below.
Open your image up in Smart Photo Editor. Untitled-1 Click on the Effects Gallery button on the top right and find a detail effect, this one is called detail. Adjust the Master Slider and click OK when done.Click the Effects Gallery button again and this time find a HDR effect, this one is called Hdri.

Your image is now ready to save. Don’t forget to save the Session as well incase you want to make changes at a later date.

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Age Your Photos in Seconds with Smart Photo Editor

Check out the tutorial below to find out how to age your photos in just two steps.Open your image in Smart Photo Editor.Step 1 – Click the Effects Gallery button on the top right and narrow down your search by Color>Low Color. Chose one of the effects, this one is called Soft Faded.

Adjust the Master Slider to your liking.Step 2 – Click on the Effects Gallery button again and this time Style>Antique. This effect is called Old Photo, adjust the Master Slider to suit your photo.

Don’t forget to save your image and a Session file incase you want to edit it again later.

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Postcard Tutorial with Smart Photo Editor

Turn your holiday snap into your own postcard that POPS with color.

Check out the tutorial below to find out how.Open your image up in Smart Photo Editor.Click the Effect Gallery button on the top right, search for Pop effects, you can narrow this down using the options on the left. The effect chosen here is called Pop.Click the Effects Gallery button again and look for Sharpening Effects, adjust the slider is needed. This effect is Subtle Sharpen.The last effect to add is a Brightening one, repeat the steps above. This effect is called Accentuate Lightening. Click on the Text button on the right.

Type in your chosen text on the left hand side and chose your font.

Hoover over the text to move and rotate the text to your chosen location.

Your Postcard is now ready.

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Spiral Illusion Dress Tutorial

Check out the tutorial below to find out how to create your own.

First thing to do is open up your spiral picture in Smart Photo Editor.Click on the Composite button on the right hand side.

Click New next Overlay and select your person image.Select Erase From Selection and work you way round your image, removing all the background. Click the Move, Rotate and Scale button. Move your person to the centre and resize. Click New button again next to Overlay and select your Spiral image again.

Click Erase from Selection and go over your person’s skin, if you go over some of the clothes click the Add to Selection button and go over them again.Your image is now ready, you can reduce the Opacity of the spiral layer a little if you like.

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Turn your Landscapes into Stunning Oil Paintings in Seconds

Turn your landscapes into stunning oil paintings in seconds with Smart Photo Editor. Check out the tutorial below.Open your landscape up in Smart Photo Editor.
Click on the Effects Gallery button on the top right. Then narrow down the Effects by clicking Artist>Oil.Flick through the different Oil effects until you find the one that suits your landscape best.

Click OK once done.Download your free trial now to turn your landscapes into oil paintings today.

Spaceman In Park Illusion Tutorial

Create your own Spaceman illusion in no time by following this simple tutorial below.

Open your background image in Smart Photo Editor.Click the Composite button on the right hand side and click New next to Overlay and select your door image.

Erase From Selection and work your way round the door, removing the unwanted area around it.

Click Move, Rotate and Scale button and move the door to your chosen location and remove anything else if needed.Click New next to Overlay and select your Spaceman image. Reduce the Opacity so you can see the door behind.

Move your Spaceman so he fits where the door is and click Select Area and Erase From Selection and work your way round the door frame.

You want to make sure that the lines are exact with the door frame, this will take a little while to get exact, zooming in helps a lot with this.
If like the doors in this picture, they blend in too much with the background click on the Area Treatment button and select over the doors and adjust the sliders to what looks best for your doors.For a final touch click the Effects Gallery button and find the effect Hyper-real, it gives the image a slightly more cinematic effect.

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