Adjustments tab: color The options available depend on the Scan As selection you made on
or grayscalethe General tab. The following options are based on a Scan As selection of Color or Grayscale.
Brightness — changes the amount of white in the color or grayscale image.
Contrast — makes the image sharper or softer.
Red — changes the amount of red in the color image. Does not apply to grayscale images.
Green — changes the amount of green in the color image. Does not apply to grayscale images.
Blue — changes the amount of blue in the color image. Does not apply to grayscale images.
•Adjust these settings by dragging the slider bar to the left or right, entering a value in the text box or using the up/down arrows. While each setting may effect the underlying gamma table, Brightness and Contrast are the options that provide the widest range of changes.
Background Smoothing — use this option when you are scanning documents or forms with a background color(s). Background Smoothing produces images with a more uniform color. This option improves image quality and reduces file size.
•Method: select one of the following:
-None - no background smoothing will be done.
-Automatic - background smoothing is applied to the actual color.
-Change to White - identifies the background color and substitutes that color with white.
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