Generally, we found a bit of extra retouching was necessary to get a really good effect, although the tool does speed up the process considerably.Īnother new tool is aimed at animals lovers.

This is an enhancement of the Red Eye reduction facility that has existed for many versions to include pets. The difference here is that the tool can now cope with the different colouration of animal eyes, and the various flash reflections this causes. A checkbox in the Red Eye tool enables the mode. We found it effective withĪnother new correction facility is the Content Aware Fill for the Straighten tool, which is again available in Expert Mode. This is for those times when you have shot something at slightly the wrong angle, and need to straighten the picture out, for example to make the horizon horizontal. If you select Autofill Edges, any empty spaces that appear will be automatically filled in with content derived from the nearby image edges. The results are reasonably effective, so long as the straightening angle isn’t too acute, and the edge content is generic. Otherwise, some odd repetitions occur, although they are still blended well with the original image. The new Auto Smart Tone is almost exactly the same as the tool in Premiere Elements 12.

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