User Guide

ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Making quick adjustments with the Lighting tool

Key concepts

Making quick adjustments

Opening an image

Automatically adjust the

image

Adjusting on the image

You can also make quick adjustments by doing the following:

• Scroll mouse wheel up or down on the image: Increases or decreases the amount of

brightening applied at that tone level in the image. Both the image and the graph show

the changes. Darkening can be applied similarly, by holding down the SHIFT key and

scrolling the mouse wheel.

• Double-click with left mouse button: Automatically sets brightening to the optimum

for that area of the image. A brighter area (e.g. a face) works best.

• Double-click with right mouse button: Automatically sets the darkening to the

optimum for that area of the image.

• CTRL + double-click with left mouse button: Increases the amount of brightening

around that tone level while decreasing the brightening in the rest of the image. Use

this method to quickly brighten a specic subject or area to make it stand out.

For more quick adjustment tips for the Lighting tool, consult the Help by going to the

Process mode | Developing | Tuning images | Adjusting lighting topic for more

information.