Adjusting image properties

From the Patient Picture window you can sharpen an image or alter its colour, brightness, contrast, and saturation to improve the quality of the image. For example, if you took a picture of a patient under fluorescent lighting, the image may have a blueish tint. Using the Patient Picture, you could add another colour to compensate for the blueish tint.

To adjust an image's properties

1.   With a patient selected, from the File menu in the Family File, click Patient Picture.

The Patient Picture window appears.

2.   From the toolbar, click the Image Adjustments button.

The Image Adjustments dialog box appears.

Note: The Original Image area displays the image before you made any changes. The Modified Image area displays the effects of the changes you made to the image.

3.   Use the slider bar to adjust the effect of the changes to the image. For finer changes, move the slider toward Fine. For more pronounced changes, move the slider toward Coarse.

4.   Click the sample images in the Modify Image area to increase or decrease contrast and colour saturation, make the image lighter or darker, and/or to increase the amount of green, magenta, cyan, red, yellow, or blue.

5.   Click OK, and then from the toolbar, click the Save button to save any changes you made to the image.