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Advanced Sharpen.pdf
Using the Advanced Sharpen Transformation
This document is an advanced tutorial on using the advanced sharpen feature first introduced in Picture Window 3.5.

Color Balance.pdf
Color Balancing Techniques
This document is an advanced tutorial on color balancing photographs with Picture Window.

Color Management Terms.pdf
Color Management Terms
A glossary of color management terms that can be used as a reference or simply browsed.

Color Management.pdf
Color Management
This document is an advanced tutorial on color management in Picture Window Pro.

Colorize.pdf
Colorizing B&W Photos
This document is an advanced tutorial on colorizing black and white photos with Picture Window.

Dodge and Burn.pdf
Dodging and Burning
This document is an in-depth tutorial describing a number of different techniques for lightening or darkening images with Picture Window.

Drop Shadows.pdf
Creating Drop Shadows
This document describes how to use Picture Window to place offset shadows behind text, rectangles and objects with irregular boundaries.

Histogram.pdf
Using Curves and Histograms
This document describes and shows you how to use curves and histograms to adjust brightness, contrast and dynamic range, and how to create a variety of special effects.

Layout.pdf
Using the Layout Transformation
This document describes and shows you how to use Picture Window's Layout transformation to create album pages, business cards, ad layouts, etc.

Mask.pdf
Creating and Using Masks
This document is an advanced tutorial on the mask feature of Picture Window. It also describes how to use mask tools and transformations. It goes details using masks with the Composite transformation to combine images.

Register and Distort.pdf
Registering and Distorting Images
This document describes how to use the Composite transformation to register multiple images of the same subject and how to use the multipoint alignment feature in Picture Window Pro to create freehand distortions of images.

Retouch.pdf
Image Retouching Techniques
This document is an advanced tutorial on using Picture Window's freehand retouching tools.

Sharpen.pdf
Sharpening Images
This document is an advanced tutorial on sharpening images with Picture Window. See also Advanced Sharpen.pdf above.

Text Effect.pdf
Text Effects
This document describes a number of techniques for applying text to images and creating special effects based on text.

Vignette.pdf
How to Vignette
This document describes a number of techniques for creating vignettes.



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