If a particular photo, such as ‘Emma’s birthday cake’, is tied to a specific date and time, you might want to use this tool to correct this information. Your camera has an internal clock and calendar, which few of us ever remember to set. Last in the ‘Properties’ section is the ‘Adjust time’ tool, just below the ‘Resize’ button. It will be difficult to scroll through a list of names like these and find your photo of Emma’s birthday cake! The ‘Rename’ tool lets you change the file name of that picture to ‘Emma’s birthday cake’. Why would you want to rename your picture? Your camera will automatically give each of your photos a file name that often consists of two letters followed by a series of numbers. Using this, you can change the name of your image file. For more about this, see our guide How to resize photos.Ībove the ‘Resize’ button is the ‘Rename’ tool. The ‘Properties’ section is where you’ll find the ‘Resize’ button that lets you make your picture bigger or smaller. In Windows Live Photo Gallery, you can click the rotate button until your photo eventually faces right side up. Why would you want to rotate a photo? Often you’ll find that, when you take a portrait-shaped picture with your camera, it comes out sideways when you view it on your computer. Other key features here include the ‘Delete’ button (marked with a red X) and options to rotate an image left or right, 90 degrees at a time. However, if you intend to make different changes to each photo, it’s best to edit them one at a time. For instance, if you want to resize all of them to a specific size, this lets you do it in one step rather than having to do it again and again. This can be handy as it saves time by applying the edit to every photo you’ve selected. In the ‘Manage’ functions in the top left of your screen, you’re given the option to ‘Select all’ of your photos. To keep it simple, these have been divided into four categories: ‘Manage’, ‘Properties’, ‘Adjustments’ and ‘Effects’. All your pictures will remain at the bottom of the screen, but at the top, you’ll see a number of options for editing your pictures. You’ll see five tabs at the top left of the screen. To start, open Windows Live Photo Gallery. However, you’ll find that other programs such as Photoscape and follow a very similar process. In this guide, we’ve used the free Windows Live Photo Gallery (see our guide How to download Windows Live Photo Gallery for more information).
Below we’ll run through some of the ways you can use the software to do both.īefore you can begin, you’ll need a photo software program. With today’s digital photography software, it’s very easy to edit your photos, whether you your goal is to correct mistakes or add a creative flourish.
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