Specifications

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• Exposure: Represent the original status of scanned images.
• Brightness: Control the brightness levels of the selected frame image,
increasing the brightness makes all tones in the image lighter.
• Contrast: Control the contrast levels of the selected frame image.
Increasing the brightness makes all tones in the image lighter. Contrast is the
range between the darkest and lightest shades in the image, and increasing
the contrast makes for greater separation between the darkest and lightest
areas of the image.
• Saturation: Saturation is the intensity of a hue (deep red vs. a lighter red).
• Hue: Hue is the aspect of color that distinguishes one color from another
(red from green from blue). In the RGB color mode, hue can be
distinguished by its position in the color bar.
• Highlight: Move the slide bar, or enter the value in the edit box to control
the highlight. Moving the slide bar to the right will emphasize highlights and
create a lighter image.
• Shadow: Move the slide bar, or enter the value in the edit box to control the
shadows. Moving the slide bar to the right will emphasize shadows and
create a darker image.
• Threshold: Threshold is the dividing point between black and white.
• Effect: Use the drop-down menu to select predefined image effects and
apply to the scanned target. At this moment, the selectable effects are
Vibrance, Sepia Tone and D-Range.
Vibrance: Adjust the saturation of an image while keeping pleasing skin
tones.
Sepia Tone: Map the colors of an image to various shades of brown.
D-Range: Capture the full tonal range of the image.
• Sharpen/Blur: Use the drop-down menu to select predefined sharpening or
blur effects to your selected frame images. At this moment, the selectable
effects are Sharpen Luminance, Unsharp Mask, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Sharpen Luminance: Increase image detail by sharpening.
Unsharp Mask: Increase the contrast of the edges between pixels of
different colors in an image.