Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 128

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 123 User Guide 5 Set any of the image fixing options on the right side of the window. Click the Reset button if you don't get the result you are looking for, and then try the other controls. Smart Fix Adjusts lighting and color. Smart Fix corrects overall color balance and improves shadow and highlight detail, if necessary. The Smart Fix slider allows you to vary the amount of the adjustment. Click the Auto button to apply this command. Red Eye Fix Automatically finds and fixes red eyes in the image. Levels Adjusts the overall contrast of an image and may affect its color. If your image needs more contrast and it has a color cast, try this command, which works by individually mapping the lightest and darkest pixels in each color channel to black and white. Click the Auto button to apply this command. (See "About Levels adjustments" on page 129.) Contrast Adjusts the overall contrast of an image without affecting its color. Use Auto Contrast when your image needs more contrast but the colors look right. Auto Contrast maps the lightest and darkest pixels in the image to white and black, which makes highlights appear lighter and shadows appear darker. Click the Auto button to apply this command. Lighten Shadows Drag the slider to lighten the darkest areas of your photo without affecting the highlights. Pure black areas are not affected. Darken Highlights Drag the slider to darken the lightest areas of your photo without affecting the shadows. Pure white areas are not affected. Midtone Contrast Adjusts the contrast within the middle tonal values (those that are about half way between pure white and pure black) without affecting the extreme highlights and shadows. Color Adjusts the contrast and color by identifying shadows, midtones, and highlights in the image rather than in individual color channels. It neutralizes the midtones and clips the white and black pixels using a default set of values. Click the Auto button to apply this command. Adjusting color values in Quick Fix