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Photoshop Elements: Split Toning, Tips: Passage of Time & Organize Your Photographs (Revised)

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Take Control - Change 3 Defaults >

1 - Introduction

Take more control of your camera.

Consider changing three default settings on your digital SLR (DSLR).

These default settings make in-focus and well-exposed photographs—most of the time.

But, they may fail sometimes.

Your judgment is still better than that of your camera computer.

Click below to go to a particular default setting, or click Next.