User Guide

Chapter 5: Process mode
Light EQ options
Brighten
sliders (top)
Drag the sliders up to increase the brightening in each tonal band. The sliders on the left affect dark tones.
The sliders on the right affect bright tones. Moving a slider changes the amount of brightening only in that
particular tonal band in the image.
You can also type a number into the number boxes and increment them slowly to make precise adjustments.
Darken
sliders
(bottom)
Drag the sliders down to increase the darkening in each tonal band. The sliders on the left affect dark tones.
The sliders on the right affect bright tones. Moving a slider changes the amount of darkening only in that
particular tonal band in the image.
You can also type a number into the number boxes and increment them slowly to make precise adjustments.
Graph The graph indicates the amount of brightening and darkening applied throughout the tone range of the image.
The portion of the graph above the horizontal axis corresponds to brightening, while the portion of the graph
below the horizontal axis corresponds to darkening. When both brightening and darkening are applied within
the same tonal band, contrast is increased. The area between the top of the brightening graph and the bottom
of the darkening graph indicates the relative increase of contrast throughout the tone range of the image. You
can click on the graph or on the image and drag the double-pointed arrow up or down to brighten or darken.
# tone bands Drag the slider on each tonal band to adjust areas of the curve.
Auto Click the Auto button for ACDSee Pro to automatically adjust the contrast in your image.
Advanced options
Advanced gives you ultimate control of the brightness and contrast in an image. Basic adjustment curves can be constructed using
four sliders, and you can manually adjust the curves by clicking and dragging within the graph area or on the image itself.
Graph
The top half of the graph corresponds to brightening, and the bottom half corresponds to darkening. Tone levels of the shadows are
represented on the left, midtones in the middle, and highlights on the right.
The light gray in the graph shows the amount of brightening or darkening applied throughout the image. The dark gray areas in the
graph are suggested boundaries for adjustment, and turn red to indicate where you have adjusted far enough to cause a loss in
detail. When the cursor is over the image, the two vertical yellow lines correspond to the lower and upper bounds of the tone level of
the area under the cursor and indicate the center of adjustment.
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