Canon PowerShot SX40 HS PowerShot SX40 HS Camera User Guide - Page 82

Changing the Tone of an Image (My Colors) My Colors Off - Vivid Emphasizes the contrast and color saturation for a vivid impression. Neutral Tones down the contrast and color saturation for neutral hues. Sepia Changes the image to sepia tones. B/W Changes the image to black and white. Positive Film Combines the effects of Vivid Red, Vivid Green and Vivid Blue to produce intense natural appearing colors like those obtained with positive film. Lighter Skin Tone Makes skin tones lighter. Darker Skin Tone Makes skin tones darker. Vivid Blue Vivid Green Emphasizes blue tints. Makes the sky, ocean and other blue subjects more vivid. Emphasizes green tints. Makes mountains, foliage and other green subjects more vivid. Vivid Red Emphasizes red tints. Makes red subjects more vivid. Custom Color You can adjust contrast, sharpness, and color saturation etc. to your preference. • The white balance cannot be set in and (p. 80). • In and , colors other than people's skin color may change. You may not obtain the expected results with some skin colors. Custom Color The contrast, sharpness, color saturation, red, green, blue, and skin tones in an image can be chosen and set at 5 different levels. z Follow Step 2 on p. 81 to choose , then press the l button. z Press the op buttons to choose an option, then press the qr buttons or turn the 5 dial to choose a value. z The more to the right, the stronger/darker (skin tone) the effect gets, the more to the left, the weaker/lighter (skin tone) the effect gets. z Press the l button to complete the setting. 82