Image Adjustment

Photo Effects

The Photo Effects palette is used to convert pictures to black-and-white, sepia, or another monochrome tint, or to adjust the brightness of the cyan/red, magenta/green, and yellow/ blue channels.

1 Display the Photo Effects palette

Select the tool palette containing the Pho- Apply button to Effects palette from the View menu

(the default location is Tool Palette 1) and click the triangle at the top left corner of the palette.

2 If the Apply button is off () , turn it on ()

Settings button

Effect menu

Brightness/contrast

Enhance Dark Tones

Auto button

Cyan/red

Magenta/green

Yellow/blue

Balance sliders

3 Adjust settings

Effect: Choose Black and White to convert the image in the active window to black and white, Sepia to convert the image to sepia, or Tinted to convert the image to another monochrome tint by dragging the balance sliders. Select None to use the balance sliders to adjust the brightness and contrast of the cyan/red, magenta/green, and yellow/blue channels in the original image.

Brightness/contrast slider: Drag the slider to the right to increase overall brightness and contrast, to the left to reduce brightness and contrast, or enter a value between –100 and +100 directly in the text box to the right of the slider.

Enhance Dark Tones: Select this option to bring out details in shadows.

Auto: Click this button to optimize brightness and contrast without affecting color bal- ance. Enhance Dark Tones is automatically selected.

Balance sliders: Use these sliders to adjust the brightness and contrast of the cyan/red, magenta/green, and yellow/ blue channels, or enter a value between –100 and +100 di- rectly in the text boxes to their right. If the image has been converted to black-and-white or sepia, only the brightness of shades originally in the selected channels will be affected. If Tinted is selected, the balance sliders control the choice of monochrome tint.

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Nikon 4 user manual Photo Effects, Effect menu, Enhance Dark Tones Auto button