Canon XL H1 Using the Skin Detail Function

Using the Skin Detail Function

With the skin detail function, areas in the picture that have skin-tone characteristics will be detected, and

the details in these areas will be softened in order to conceal skin imperfections. On the viewfinder, those E skin areas will be identified by a zebra pattern alternating with the normal picture (on a connected TV or computer screen a white pattern will appear instead).

You can adjust the hue, chroma, area and Y level as required, to determine the areas that will be detected as skin areas.

Activating the Skin Detail Function

MENU		CAMERA SETUP	SKIN D.SET	SKIN DETAIL••OFF
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Open the menu and select [CAMERA SETUP] and [SKIN D.SET]. Select [SKIN DETAIL], set it to [HIGH ], [MIDDLE ] or [LOW ] and close the menu.

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Determining the Skin Area

MENU		CAMERA SETUP	SKIN D.SET	HUE••••••••••••• G	R
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				CHROMA•••••••••••-		+
				AREA•••••••••••••-		+
				Y LEVEL••••••••••-		+

Open the menu and select [CAMERA SETUP] and [SKIN D.SET]. Select [HUE], [CHROMA], [AREA] or [Y LEVEL], adjust the levels and close the menu.

•HUE: Adjust the hue for detection of the skin area. Adjusting to [R] detects reddish skin color, and to [G] detects greenish skin color.

•CHROMA: Adjust the color saturation for detection of the skin area. Adjusting to [+] detects more vivid skin tones, and to [-] detects paler skin tones.

•AREA: Adjust the color range for detection of the skin area. Adjusting to [+] detects a wide color range, and to [-] detects a narrow color range.

•Y LEVEL: Adjust the brightness for detection of the skin area. Adjusting to [+] detects brighter skin color, and to [-] detects darker skin color.

Recording

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