Editing Your Photos

The #1 reason to edit a photo is to make it look its best. Whether you’re capturing images of your kids, recording moments of a spectacular vacation, or restoring old family photos, editing can help make your images look amazing.

Mylio Photos contains essential editing tools that work equally well on your computer and mobile devices. It also offers the ability to connect with other editing tools you might desire to use such as Adobe Lightroom Classic, Affinity Photo, and many others. Click here to learn more about working with external editing applications.

In This Chapter:

• Requirements for Editing
  • Sync on Demand
• Editing With Mylio Photos Is Nondestructive
  • Understanding XMP Files
  • Reset All Edits
  • Exporting Adjusted Photos
• Fixing Composition Problems
  • Cropping a Photo
  • Rotate and Straighten Photos
• Quick Edits with AutoEnhance and AutoColor
• Using the Histogram
• Working with Edit Presets
  • Using a Preset
  • Creating a Custom Preset
  • Renaming a Preset
  • Deleting a Preset
• Adjusting White Balance
• Fixing Tone Problems
• Controlling Color
• Creating a Black-and-White Photo
• Inverting Scanned Film Negatives
• Understanding Levels
• Adding a Vignette
• Controlling Details
  • Sharpening a Photo
  • Reducing Noise in a Photo
• Fixing Red Eye
• Using Brushes for Advanced Control
• Applying Edits to a Group of Images
  • Copy and Paste Edits
• Editing with an External Editor
  • Edit Using the Open With command
  • Editing with Lightroom
    • Working with Lightroom as an External Editor
    • Working with an established Lightroom Catalog