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eAdjustment of Printing Effects

In step 4 on page 350, select the printing effect. When the <e> icon is displayed brightly next to <z>, you can press the <B> button. You can then adjust the printing effect. What can be adjusted or what is displayed will depend on the selection made in step 4.

Brightness

The image brightness can be adjusted.

Adjust levels

When you select [Manual], you can change the histogram’s distribution and adjust the image’s brightness and contrast.

With the Adjust levels screen displayed, press the <B> button to change the position of the <h>. Press the <U> key to freely adjust the shadow level (0-127) or highlight level (128-255).

kBrightener

Effective in backlit conditions that can make the subject’s face look dark. When [On] is set, the face will be brightened for printing.

Red-eye corr.

Effective in flash images where the subject has red eye. When [On] is set, the red eye will be corrected for printing.

The [kBrightener] and [Red-eye corr.] effects will not be reflected on the screen.

When [Detail set.] is selected, you can adjust the [Contrast],

[Saturation], [Color tone], and [Color balance]. To adjust the [Color balance], use <9>. B is for blue, A for amber, M for magenta, and G for green. The image’s color balance will be corrected towards the selected color.

If you select [Clear all], all the printing effect settings will be reverted to their defaults.

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