The prize for getting the answers right in this challenge is the certainty that you know your photo effects and could probably edit your way out of a tense international spy situation. So let’s hear it: can you find the eight things that were done to the “before” image to get it to its supreme “after” life?
Did you guess them all?
Original Image
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/IeMK4HyWwil8uw6oWcntw/0230ed5c3569467fff2993df7b2187da/picmonkey_6_things1.jpg?w=600&h=900&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
1. Straighten
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/4GGJHkC1vkI0dMvRDVJW3k/ed22640b5742ac0070e1b5f64a277e9c/8_things_00.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
We used the Straighten slider in the Rotate tool (Basic Edits tab) to get the horizon line nice and level.
2. Crop
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/7aBqb7OysEixTGT9supSus/81b0b4afa1303995f09679681aeab155/8_things_01_rotate.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
Just a tiny bit closer to the subject, for this one.
3. Sharpen
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/5rjhopC4dfOcvhXoxAuTEu/665b5053850f49bf41db8a89c7a0ca08/8_things_02_crop.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/73Oma7AFjQll4wp2EKnLWY/75c077b94b13813c16beae777e10420a/8_things_03_sharpen.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
5. Clone
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/796Prnetm0STEHOVsoMqFK/11275c521a5fc177eee03fe564eee037/8_things_04_dodge.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
6. Clouds
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/3iJh6jRmocZlIIt7vY6c7Y/7eab9a366e17a144d63a1e666572d6d9/8_things_05_clone.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
7. Yester-color
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/764ZcKM64uIkXjj7urBO9D/5e4dca38ddaf2a9f6edb2583a2c2841f/8_things_06_clouds.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
8. Lens Flare
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/5K9ZgVAo3ykHgsOleb9XPS/3dfba29e089a6b5238047c6743f354ab/8_things_07_yestercolor.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/h6goo9gw1hh6/5KraaXAjTjfKm1McYmqE9I/3cdf2bfcb701b78167d5c345936d097b/8_things_08_lens_flare.jpg?w=600&h=450&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg)