Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 User Manual page 128

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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
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you are looking for, and then try the other controls.
Adjusts lighting and color. Smart Fix corrects overall color balance and improves shadow and highlight
Smart Fix
detail, if necessary. The Smart Fix slider allows you to vary the amount of the adjustment. Click the Auto button to
apply this command.
Automatically finds and fixes red eyes in the image.
Red Eye Fix
Adjusts the overall contrast of an image and may affect its color. If your image needs more contrast and it has
Levels
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.)
Adjusts the overall contrast of an image without affecting its color. Use Auto Contrast when your image
Contrast
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.
Drag the slider to lighten the darkest areas of your photo without affecting the highlights. Pure
Lighten Shadows
black areas are not affected.
Drag the slider to darken the lightest areas of your photo without affecting the shadows. Pure
Darken Highlights
white areas are not affected.
Adjusts the contrast within the middle tonal values (those that are about half way between pure
Midtone Contrast
white and pure black) without affecting the extreme highlights and shadows.
Adjusts the contrast and color by identifying shadows, midtones, and highlights in the image rather than in
Color
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