Edit Photos - Get The Most From Your Digital Images

Digital photography comes with the huge advantage of allowing you to edit photos to get the best out of your images before you print them. However, there can be a problem when you are editing images that are in .jpeg (sometimes seen as .jpg) format.

Every time that you save an image in .jpeg format you lose some of the data. You may need to go through a few edits with a .jpeg file before you get the picture you finally want. Try to minimize the number of edits that you do on a .jpeg image to one or two.

A better option is to edit your original and do a "save as" on each new file with a different file name. For example: your original image may be called something like DSC_00017 (a typical file name generated by digital cameras).

To start and edit photos, open the file up in your photo processing software, duplicate the file and close down the original.
You are now working with an exact copy. Make the changes you want and then point your cursor at "File" in the top menu bar.
Go to "Save As" and name your newly edited photo as something completely different to the original.

You can do this as many times as you like using the original as your source image. This will keep the original file unique.

As you edit photos remember to save the images in a format such as .tiff, which is an uncompressed format. This will let you do as many edits as you want without losing any of the quality.

When you are ready to print out your images you have two options: you can print them on your own or, you can send them out to be printed.

Many photo processing shops offer services online that will let you upload the images you want to print to their server. The pictures are printed (often in less than one hour) and then mailed to you or are made ready for pickup.

You can also do this the old fashioned way by taking the pictures right to the shop. Many photo processing stores will have available computers where you can edit your pictures before they are printed

You also have the option of printing your photos from home find out more here

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