Epson Expression 800 User Manual - TWAIN 32 - Page 51

Adjusting Tone Curves of Individual Colors, Adjusting Image Quality,

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curve anchor All Colors button There are several ways to change the shape of a tone curve: Click & drag As you drag a curve anchor, the curve follows the movement of the anchor, but your adjustment to one anchor doesn't affect the other anchors. To allow changes to a single anchor to affect the adjacent anchors, you can activate the adjacent anchors. Hold down the Alt key (Windows) or option key (Macintosh) and click on the adjacent anchor; the anchor turns white. Hold down the Alt key (Windows) or option key (Macintosh) and click the anchor again to deactivate it (it turns black). Sliders Adjust the slider controls below the curve. See Using the Tone Curve Sliders for information on adjusting the image with these sliders. Numeric values Type a number (+ or -) in a tone value field; each field adjusts an anchor point on the curve. Adjusting Tone Curves of Individual Colors When you first access the Gradation Curves dialog box for a color image, all of the color channels are active. To modify the tone curve, either:  Click the All Colors button to select all the RGB colors  Click on a color button to select a specific color channel; the tone curve line changes to that color Then make your modifications as described in Using the Tone Curve or Using the Tone Curve Sliders. Adjusting Image Quality Page 51

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Adjusting Image Quality
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There are several ways to change the shape of a tone curve:
Click & drag
As you drag a curve anchor, the curve follows the
movement of the anchor, but your adjustment to
one anchor doesn’t affect the other anchors.
To allow changes to a single anchor to affect the
adjacent anchors, you can activate the adjacent
anchors. Hold down the
Alt
key (Windows) or
option
key (Macintosh) and click on the adjacent
anchor; the anchor turns white. Hold down the
Alt
key (Windows) or
option
key (Macintosh) and click
the anchor again to deactivate it (it turns black).
Sliders
Adjust the slider controls below the curve. See
Using the Tone Curve Sliders
for information on
adjusting the image with these sliders.
Numeric values
Type a number (+ or –) in a tone value field; each
field adjusts an anchor point on the curve.
Adjusting Tone Curves of Individual Colors
When you first access the Gradation Curves dialog box for a color image,
all of the color channels are active. To modify the tone curve, either:
Click the
All Colors button to select all the RGB colors
Click on a color button to select a specific color channel; the tone curve
line changes to that color
Then make your modifications as described in
Using the Tone Curve
or
Using the Tone Curve Sliders
.
curve anchor
All Colors button