Click and drag on the photo to apply a brush stroke.

Click to open the adjustment brush controls.

See Using Masks for Multiple Brush Adjustments for more information. Note: you can adjust multiple areas of the photo using masks. You can use the adjustment brush to select, or brush, just the parts of a photo that you want to adjust. For best results, draw on a straight line in the photo that you know should be level, as shown in the example below.

click and then click and drag on the photo to draw a line along the part you want to be horizontal or vertical.

You can rotate photos 90 degrees by right clicking on it and selecting Rotate Right/Left. Note: when you rotate a photo, some portions are cropped to make it square.

Click inside the shape and drag to move the crop area, if necessary.

Click and drag the corners and sides of the crop area to resize, if necessary.

Click if you want the crop area to maintain its aspect ratio. Note: click if you want to manually resize the crop area’s aspect ratio.

To create a custom shape, select Enter Custom, enter the Aspect ratio values in the field provided, and then click OK.

select a crop area shape from the Aspect drop-down.

Click and drag on the photo to manually set the crop area.

Click to display the available crop and rotate options.Use the overlay that will best guide and assist you to more precisely crop and straighten a photo. To assist you when cropping and rotating photos, select a Tool overlay from the drop-down in the bottom right of the photo viewer window. You can crop out portions of a photo you do not want, and rotate them up to 45 degrees for an effect or to straighten them if they are a little crooked or uneven. Note: if required when using the regional adjustments tools, press and hold the spacebar on your keyboard, and then use the mouse to zoom or pan on the selected photo during the adjustment process. To begin using a regional adjustment tool, just select it from the available icons.

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