This is the first time I've ever used this programme and so using it the first time was confusing but the second lesson I had on using this programme I got the hang of it and really liked using it.
You can upload your pictures to open on to the programme and down the left you can select what images you want to view such as 'raw images' which is the photos I want to edit.
The raw photos are best to edit as they are taken straight from the camera and changing the exposure, contrast and other settings, the photo edits really nicely.
Once I have selected the photo I was to edit I open it up in raw, another screen pops up and my photo opens with all the settings i can change down the right have side column.
At the top of the column is a histogram which shows how much black and white is in the image. Under that is a a colour number or red, green and blue. When you hover over the image the numbers will change which shows how much of that colour is in that spot of the image.
The other sliders underneath the histogram will change different things in the image. Contrast, high lights, blacks, exposure and so on.
You need to change around these sliders to get the image to how you want it to look. If you want it brighter then change the brightness but you will also have to change other aspects of the image to even it out.
You can also use the crop tool if you need to make the image smaller or just crop out anything uneccessary from the image.
Once the image has been set to how you want it the settings automatically change and save. When you press done that image disappears and Adobe Bridge is still open and another image has loaded which is the one you've just edited.
If you want to put those same settings on to other images it's really easy to exchange the settings.
Right click the image and click on develop settings. Copy the settings.
Highlight the image or images you want to add those settings on to and right click over them. Click develop settings and paste settings, this will then exchange the settings on the the images exactly the same as the image you just edited. This is really helpful if you have a few images nearly the same so you don't have to edit them all seperatly, you can always go in to the image and change them slightly if they need any more adjusting too.
Considering this is the first time I have ever used a proper programme to edit images instead of the phone apps you can purchase or get for free, I really liked it. It looked tricky the first time I used it but the second time was much easier and I got the hang of using the different tools.
The only thing I don't like is how tricky it was to use and all the different buttons and sliders made it looks hard to use. But once I knew what to do it was much easier.
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