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Pop-up slider controls
The pop-up sliders can be used in one of two ways:
1.
Click and release the pop-up arrow. The slider control now remains on screen and you can
adjust the values as many times as you like by dragging the slider control. Alternatively, if the
mouse is held over the control, the mouse-wheel can be used to make small adjustments up or
down. The slider will hide when you click anywhere else in the document.
2.
Or you can click & hold the mouse button down, and drag over the slider bar to adjust the value.
When you release the mouse the pop-up vanishes. This is a quicker more direct way, since it
requires only one click & release to alter the values.
Auto Enhance
Clicking the "Enhance" button will analyze the overall brightness and contrast of the picture and
automatically adjust the enhance values to obtain the best image. It is particularly effective with
under-exposed (dark) images. After applying automatic enhancement to a photo you can adjust the
values that were chosen, using the controls to the right of the "enhance" button. Clicking the "Compare"
button will restore the original, clicking it again restores the last enhance values.
Brightness/Contrast/Color Temperature/Saturation/Hue
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Color
Temperature
The image is altered as you adjust these values. The saturation alters the color intensity. At the minimum
setting of -100 this will make a picture black and white. The Color Temperature control makes a picture
more 'warm' or 'cool'. The Hue control applies a particular color tint to the image and allows you to
control the intensity of the selected color.
Hue
The Hue slider controls the
strength of the selected
color.
Blur/Sharpen
This control blurs images if it's taken below zero, and sharpens images above 0. For sharpen it's
recommended that only small values be used, and typically only on images that have been reduced in size
a lot. You can enter blur values larger than the -100 maximum value available on the slider. E.g. entering
-400 will produce a very blurred image.
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