Color Picker Tool (Set Shadow / Highlight) - Microtek ScanMaker 35T Plus User Manual

Color Picker tool
Usage
To sample color from an
area and designate new
shadow or highlight
points.
The Color Picker tool allows you to sample color from an area of an image
and to designate a new shadow or highlight point.
With the Color Picker tool, you can determine the color values for any
pixel in an image. When you click on the Color Picker tool and pass over a
pixel, the value of that pixel will be displayed in the Information window,
based on the sample size also selected in the Information window. Pixel-
value information is useful especially when you're making color adjust-
ments based on color values. (For more details, see the section The
Information Window.)
To select a new shadow or
highlight point:
1 Click on the Color Picker
tool. Then click on the
Window Expansion button
in the Untitled Job1
window to see the bottom
half of the window.
2 Select a color channel
the Channel box.
3 To select a new shadow
point, click on a
the preview image that will
serve as the new shadow
point.
To select a new highlight
point, hold down the
Option key as you click;
the Color Picker tool will
change and become a
white-colored eyedropper.
in
pixel in
To restore original settings:
1 Click on the
ton in the Untitled Job1 window to
see the bottom half of the window.
2 When the expanded window appears,
click on the
dialog box appears, choose Shad-
ows and Highlights, then click on Re-
set to close the dialog box.
Window
expansion
button
Select a color
channel
Click Reset to
restore settngs
Window Expansion
Reset button. When a
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