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HP
PrecisionScan Pro
User’s Guide
72
Adjusting images of
pictures
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Changing shadows
The
Shadows
control in the
Exposure Adjustment
tool lets you select the darkest printable value in
the image. This allows you to bring out detail in
areas that would otherwise become black. You
may make dark parts of images:
■
lighter to bring out details
■
darker to minimize details
The range for the number in the
Shadows
field is
set in the
Preference Controls
tab (see page
47
).
Bringing out details in dark areas
To bring out details in the dark areas of the image,
decrease the number in the
Shadows
field:
■
Click on the left side of the slider,
– or –
■
type a lower number in the
Shadows
field, then
press
Tab
or
Enter
,
– or –
■
click the DOWN spin button next to the
Shadows
field.
The result of the change to
Shadows
can be seen
in the preview area.
Shadows
slider
field
DOWN spin button
UP spin button
control
A
Shadows
value close to or at zero
generally produces an image with better
shadow detail.
T I P
Shadows
set at 3
Shadows
set at 10