Editing Your Photos If you don't have super-micro vision, these thumbnails are probably too darn small for you to be able to tell the difference--but not to worry: Place your cursor over a thumbnail and Elements previews that setting on your image itself so you can get a view as large as you need. You can even adjust the slider right from the thumbnail as explained in Figure 4-4. Once you like what you see, click the thumbnail to apply that change to your photo. To reset your image back to what it looked like when you began using the current group of presets, click the thumbnail with the curved arrow on it. (If you've already accepted a change from the presets, just use the standard Undo command [Ctrl+Z/-Z] instead.) To hide the presets, simply click the flippy triangle again. Figure 4-4: Put your cursor over any of the thumbnails to see its effect displayed on your photo. To adjust the strength of the effect, click the thumbnail that's closest to what you want, and then drag left or right (this is called scrubbing) and watch as your image changes. If you decide not to make any changes, just click the thumbnail with the curved arrow on it (the center image here) to return your photo to how it looked when you opened that preset group. Different Views: After vs. Before and After When you open an image in Quick Fix, your picture appears by itself in the main window with the word "After" above it to let you know that you're in After Only view. Elements keeps the Before view--your original photo--tucked out of sight. But you have three other layout options, which you can choose anytime: Before Only, "Before and After - Horizontal," and "Before and After - Vertical." Both of the before- and-after views are especially helpful when you're trying to figure out whether you're improving your picture, as shown in Figure 4-5. You switch between views by pick- ing the one you want from the View pop-up menu just below your image. Editing Your Photos As you'll learn in this section, the Quick Fix window's tools are pretty easy to use. You can try one or all of them--it's up to you. And whenever you're happy with how your photo looks, you can leave Quick Fix and go back to the Full Edit window or the Organizer. Tip: If you want to rotate your photo, click the Rotate buttons below the image preview area. (See page 91 for more about rotating photos.) 132 photoshop elements 10: the missing manual