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Kris Kumar
12-30-2004, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.adobe.com/tips/phsel3fixlowrezw/main.html' target='_blank'>http://www.adobe.com/tips/phsel3fixlowrezw/main.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Camera-enabled wireless phones are a great way to capture memories on the fly. Unfortunately, because most phones have low-resolution cameras, the photos sometimes turn out grainy or have lighting problems. Another common problem is noise, which you see as stray colored pixels in an area of solid color, for instance, bright blue pixels on a person’s forehead. The new Reduce Noise filter in Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 3.0 reduces graininess and smooths away noisy areas without making the photo blurry."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-FixPhotos.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Adobe offers helpful <a href="http://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/main.jsp">tutorials and tips</a> that can sharpen your digital imaging skills. One such tutorial is aimed at the much needed topic - <i>Fixing photos taken on camera phones.</i> Though this tutorial uses Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, I thought that this post can be the starting point for all tips related to camera phone image enhancements. So if you have any cool tips please post it in this thread. :)

Kris Kumar
12-30-2004, 10:16 PM
I use Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. And this is what I usually do with photos I am not happy with. ;-)

In Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, menu Enhance->Quick Fix

Select Brightness, Auto Levels and click Apply.
Select Color Correction, Auto Color and click Apply.

At times the following is also useful...
Select Focus, Auto Focus and click Apply.
OR
you can use the menu Filter->Sharpen or menu Filter->Blur