Enhancing Photos - HP PhotoSmart R837 User Manual

Apply Artistic Effects allows you to create a copy of a selected image and apply
creative effects to the copy. To apply artistic effects:
1.
While in the Design Gallery Menu, use
then press
2.
Use
– Ink Dots—Uses dots to simulate the art technique of pointillism.
– Cartoon—Simulates a highly-graphical comic book image.
– Watercolor—Simulates a watercolor painting.
– Center Focus—Creates a feathered blur radiating from a sharp center to a
blurred edge.
– Posterize—Creates a high-contrast, flat-toned effect.
– Retro—Creates a two-color, high-contrast look from the 70s.
– Soft Glow—Adds a diffuse, bright ethereal glow.
– Vintage—Adds an aged, scratched look.
– Sky Color—Enhances sky with a feathered color that fades from the top down.
– Ground Color—Enhances landscapes with a feathered color that fades from
the bottom up.
– Kaleidoscope—Mirrors the image in four directions.
– Solarize—Creates a partial reversal of tones and emphasizes outlines.
– Drawing—Creates a pencil drawing using the edges in the image.
3.
Press
Follow the on-camera instructions to adjust the artistic effect.
4.
Press
Gallery Menu. Press
the Apply Artistic Effects sub-menu.

Enhancing photos

Tip
do so before adding a border.
Enhance Photos allows you to correct common problems or improve the image.
1.
While in the Design Gallery Menu, use
press
2.
Use
– Slimming—Compresses centered subjects for a slimmer look.
– Pet-Eye Fix—Allows you to correct glowing-eye problems in images of animals.
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HP Photosmart R837 Digital Camera
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to select an option and preview the effect it has on the image.
to select the artistic effect and display the Creative sub-menu.
to save a copy of the image with the artistic effect and return to the Design
to exit the Creative sub-menu without saving and return to
If you plan to apply artistic effects, modify colors, crop, or enhance photos,
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to select an enhancement.
A yellow selection box displays in the center of the image.
Use to position the selection box over the eye to be corrected.
Press to correct the selected eye.
Repeat these steps, if necessary, to correct a second eye.
Once all corrections are made, press
a new file, and return to the Design Gallery Menu. Press
Creative sub-menu without saving and return to the Enhance Photos sub-
menu
to select Apply Artistic Effects,
to select Enhance Photos, then
again to save the changes, create
to exit the
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