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- <h2>Adjustments</h2>
- <p>The commands in this menu are meant for adjusting the image in various ways to get the colors to look the way you
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- <img border="0" src="Images/AdjustmentsMenu.png" width="451" height="281"></blockquote>
- <p>This image will be used to illustrate what the various adjustments can do:</p>
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- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small.jpg"> </p>
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- <h3>Auto-Level</h3>
- <p>This can be used to equalize the colors of an image so that overly dark or bright images are brought back to
- a normal range. This is equivalent to using the <a href="Levels.html">Levels</a> adjustment and then clicking the
- "Auto" button.</p>
- <p>After using this adjustment, which has no configuration options, the image looks like this:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_AutoLevel.jpg"></p>
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- <h3>Brightness / Contrast</h3>
- <p>This may be used to make the colors in an image brighter or darker, or to make colors stand out more or less
- from those around them.</p>
- <p>Original image made brighter:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_Brighter.jpg"></p>
- <p>Original image with higher contrast:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_MoreContrast.jpg"></p>
- <p>Original image that both brighter and has higher contrast:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_BrighterAndMoreContrast.jpg"></p>
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- <h3>Desaturate</h3>
- <p>This adjustment removes all color, effectively making the layer black & white.</p>
- <p>Original image that has been desaturated:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_Desaturate.jpg"></p>
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- <h3>Hue / Saturation</h3>
- <p>This operation may be used to change the saturation of colors, as well as rotate the hue of the image through
- the rainbow. Additionally, it allows the adjustment of lightness.</p>
- <p>Original image after the Hue was set to 88 and the Saturation was set to 158:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_HueSaturation.jpg"></p>
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- <h3>Invert Colors</h3>
- <p>This adjustment is very similar to a negative of a photo. Applying it a second time produces the original image
- again.</p>
- <p>Original image after it has been inverted:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_Invert.jpg"></p>
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- <h3><a href="Levels.html">Levels</a></h3>
- <p>This operation is used to adjust the color range and gamma of an image.</font> Click <a href="Levels.html">here</a>
- to lean more.</p>
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- <h3>Sepia</h3>
- <p>This adjustment turns the image black & white, and then adds a sepia tone. This can be used to give your images
- a nostalgic look.</p>
- <p>Original image after the Sepia adjustment:</p>
- <p><img border="1" src="../images/LewistonSunset_small_Sepia.jpg" width="320" height="240"></p>
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