Image Processing

The image processing tools allow you to enhance the quality of selected images. You may rotate and crop them in order to work with a portion of the original image source. This allows you to focus on facial details in order to create more accurate talking characters.

Inside the Actor Creator	Inside the Face Creator

You may use the tools on the left side of the image processing menu to adjust the area, quality, and color settings of the image.

Cropping an image

Click the Crop Image button to select the specific area. This can be useful when you want to crop a face from a group photo, or remove a large background area that is not needed. Cropping the image allows you to remove the excess background area and enlarge the facial image you wish to work with. This does not change the original image size.

Drag a marquee around the image by using the mouse to create a crop box. Use the corner handles of the marquee to rotate the crop box. Use the mouse to move the crop box across the image as desired. Click the button when done. Click the button to cancel the current crop box and restart.

Rotating an image

Click the Rotate CW or Rotate CCW buttons to rotate the image by 90 degrees in the clockwise or counter clockwise direction.

Mirroring an image

Click the Flip button to mirror the image on the horizontal axis. This function is useful for images obtained from scanners or cameras.

Automatically adjusting color levels

Click the Smart Level button to automatically adjust the color levels of the image. CrazyTalk analyzes the color levels and adjusts the brightness, contrast, hue and saturation levels to achieve optimum image quality.

Manually adjusting color levels

Click the Color Level button to manually adjust the brightness, contrast, hue and saturation levels of the image. Use the sliders in the menu box to adjust the values, or enter the numerical values for each parameter in the boxes next to the sliders.

Adjusting color balance

Click the Color Balance button to manually adjust the color balance. Drag the sliders to adjust the Cyan - Red, Magenta - Green, and Yellow -Blue levels. The box next to each property shows positive and negative values; depending on the position of the slider. The center value is zero. Select the Highlights radio button to apply color settings to the image's brighter areas. Click the Midtones radio button to apply color settings to the image's normal areas. Select the Shadows radio button to apply color settings to the image's darker areas.