Tone

In this section of the adjustment panel, the sliders available adjust the tone of the entire photo, while the Tinge sliders let you modify the clarity, vibrancy, and saturation levels. Use the histogram to assist you in the adjustment of some of the options.

To adjust the tonal level of your photos, do this:

  1. Click Photo Director autotone Tone to have CyberLink PhotoDirector automatically adjust the color tone in the selected photo.
  2. Manually adjust color tone using the available sliders as follows:
    • Exposure: use on photos that are over or underexposed. A negative value darkens the all the colors in the photo, while a positive value lightens them.
    • Black level: use to darken the colors in the photo that are close to blacks. Doing so can enhance color contrast and make shadows stand out more.
    • Highlights: is applied to areas of photos that are overexposed to recover detail in the highlights and brighter areas.
    • Shadows: use to help enhance detail in dark sections of the photo by lightening shadows and underexposed areas.
    • Brightness: use to adjust the overall brightness of the photo by lightening the midtone colors only.
    • Contrast: use to adjust contrast, or the difference between light and dark areas of the photo.
  3. Manually adjust the sliders to adjust the photo tinge as follows:
    • Clarity: use to adjust photo clarity. Dragging the slider to the right makes the photo appear crisper, while to the left makes it appear more “dreamy”.
    • Vibrancy: use to make the colors in a photo brighter and more vivid, by enhancing the duller colors.
    • Saturation: use to adjust the saturation of color in a photo. A negative value moves the colors towards black and white, while a positive value increases the overall intensity of color in the photo.

Tone