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Free June Photo Design Layouts
Download these free, ready-to-print
frames and layouts to celebrate Father's Day,
Graduation, and more!
All you need to do is
add your own photos.
Download the design layouts
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Send Us Your Digital Scrapbook Designs
Did you know that May 1st was National Scrapbooking Day?
As millions around the country are preserving their memories
in personalized albums, now you can also use digital
photo editing software like FotoFinish to
create custom album pages, collages, and digital
scrapbooks to print or share electronically.
FotoFinish SUITE offers professionally-designed
and ready-to-print scrapbooking layouts that
might be just what you need to get started!
Celebrate the day by sending us your favorite digital
layout and we may feature it as one of the examples on
our web site or in our next newsletter. E-mail your
scrapbook layout to pom@smartdraw.com
We can't wait to hear from you!
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Our Pledge to You
To help you complete your projects quickly and easily, we promise to provide:
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Reliable and easy-to-use software |
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Free, in-house technical support even if you are a trial user |
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Timely, expert-written tutorials and professional examples |
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Access to your online account at any time to download software, print your invoice, and share photos with friends and colleagues |
And if for any reason you are not satisfied with FotoFinish, simply contact Customer Service at (858) 225-3374 within
30 days of the date of purchase and we will issue you a refund.
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Pass it On
Do you know another photo enthusiast who could use this newsletter? If so, please feel free to forward this e-mail to them.
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For information on purchasing FotoFinish,
click here.
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Photo Clinic
Prep Your Photos for Online Dating
As online dating services become more prevalent, chances are you, or someone
you know, might soon find the need to edit a personal photo in hopes of
capturing the interest of Ms. or Mr. Right.
While this particular mini-tutorial focuses on touching up a
photo for such a service, the techniques discussed can apply
to any photo you want to enhance.
1. Open the photo.
2. Crop to Focus the Image on You. To crop a photo in FotoFinish,
click on the Crop tab in the Photo Wizard Panel, resize the
cropping frame using its adjustment handles (black rectangles along its border),
and hit the Crop Image button to crop.
Learn more
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Crop the image to focus on the main subject: you
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3. Adjust Brightness. If your image is a little underexposed,
it can seem dull and faded. You can bring it back to life using
FotoFinish's Adjust Exposure command under the Image menu. Scroll
through the previews to find the version that looks best to you or click
on More to adjust brightness and contrast manually.
Learn more
4. Enhance Your Eyes. Your eyes can make you seem more alert and fresh,
and most importantly, more attractive. With FotoFinish, you can zoom in
on your eyes, select just the whites using the Polygon Selection Tool 
(or use the Magic Wand), then use the Adjust Colors and Adjust Exposure
commands in the Image menu to make the eyes seem less red and more bright.
Learn more
5. Whiten Teeth. You can give yourself a brilliant,
sparkling smile by selecting your teeth, choosing Adjust Colors
in the Image menu, clicking on More, and sliding the color
sliders towards blue. Then use the Adjust Exposure command also
under the Image menu to increase the brightness of your
selection. Learn more
Want to learn more about how
to do digital makeovers in FotoFinish?
Click here
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Learn to Take Better Pictures
Photo Tips and Tricks from FotoFinish
Rule of Thirds —
Placing your subject off-center creates an interesting,
dynamic image. Imagine your photograph divided into
three horizontal and vertical sections.
To compose a
well-balanced, off-center shot, place your subject near
the intersections of the imaginary grid lines. This is
called following the rule of thirds.
Most cameras, especially popular point-and-shoot models, focus at
the center point of the viewfinder. To create an off-center image,
start by pointing your camera at your subject so it appears centered, press
the shutter button halfway to focus the image, then— without letting go
of the half-depressed shutter— recompose the shot by moving your camera and
take the picture by depressing the shutter fully.
Learn more about taking better photos
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