Things like exposure, contrast, color saturation, black-and-white conversion, and even adding and removing elements can all be done with the magic of Lightroom and Photoshop.īut there is another tool available in every image editor that can have a powerful impact on your images and is quite easy to use as well. Sometimes all it takes to give your pictures the added punch you’re looking for is a few clicks of the humble crop tool. The math of cropping and why it’s okay to do itīefore getting too deep into the art of cropping it’s important to know what your goals are for your photography and look at the math behind those megapixels. Most modern digital cameras have anywhere from 16-24 megapixels. Mobile phones are usually about 12, and some ultra-expensive DSLRs are 36, but I’m going to use 20 megapixels as a nice round baseline here. If you’re going to print your photos it’s a good idea to have them be at least 200 dpi or dots per inch.
