Technical data

Manipulating Images 29
q Experiment with the Brightness and Contrast sliders. Each time
you “upclick” after dragging a slider, the image updates.
Alternatively, you can type values directly into the fields at the
right.
Although you may not achieve perfection with just the Brightness/
Contrast adjustment, try to obtain solid “bottom” and “top” (shadow
and highlight) regions without obscuring details or washing out the
image. The Brightness slider tends to move all the tones in the image
one way or the other; Contrast compresses or expands the spread
between bottom and top. Try the values shown—but remember that
monitor settings and room lighting can make a difference.
q When the picture looks good, click OK. (If you click Cancel, the
photo returns to its previous state.)
q At this point, you may wish to save the picture as a PhotoPlus
(.SPP) file using File/Save….