Basic

When taking a picture, the amount of exposure chosen normally determines how bright or how dark the final image will turn out. A higher exposure makes the shadows, midtones, and highlights in an image brighter, while a lower exposure does the exact opposite — darkens all the tones. Exposure slider lets to adjust these setting after the image is taken.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Exposure slider to the right to make the image brighter, or to the left to make it darker.

Important: Note that drastically increasing or decreasing the exposure may result in blown-out shadows or highlights, i.e. the bright areas of an image turn 100% white and darker areas 100% black.

By adjusting highlights, you can increase or decrease the overall lightness of the image highlights, bringing out hidden textures and details in the highlighted sections only, but leaving other bright areas in an image untouched.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Highlights slider to the right to make the highlights brighter, or to the left to make them darker. You can also enter a percentage value from –100% to 100%.

Using the Shadows adjustment you can deepen the shadows or bring out hidden detail by reducing the contrast in the darker areas of an image.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Shadows slider to the right to make the shadows lighter, or to the left to make them darker. You can also enter a percentage value from –100% to 100%.

The Brightness slider primarily affects the image midtones, making them lighter or darker. There’s normally less change visible in the shadows or highlights of an image.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Brightness slider to the right to make the image midtones lighter, or to the left to make them darker.

The Contrast adjustment lets your stretch the tonal range of an image, making its highlights brighter and shadows darker. Reducing the contrast works the other around — the bright and dark areas are leveled out and reduced to midtones.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Contrast slider to the right to brighten up the highlights and darken the shadows, or to the left to reduce the contrast.

Using the Black Point adjustment, you can increase or decrease the tonal range of the darkest areas in an image. In other words, you can add more definition to the darker tones of an or reduce it, which can, in fact, be used as an alternative for creating a vintage-inspired faded effect.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Black Point slider to the right to set a lighter part of your current image as the black point (making the darkest areas darker), or to the left to set a darker area of your current image as the black point (making the darkest areas lighter).

Clarity is one of the most basic, yet essential adjustments in image editing. You typically use Clarity to subtly enhance image brightness and colors, making the image look overall sharper and clearer. By reducing clarity, you can also create an opposite effect and make the image smoother.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Clarity slider to the right to make the image clearer, or to the left to make it smoother. You can also enter a percentage value from –100% to 100%.

Texture lets you subtly add contrast to images, especially the edges of objects, making textures pop. Alternatively, you can reduce texture to smooth out the image.

1. Tap and turn on Basic.

2. Drag the Texture slider to the right to add more texture, or to the left to make the image smoother. You can also enter a percentage value from -100% to 100%.

1. Tap in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

2. Tap ML next to Basic.

   After doing this, you can additionally fine-tune the adjustment sliders.