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Enhance command (Image menu)
Use this command to "enhance" the current image. The Panorama Factory displays a preview rectangle and runs the modeless Filter control dialog box. Image enhancement runs a 3x3 or 5x5 FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter on the image. You can fiddle with the filter coefficients and see the response interactively within the preview rectangle.
The Filter control dialog box provides a 3x3 sharpening filter generator. This sharpening filter is determined by the value at the center of the 3x3. Larger numbers increase the sharpening effect.
When you place the cursor over the various parts of the preview rectangle it changes to show you what editing actions are possible:
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Indicates that the cursor is over one of the sides or corners of the preview rectangle. Dragging changes the size of the rectangle. |
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Indicates that the cursor is not over any part of the preview rectangle. Dragging draws a new preview rectangle. |
When you are satisfied with the filter parameters, use the Image Approve command to generate the enhanced image. The enhanced image is added to the end of the computed thumbnails list. If you want to change the filter parameters later, select the enhanced image and use the Image Show source command to redisplay the Filter control dialog box.
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Revised: October 12, 1999