HP Photosmart 8400 HP Photosmart 8400 series User's Guide - Page 32

Getting creative, Photo brightness, Preferences, SmartFocus, Digital Flash, Video enhancement

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Chapter 3 (continued) Problem How to correct it Photos with poor brightness To adjust the brightness of a photo: 1. Press Select Photos or to display the photo you want to fix. 2. Press Menu. 3. Select Edit, then press OK. 4. Select Photo brightness, then press OK. 5. Use the Select Photos arrows to increase or decrease photo brightness to the desired level, then press OK. Blurred photos This preference affects all printed photos. To automatically focus images for clearer, sharper detail: 1. Press Menu. 2. Select Preferences, then press OK. 3. Select SmartFocus, then press OK. 4. Select On, then press OK. Photos with poor lighting and contrast This preference affects all printed photos. To apply a digital flash to a photo: 1. Press Menu. 2. Select Preferences, then press OK. 3. Select Digital Flash, then press OK. 4. Select On, then press OK. Poor-quality video clips This preference affects all printed photos. To improve the quality of video action prints: 1. Press Menu. 2. Select Preferences, then press OK. 3. Select Video enhancement, then press OK. 4. Select On, then press OK. Getting creative The printer provides a variety of tools and effects that let you use your photos in creative ways. These print settings do not change the original photo. They only affect printing. To try these features... Follow these steps Crop a photo Press Zoom to enter Zoom mode where you can increase or decrease the magnification by 0.25x. The maximum level is 5.0x. 1. Press Select Photos or to display the photo you want to crop. 2. Press Zoom to enter Zoom mode and increase the magnification of the photo by 0.25x. 3. Press Select Photos to increase the magnification level by 0.25x. 28 HP Photosmart 8400 series

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Problem
How to correct it
Photos with poor brightness
To adjust the brightness of a photo:
1.
Press
Select Photos
or
to display the
photo you want to fix.
2.
Press
Menu
.
3.
Select
Edit
, then press
OK
.
4.
Select
Photo brightness
, then press
OK
.
5.
Use the
Select Photos
arrows to increase or
decrease photo brightness to the desired
level, then press
OK
.
Blurred photos
This preference affects all
printed photos.
To automatically focus images for clearer,
sharper detail:
1.
Press
Menu
.
2.
Select
Preferences
, then press
OK
.
3.
Select
SmartFocus
, then press
OK
.
4.
Select
On
, then press
OK
.
Photos with poor lighting
and contrast
This preference affects all
printed photos.
To apply a digital flash to a photo:
1.
Press
Menu
.
2.
Select
Preferences
, then press
OK
.
3.
Select
Digital Flash
, then press
OK
.
4.
Select
On
, then press
OK
.
Poor-quality video clips
This preference affects all
printed photos.
To improve the quality of video action prints:
1.
Press
Menu
.
2.
Select
Preferences
, then press
OK
.
3.
Select
Video enhancement
, then press
OK
.
4.
Select
On
, then press
OK
.
Getting creative
The printer provides a variety of tools and effects that let you use your photos in
creative ways. These print settings do not change the original photo. They only affect
printing.
To try these features…
Follow these steps
Crop a photo
Press
Zoom
to enter Zoom
mode where you can increase
or decrease the magnification
by 0.25x. The maximum level
is 5.0x.
1.
Press
Select Photos
or
to display the
photo you want to crop.
2.
Press
Zoom
to enter Zoom mode and
increase the magnification of the photo by
0.25x.
3.
Press
Select Photos
to increase the
magnification level by 0.25x.
Chapter 3
(continued)
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