| Adjust Brightness and Contrast At times you may
have an image that is too dark or too light or perhaps the color seems
wrong. These can be adjusted by using either the Auto Correct
feature or manually making adjustments.
When you first select an image for editing you are given the
opportunity to use the Auto Correct feature.
When you click on the Auto Correct button the program
will adjust the brightness and color of the image.
If the color in the original image is ok, but you need to adjust
brightness click on the Brightness and Contrast link. Once you
Brightness and Contrast control panel opens you can either use the
automatic adjustment by clicking on the Auto Brightness button or
manipulate the image manually using the brightness and contrast
settings.
Below is the image without any brightness adjustment. The control
for brightness is set as zero indicating that not change has been made.
In this image brightness has been increased by 10.
If you compare this image to the original you can see that the paper is
lighter and some of the detail in the paper has been lost.
In this instance the brightness has been decreased by
ten. The paper appears to be a little darker and some of the
details in the darker portions of the image have been decreased.
Below is the image without any contrast adjustment.
The control for contrast is set as zero indicating that not change has
been made.
In the following image the contrast has been increased
by 20. The edges and smaller details appear a little more crisp.
In this images the contrast has been decreased by
20. The colors appear a little more faded. If taken to the
extreme the image would appear to be a grey screen.
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