User Guide

ACDSee Pro 3 User Guide
Batch Edit Lighting options
You can use the options in the Lighting section to independently adjust areas in your images that are too light or too dark, without
affecting other areas. As you make changes, you can see the effect on the image in the After Lighting tab, or you can click the Image
List tab and click on any of the other images to see the effect of the adjustment on each image.
To adjust the lighting:
In the Batch Edit wizard, select the Lighting check box.
Lighting options
Use automatic
settings for each
image
Allows the software to analyze the photo and apply optimal settings based on the amount of light and
dark pixels in the photo. Darker photos are brightened more than photos that are already bright.
Brighten Brightens dark areas in the images. Do one or both of the following:
Compression: Drag the slider to the right to brighten dark areas in the image.
Amplitude: Drag the slider to the right to increase the intensity of the brightening across all
areas of the image.
Darken Darkens bright areas in the images. Do one or both of the following:
Compression: Drag the slider to the right to darken bright areas in the image.
Amplitude: Drag the slider to the right to increase the intensity of the darkening across all
areas of the image.
Exposure warning Highlights overexposed and underexposed areas of the image.
Reset Click to reset all options to the default.
Batch Edit Noise Removal options
You can use the options in the Noise removal section to remove noise from your images while preserving details that you want to
retain.
To use the Noise Removal options:
In the Batch Edit wizard, select the Noise Removal check box.
Noise Removal options
Despeckle
Removes noise.
Square Removes noise using a 3 x 3 pixel square.
X Removes noise using a 3 x 3 pixel X shape. Use this option when you want to preserve an image's thin and
diagonal lines.
Plus Removes noise using a 3 x 3 pixel plus (+) shape. Use this option when you want to preserve an image's thin,
vertical, and horizontal lines.
Hybrid Removes noise using a 3 x 3 pixel square, a 3 x 3 pixel X shape, and a 3 x 3 pixel plus (+) shape. Use this
option when you want to preserve an image's thin, diagonal, horizontal, and vertical lines. When hybrid is
selected you have additional noise removal options:
Luminance: Drag the slider to the left or right to control variations in brightness.
Color: Drag the slider to the left or right to control variations in color (hue and saturation). For example,
drag the slider to the right if you want to reduce color variation. However, you should be careful about
reducing color variation (that is caused by noise) because you could unintentionally reduce real color var-
iations in a photo.
Reset Discards all changes and reverts to the original noise level.
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