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PowerColor User Guide
Image Selection Tools
Once you have produced an Overview, PowerColor's image selection tools, located in the
Control Bar, allows you to define and work with regions for detailed color correction
work. This section describes how to use these tools.
Note: For Macintosh users, enabling the Macintosh
Balloon Help will cause the name and function of
each button to be displayed as the cursor passes
over it.
Image Selection Tools
Probe Region: The Probe (or Pointer) tool is used to select items and to move around the
image to sample pixels. The tool deselects the Crop and Zoom tools.
Zoom: Click on the image with the Zoom tool to enlarge the image for more precise examina-
tion of a region. If necessary, resize the image window to accommodate the new view. The magnifica-
tion is shown at the bottom left-hand corner of the image window. To reduce the view again, hold
down the Option key (Macintosh) or Control key (Windows) while clicking on the image with the
Zoom tool. Note: The point where the Zoom tool is clicked becomes the new center of the image in
the window.
Crop Region: Use the Crop tool to select a portion of the image, for example to cut out the
clack edges of a film frame or tape used to hold images on the scanning surface.
Auto Range: Automatically adjusts the tonal range, setting the highlight and shadow points.
Pick Neutral Point: Uniquely selects multiple gray points in an image by holding down the
Option key (Macintosh) or Control key (Windows) and clicking on quarter, mid, and three quarter
tone values.
Highlight Value
shadow range are made with both buttons selected (default setting). Deselecting either button will
result in a new auto range without the deselected value. Edit/Undo, from Main Menu reverts to last
values.
Refresh: With automatic updating off, click on the Refresh key to update the active region
with all changes since the last update
Shadow Value: Automatic values for each image highlight and
.
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