Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7, User Manual

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MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE 56
Retouching images
The Retouch tool is a powerful tool that allows you to ‘touch-up’ areas
of an image to improve its appearance or to create a particular effect. For
example, you could enhance the color of someone's eye, blur jagged edges
an object may have, or adjust the highlights and midtones of an image to
improve its color.
To retouch an image:
1.
Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar and select the
BACKGRD.TIF file from the
SAMPLES
\
TUTORIAL
folder of the
MediaStudio Pro CD.
2.
Click the Retouch tool and select the Blur brush from the Attribute
toolbar.
3.
In the Shape tab of the Brush panel, specify a small brush size with no
soft edge, and in the Options tab set the blur value to one.
4.
Zoom in on the edit window containing the background image and
begin painting over the edges of the largest fish. As you paint, notice
how the jagged edges are blended into the background. Once finished,
move to the other fish and retouch them where necessary.
5.
Switch to the Saturation brush and in the Options tab of the Brush
panel, set the saturation value at 60.
6.
Drag over the head of the largest fish to increase the saturation of the
colors and make them more vivid. Once you're done, move on to the
others and adjust them accordingly.
The background image (left) enhanced with the Retouch tool (right)