You can make several adjustments to improve your images such as lightening dark areas, changing the exposure, sharpening blurred edges, and changing the brightness and contrast.
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Exposure adjusts the overall intensity of light in an image.
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Adaptive Lighting improves only the dark areas in an image without affecting the bright areas.
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Brightness adjusts the amount of light in colors ranging from light to dark.
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Contrast adjusts the difference in brightness between light and dark areas of an image.
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Sharpness helps define edges and the smoothness of texture in an image. Use this tool to make a blurred image appear more focused.
Adjusting the image
Follow the steps below to make adjustments:
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Click the View tab and select the image you want to edit by either clicking the image, or by clicking the small box at the bottom left corner of the image.
Figure 1: Select the image
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Click the Edit tab and then click the Advanced tab.
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Select an adjustment from the list on the left.
Figure 2: Adjusting the brightness
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The Exposure adjustment is automatically applied when the Adjust Image tool opens. Eight variations of the image are displayed on the left. The current image is displayed in the center. Each image represents a different level of adjustment. When you move the pointer over any of the images on the left, a large version of the image is displayed. Use Preferences to turn this large image preview on or off and to set the timing for the display.
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If you want to use a different adjustment tool, select Adaptive Lighting , Brightness , Contrast , or Sharpness from the list.
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Select one of the images on the left.
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Do one of the following:
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Click Accept to accept all changes and exit from the Color Toolkit.
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Click Cancel to discard all changes and exit from the Color Toolkit.
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If you have finished modifying the image, do one of the following to save your changes:
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Click Save to overwrite the original image.
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Click Save As to save the modified image with a different name.
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