Web
	Color correcting a scanned image	page: 1 2

		Scanned images are notorious for having odd colors. Using Adobe® Photoshop® Elements makes color corrections a breeze. You may need to fix other basic problems in a scanned image, such as misalignment or ragged edges, or you may want to resize a scanned image for a project. Follow along to quickly mend these problems.

Straighten and crop your image. Open your scanned image in Photoshop Elements. If your image needs to be straightened and cropped, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten and Crop Image. Photoshop Elements will do the work for you in one step. If you simply need to crop the image, use the crop tool to select the area you want to keep. We used the Straighten and Crop Image command to fix our image. Next we'll work on improving the color in the image.

Correct color casts. To remove any color tints that may have been introduced by scanning your image, choose Enhance > Color > Color Cast. The eyedropper tool is automatically selected for you. Click an area in the image that should be gray, white, or black. If you aren't happy with the results, click the Reset button and try again. When you are satisfied with the result, click OK. For our image, we clicked on the woman's black hair. Now that the color cast is repaired, we are ready to fine-tune the color balance.

back to top previous next

[an error occurred while processing this directive]