Photo Enhancement

The photo enhancement screen helps you adjust an imported facial image to make it ready for creating a head. After importing a head image, the photo enhancement screen is displayed.

Use the tools on the left side of the image processing menu to adjust the usable area, quality and color settings of the image as follows.

1

Import an Image

To open the browser window and select another face image.

2

Paste the image from Clipboard

To paste the image from Windows clipboard. This works only when an image has already been copied to the Clipboard.

3

Cropping an image

To select only a part of the image. This can be useful when you want to select a face from a group photo or remove a large background area which is not needed for the model. You can also refer to Defining the facial angle.

4

Rotating an image clockwise

To rotate the image 90 degrees in the clockwise direction.

5

Rotating an image counterclockwise

To rotate the image 90 degrees in the counter clockwise direction.

6

Mirroring an image

To create a mirrored reflection of the image. This function is useful for images obtained from scanners or cameras.

7

Adjusting color levels automatically

To adjust the color levels of the image automatically. The program analyzes the color levels and adjusts the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation levels to achieve optimum image quality.

8

Adjusting color levels manually

To adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation levels of the image manually. 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.

9

Adjusting color balance

To adjust the color balance manually. Drag the sliders to adjust the Cyan - Red, Magenta - Green, and Yellow -Blue levels. The box next to each of the respective properties shows positive or negative values depending on the position of the slider, with the center being zero. Click Highlights to apply these color settings to emphasize the brighter areas. Click Midtones to apply these color settings to the entire image with average intensity. Click Shadows to apply these color settings to emphasize the darker areas in the image.

For more details about importing a photo, see the Importing a face photo tutorial.