Canon Knowledge Base - Using the digital face smoothing function in Easy-PhotoPrint EX

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Using the digital face smoothing function in Easy-PhotoPrint EX

Solution

Using the Digital Face Smoothing Function

You can use the "Digital Face Smoothing" function to correct facial lines and skin tone.

You can perform the "Digital Face Smoothing" function either manually or automatically.

Steps

Select photos you from the Select Images screen. Then click the figure: Correct/Enhance Images button (Correct/Enhance Images) button.

The Correct/Enhance Images window appears.

figure: Correct/Enhance Images window

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You can also bring up the Correct/Enhance Images window by clicking on the (Correct/Enhance Images) button on the Layout/Print screen or Edit screen. In this case, the correction/enhancement functions can only be applied to the image selected in the Preview section.

See the following section for details about the Correct/Enhance Images window.
Correct/Enhance Images Window

Select the image you want to enhance from the list displayed in the lower part of the Correct/Enhance Images window.

The image appears on the Preview section.

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If only one image is selected, the thumbnail does not appear below the Preview section.

Caution

To apply the "Digital Face Smoothing" function, the image should be within 71 pixels to 4096 pixels on each side.

Auto Enhancement

Manual Enhancement

Make sure that Auto is selected.

Click Digital Face Smoothing.

Click OK.

The facial area is enhanced beautifully and the figure: Correction/Enhancement mark mark appears on the upper left of the image.

Reference

Effect levels can be changed using the slider below Digital Face Smoothing.

Click the (Compare) button to display the images before and after the enhancement side by side so that you can compare and check the result.

Click Reset Selected Image to undo the enhancement operation.

If you want to apply the enhancement to all the selected images at once, check Apply to all images.

Click Manual and click Correct/Enhance.

Click Digital Face Smoothing.

Move the cursor over the image. The shape of the cursor changes to figure: Cross .

figure: Digital Face Smoothing of the Manual tab

Drag to select the area you want to enhance, and then click OK that appears over the image.

figure: OK button

The facial area in and around the selected area is enhanced beautifully and the figure: Correction/Enhancement mark mark appears on the upper left of the image.

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You can also drag to rotate the rectangle.

To undo the preceding enhancement operation, click Undo.

Effect levels can be changed using the slider below Digital Face Smoothing.

Click Save Selected Image or Save All Corrected Images.

You can save enhanced images as new files.

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To save only the image you like, click Save Selected Image. To save all images, click Save All Corrected Images.

Only JPEG/Exif file formats are available for enhanced images.

Click Exit.

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The enhancements will be lost if you exit before saving enhanced images.

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Correct/Enhance Images Window

You can specify corrections and enhancements for images in this window.

To display the Correct/Enhance Images window, click the figure: Correct/Enhance Images button (Correct/Enhance Images) button on the Select Images or Edit screen, or on the Layout/Print screen for Photo Print.

figure: Correct/Enhance Images window

1	(Zoom In/Zoom Out) button	Displays the enlarged or reduced preview of the page.
2	(Full Screen) button	Displays the whole image in the preview window.
3	(Compare) button	You can display the Compare Images dialog box, to compare the images before and after the correction side by side. Compare Images Dialog Box
4	Preview	Displays the images selected from the List.
5	List	Displays a list of reduced images when multiple images are selected on the Select Images screen. The list is not displayed if only one image is selected or if corrections/enhancements are performed from the Layout/Print screen or Edit screen. A mark appears next to the thumbnails of the images that are corrected/enhanced.
6	Save Selected Image button	Saves only the images selected in the list.
7	Save All Corrected Images button	Saves all images displayed in the list.
8	Exit button	Applies the corrections to the image and closes the Correct/Enhance Images window.

Auto tab

Select to correct automatically.

figure: Auto tab in Correct/Enhance Images window

1	Auto Image Fix button	Applies automatic corrections suitable for photo images. Caution The Auto Image Fix function is not available for Photo Print. Photo Print allows you to automatically apply suitable corrections to all photos when printing. Select this option for Image on the Advanced tab in the Preferences dialog box.
2	Red-Eye Correction button	Select to correct red-eyes.
3	Face Sharpener button	Select to bring out-of-focus subjects into focus. You can adjust the correction level using the slider.
4	Digital Face Smoothing button	Select to correct facial lines and skin tone. You can adjust the correction level using the slider.
5	Apply to all images	Automatically corrects all the images displayed in the list.
6	OK button	Performs the selected correction on selected images or on all images, as appropriate.
7	Reset Selected Image button	Cancels all corrections, enhancements, and adjustments applied to the selected image.

Manual tab

Select to correct manually.
Use Adjust to adjust brightness and contrast, or to sharpen the overall image.
Use Correct/Enhance to apply effects to selected areas.

Adjust

figure: Adjust of Manual tab in Correct/Enhance Images window

1	Brightness	Adjusts the brightness of the overall image. Move the slider to the left to darken and right to brighten the image.
2	Contrast	Adjusts the contrast of the image. If the image is flat due to lack of contrast, you can adjust the level of contrast. Move the slider to the left to decrease the contrast of the image, and to the right to increase the contrast of the image.
3	Sharpness	Enhances the outline of the subjects to increase sharpness. If the photo is out of focus or text is blurred, you can adjust the level of sharpness. Move the slider to the right to sharpen the image.
4	Blur	Blurs the outline of the subjects to soften the image. Move the slider to the right to soften the image.
5	Show-through Removal	Removes show-through of text from the reverse side or of the base color. Use this to prevent text on the reverse side of thin document or the base color of the document from appearing on the image. Move the slider to the right to increase the show-through removal effect.
6	Defaults button	Resets all adjustments (brightness, contrast, blur, and show-through removal).
7	Reset Selected Image button	Cancels all corrections, enhancements, and adjustments applied to the selected image.

Correct/Enhance

figure: Correct/Enhance of Manual tab in Correct/Enhance Images window

1	Red-Eye Correction button	Select to correct red-eyes. You can specify the area for correction. You can adjust the correction level using the slider.
2	Face Brightener button	Select to correct the whole image to brighten a dark area. You can adjust the correction level using the slider.
3	Face Sharpener button	Select to bring out-of-focus subjects into focus. You can specify the area for correction. You can adjust the correction level using the slider.
4	Digital Face Smoothing button	Select to correct facial lines and skin tone. You can specify the area for correction. You can adjust the correction level using the slider.
5	Blemish Remover button	Makes the blemishes on a person's face less conspicuous when printed. You can specify the area of blemishes that you want to reduce.
6	Undo button	Cancels the latest correction/enhancement.
7	OK button	Performs the selected correction to the specified area.
8	Reset Selected Image button	Cancels all corrections, enhancements, and adjustments applied to the selected image.

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Compare Images Dialog Box

You can compare the images before and after the correction/enhancement in this dialog box.

To display the Compare Images dialog box, click the figure: Compare button (Compare) button in the Correct/Enhance Images window.

figure: Compare Images dialog box

1	Before	Displays the image before the correction/enhancement.
2	After	Displays the image after the correction/enhancement.
3	Back button	Displays the previous image. This button is disabled if only one image is selected.
4	Next button	Displays the next image. This button is disabled if only one image is selected.

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