Serif PhotoPlus X3 ECD518624M User Manual
Product codes
ECD518624M
Image Adjustments and Effects
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Hue/Saturation/Lightness: Hue refers to the color’s tint—what most
of us think of as rainbow or spectrum colors with name associations,
of us think of as rainbow or spectrum colors with name associations,
like “blue” or “magenta.” Saturation describes the color’s purity—a
totally unsaturated image has only grays. Lightness is what we
totally unsaturated image has only grays. Lightness is what we
intuitively understand as relative darkness or lightness—ranging from
full black at one end to full white at the other.
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Replace Color lets you “tag” one or more ranges of the full color
spectrum that require adjustment in the image, then apply variations
in hue, saturation, and/or brightness to just those color regions (not to
in hue, saturation, and/or brightness to just those color regions (not to
be confused with the simpler Replace Color Tool).
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Selective Color lets you add or subtract a certain percentage of cyan,
magenta, yellow, and/or black ink for creating effects.
magenta, yellow, and/or black ink for creating effects.
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Channel Mixer lets you modify a color channel using a mix of the
current color channels.
current color channels.
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Gradient Map lets you remap grayscale (lightness) information in the
image to a selected gradient. The function replaces pixels of a given
image to a selected gradient. The function replaces pixels of a given
lightness in the original image with the corresponding color value
from the gradient spectrum.
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Lens Filter adjusts the color balance for warming or cooling down
your photos. It digitally mimics the placement of a filter on the front of
your camera lens.
your camera lens.
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Threshold creates a monochromatic (black and white) rendering. You
can set the threshold, i.e. the lightness or gray value above which
colors are inverted.
colors are inverted.
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Equalize evenly distributes the lightness levels between existing
bottom (darkest) and top (lightest) values.
bottom (darkest) and top (lightest) values.
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Negative Image inverts the colors, giving the effect of a photographic
negative.
negative.
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Black and White Film is used for grayscale conversion with
controllable source channel input.
controllable source channel input.
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Posterize produces a special effect by reducing the image to a limited
number of colors.