GE v6 Capture, Enhance and Crop, Compare and Restore, Clear, Enhancement Shortcut Menu, Vignette

Capture

Based on the input device you previously selected, the appropriate interface window will come up for adjusting, capturing and loading a new image.

Enhance and Crop

These options allow you to individually crop or enhance the current image. You can adjust the existing image without having to recapture the image.

Compare (and Restore)

When a stored image is downloaded and a new image is captured, the Compare option will be enabled on the shortcut menu to compare the newly captured or edited image to the original image. Choosing Restore will undo any changes made to the original image.

Clear

When you select the Clear option from the shortcut menu, the image will be cleared and the image file will be deleted. (The image cannot be recovered.)

Enhancement Shortcut Menu:

There are four submenus for the Enhancement shortcut menu option.

Adjust by Example

When you select this option, a dialog box will display. You can adjust the brightness, contrast, focus, exposure, and red, green, and blue colors.

Special Effect by Example

This dialog box allows you to add special effects to any image. The applicable effects are Mosaic, Impressionist, Watercolor, Emboss, and Posterize.

Remove Red Eye

This dialog box allows you to remove the red eye effect of any person in an image.

Vignette

The Vignette dialog box allows you to configure a vignette effect to any image.

Manipulation Shortcut Menu:

Mirroring

Flip Vertically: Flip an image from top to bottom.

Flip Horizontally: Flip an image from left to right.

Invert (negative)

Select this option to invert an image (create a color negative).

Convert to 8-bit grayscale

Select this option to convert an image to an 8-bit 256-grayscale image. Once this election is selected, there is no undo. You will have to reload your image.

Save Image

Changes to an existing image or newly captured image are saved to the host when you click Save.

Export To File

When you select this option, a Save As window will display. Navigate to the Secure Perfect Images folder that contains previously captured photo images. You may select a filename, image format, bit depth, and JPEG compression factor. When you click Save, the contents of the image control are saved using the selected settings. If you want, you can replace an existing image.

Select Input Device

This option allows you to select an input device on the Select Profile dialog box, from a list of Capture Profiles. You may also set and apply automatic properties for the image you are about to capture.

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