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Portrait retouching in five easy steps

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We seldom have complete control when shooting portraits, but we are masters of our images when we open them in <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/1167577/aperture_3_3_embraces_retina_display_and_iphoto.html" target="new">Aperture[/url] for editing. In just five easy steps, you can transform a ho-hum snapshot into framable work of art.
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<h2>Step 1: Crop to taste</h2>
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Nearly every portrait benefits from cropping. By zooming in a bit tighter, we can bring out the subject’s personality.
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Comparing the cropped portrait with the original framing.
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Enable the cropping tool by clicking on its icon at the bottom of the screen, or by pressing the C key. A floating palette appears along with an adjustable grid. Click and drag on any of the eight handles of the grid to frame the image.
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