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But even pros touch up their work—and in Photos, an impressively

complete suite of photo-editing tools awaits. These tools can rotate or crop;
they can also fix the brightness, contrast, and color of your pictures, and
even add special effects like selective blur and vignetting (where the photo
corners are misty white to draw the eye to the subject). All these tools are

hiding in the “Edit & Create” button, which is actually a menu.

To begin, open the photo that needs help.

Now choose Edit & Create → Edit to open the editing wonderland shown in

Figure 8-28. All your editing tools huddle on three tabs at the top of the
screen: “Crop and rotate,” “Filters,” and “Adjustments.”

Note, as you edit, that an “Undo all” button awaits at the top; it takes the

photo back to its original form.

Note
Your saved edits are permanent. There’s no Revert to Original command in Photos.

Once you’ve made your edits, hit “Save a copy” (which saves your work as
a copy of the original) or, from its pop-up menu, choose Save (to make

these changes to the original).

Ready? Keep hands and feet inside the tram at all times.

Tip

As you work, keep in mind that you can zoom in for better detail (turn your mouse wheel, if you
have one, or use Ctrl+plus and Ctrl+minus). Finally, keep in mind that the Undo command is
always at your service to reverse the last editing step. It’s a safety net, and it’s Ctrl+Z.

(If you dig finding out about this sort of Photos keyboard shortcut tip, don’t miss the full list on
“Photos app”.)