wPrinting

eAdjustment of Printing Effects

In step 4 on page 270, select the printing effect. When the <ze> icon is displayed brightly, 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 <YA>/<Z > button to

change 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 for images shot using flash, 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 you select [Detail set.], you can adjust the [Contrast],

[Saturation], [Color tone], and [Color balance]. To adjust the [Color balance], change the values: 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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