I’ve been using Windows Live Writer since it first came out in beta. I love it to death, but, for some reason, I’ve never gotten around to learning how to do photo effects. I have been so happy with the text editing features, that I just never got around to it. Or, maybe I am intimidated by the beautiful work I’ve seen. Either way, it’s time for me to learn.
I figured that while I am learning how, I can post it here, and the next beginner can have a little head start by seeing at a glance what the different effects look like. (My parrot Rufus, is going to model my photo effects)
I’m going to tell you the name of the option, and where to find it, I’m going to tell you what you have to do, and I’m going to tell you the results.
My comments will be to the left or right of each photo, and in this format:
Picture Edit Feature Name and Location
What you have to do
My Result
 | No effects: This is the picture I am using in all my examples |
| Now I click on my picture and the Picture tabs come up: Advanced/Actions/Rotate You don’t have to do anything Each time you click it it turns another 90 degrees around |  |
 | Advanced/Actions/Contrast |
| Advanced/Actions/Crop You get a window with an outline where you can select what area to show as the new image I made a close-up of Rufus’s face |  |
 | Advanced/Actions/Tilt You get a sliding scale that you can move back and forth I chose 20 to the right |
| Advanced/Actions/Watermark You get a dialog box to fill in text, font and position Cool! Wow, I like that! I put my screen name in the bottom corner! |  |
 | On the next tab: Effects/Add Effect/Black and white You don’t have to do anything It turned black and white! |
| Effects/Add Effect/Sepia tone You don’t have to do anything It turned sepia toned! |  |
 | Effects/Add Effect/Adjust Temperature You get a cooler/warmer sliding bar I chose all the way cooler |
| Effects/Add Effect/Color Pop You don’t have to do anything Apparently, this just makes the colors brighter! |  |
 | Effects/Add Effect/Sharpen Look at the edges of Rufus’s feathers!Everything is outlined “sharper”, hence the name. Wow, I like that. |
| Effects/Add Effect/Gaussian Blur You don’t have to do anything It blurs it a teensy bit
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 | Effects/Add Effect/Emboss You don’t have to do anything Cool! It looks like the engravings on coins. |
Wow! All I did was use Color Pop and Sharpen, and it makes a world of difference! Thank you Windows Live Writer!
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