# PhotoshopElements

# Automatically correct lighting and color

Photoshop Elements provides several automatic lighting and color-correction commands in both Full Edit and Quick Fix. The command you choose depends on the needs of your image.

You can experiment with each of the auto commands. If you don’t like the result of one, undo the command by choosing Edit > Undo, and try another command. You will rarely need to use more than one auto command to fix an image.

1. To adjust a specific image area, select it with one of the selection tools. If no selection is made, the adjustment applies to the entire image.
2. Choose one of the following commands from the Enhance menu:
   Auto Smart Fix
     Corrects overall color balance and improves shadow and highlight detail, if necessary.

   Auto Levels
     Adjusts the overall contrast of an image and may affect its color. If your image needs more contrast, and it has a color cast, try this command. Auto Levels works by individually mapping the lightest and darkest pixels in each color channel to black and white.

   Auto Contrast
     Adjusts the overall contrast of an image without affecting its color. Use when your image needs more contrast, but the colors look right. Auto Contrast maps the lightest and darkest pixels in the image to white and black, which makes highlights appear lighter and shadows appear darker.

   Auto Color Correction
     Adjusts the contrast and color by identifying shadows, midtones, and highlights in the image, rather than in individual color channels. It neutralizes the midtones and sets the white and black points using a default set of values.

   Auto Sharpen
     Adjusts the sharpness of the image by clarifying the edges and adding detail that tonal adjustments may reduce.

   Auto Red Eye Fix
     Automatically detects and repairs red eyes in an image.

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- Precisely remove red eye
- Replace colors in an image
- Sharpen an image

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