Photo Editor: Expert Edit mode

Having played with the Quick and Guided Edit modes, you might find this advanced editing workspace a little challenging, especially if you are a newcomer to photo editing.

Expert Edit Mode: In this edit mode, most features are manually operated (for greater creative control), here showing the Adjust Sharpness tool (Enhance>Adjust Sharpness).

When using the Expert Edit mode, it's a good idea to have an editing plan—a basic idea of what you'd like to achieve visually once the image is open in the main window. Some experience with the tools is also important—but you'll have picked up a lot of experience using them from experience gleaned with the previous two edit modes. In some ways, the Expert Edit mode resembles Adobe Photoshop—although I'd add that it also contains a lot of processes that you will not find in Photoshop. We will cover this in greater detail in Chapter 5, Easy...