Canon PIXMA MX392 Manual - Page 97

Adjusting Saturation and Color Balance

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Adjusting Saturation and Color Balance In ScanGear (scanner driver)'s Advanced Mode tab, click (Saturation/Color Balance). Note Click Defaults to reset all adjustments in the current window. Saturation Adjust the image's saturation (vividness). You can brighten colors that have faded with time, etc. Move (Slider) under Saturation to the left to decrease the saturation (darken the image), and to the right to increase the saturation (brighten the image). You can also enter a value (-127 to 127). Saturation decreased Original image Saturation increased Note The natural color tone of the original image may be lost if you increase saturation too much. Color Balance Adjust images that have a colorcast. "Colorcast" is a phenomenon where a specific color affects the entire picture due to the weather or ambient strong colors. Move (Slider) under Color Balance to the left or right to emphasize the corresponding color. Cyan & Red Magenta & Green Yellow & Blue

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Adjusting Saturation and Color Balance
In ScanGear (scanner driver)'s
Advanced Mode
tab, click
(Saturation/Color Balance).
Note
Click
Defaults
to reset all adjustments in the current window.
Saturation
Adjust the image's saturation (vividness). You can brighten colors that have faded with time, etc.
Move
(Slider) under
Saturation
to the left to decrease the saturation (darken the image), and to the
right to increase the saturation (brighten the image). You can also enter a value (-127 to 127).
Saturation decreased
Original image
Saturation increased
Note
The natural color tone of the original image may be lost if you increase saturation too much.
Color Balance
Adjust images that have a colorcast. "Colorcast" is a phenomenon where a specific color affects the entire
picture due to the weather or ambient strong colors.
Move
(Slider) under
Color Balance
to the left or right to emphasize the corresponding color.
Cyan & Red
Magenta & Green
Yellow & Blue