
7 Binarization and Color Separation
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Tuning Binarization
To fine-tune the binarization procedure you should choose an appropriate method.
The selected method type defines a customizing method. For each of the two
threshold methods you should specify one or three threshold values next to the
histogram. You should also specify a set of ranges of the corresponding types that
contain the extracted colors.
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For information on binarization methods see "Binarization methods" on
page 89.
In addition, for any method you should also specify a layer to place the image,
obtained using binarization.
To tune threshold binarization
1. Choose the
Threshold
tab from the
Binarization
dialog box.
2. From the
By
list choose an appropriate method.
3. Set the threshold values for the selected method.
When tuning, use the preview window in the
Binarization
dialog box to observe
the results of modifying the parameters. Note that an image preview at scale 1:1
provides the most reliable results. For more information on the preview window
see “Preview Window” on page 17.
Binarization
dialog with
Threshold by Grey
If you selected the
Threshold by Grey
method, then choose
Grey
in the
Channel
list to see the grey level histogram. Specify a threshold value with the triangular
G slider.
If you selected the
Threshold by RGB
method, then adjust the R, G, B threshold
values. For this purpose you can also use the triangular sliders on the
Red,
Green,
and
Blue
channel histograms.
4. Use the
Noise Reduction
slider to adjust noise reduction and improve the
binarization quality.