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.
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 Tool
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 Apply button when done. Click the Cancel button to cancel the current crop box and restart.
Rotating an image
Click the Rotate 90 CW
or Rotate 90 CCW 
buttons to rotate the image by
90 degrees in the clockwise or counter clockwise direction.
Mirroring an image
Click the Mirror
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.
Cartoon Animator 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.
