What The Image Enhancement Tools Are - Microtek ScanMaker IIG User Manual

What the Image Enhancement Tools are

The image-enhancement tools are an integral part of ScanWizard for Windows. With the image-
enhancement tools, you can adjust the characteristics of your image such as brightness and
contrast, or shadows and highlights, right from within the ScanWizard. If these tools were not
available, image enhancement would have to be done instead in your image-editing software. Thus,
the image-enhancement tools in ScanWizard save you time and provide you with the needed
flexibility to adjust images right within the scanning software.
When you click on an image-enhancement tool, a dialog box called the Advanced Image Enhancer
(AIE) appears, with a screen corresponding to the image-enhancement tool you selected. Some of
the advantages of the AIE dialog box include the following:
• View image enhancement changes in real time. The AIE dialog box has two thumbnails —
providing you with "before" and "after versions of an image.
• Switch among image-enhancement tools without leaving the AIE dialog box.
• Switch among scan jobs to apply image enhancement.
• Allow you to reset or revert settings, providing you the flexibility to cancel out changes or restore to
default settings if needed.
Although you can use all the image-enhancement tools, you don't need to use every one of them to
achieve a great image. Perhaps all that's needed is a change in the shadows or gamma curve. Try
experimenting with the tools to see which one provides optimal results.
Take note too that the effects of the image-enhancement tools are cumulative. It's important to
remember this because the cumulative effects affect the image in a way that is totally different than if
only a single image-enhancement tool was used. Example: If you increase brightness in an image
(through the Brightness Contrast and Exposure tool) and then modify the gamma curve of the image
(through the Curve tool), the curve will be based on the already altered brightness settings.
The Advanced Image Enhancer dialog box
The kind of screen
you see is
indicated by the
selected image-
enhancement tool.
Above is the
Brightness
Contrast and
Exposure screen.
Below is the
Filters screen.
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Parts common to
all screens
(including vertical
toolbar in right
side of dialog box)
Parts specific to
each screen