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Process photos with the manual tools

Process photos with the manual tools - Instagram Tutorial

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Process photos with the manual tools

- [Instructor] Even though Instagram's filters can quickly give your photos a different look, sometimes none of them give you exactly the look you're going for. That's when you can turn to the manual adjustment tools to make additional changes. Let's start by selecting another photo. I'll tap the plus button and we'll look for another photo here. Let's go with this one and I'll tap next. So again, we can start selecting filters along the bottom but I want to have a little more control over this image. Now one thing you can try off the bat is the Lux tool. It's this magic wand button here at the top of the screen. The Lux tool is just this single slider. It lets you adjust the contrast and saturation of the photo which can help bring out details that weren't as visible in the image. So going to the left decreases the contrast and going to the right increases the saturation. Just play around with the slider until you're…

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