On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:38:05AM +0100, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 03:47:32PM +0100, stef wrote:
> > I gave the name 'highlight' to this option, because of the specs of the
> > scanner. UMAX says that this scanner has shadow/highlight settings. I'm not
> > quite
> > the option name is really exact.
> > The 'highlight' option increase the dynamic range of the samples. By
> > example,
> > if samples for a given color range from 56 ro 180, when 'highlighted', the
> > samples will range from 30 to 197. I don't know the right word for it in
> > english,
> > but in french I'd call it 'contraste'.
>
> If you broaden the color range like you describe, you increase the
> "contrast" (German = "Kontrast"). If you do this color manipulation in
> hardware (analog), you may call it "gain" (German = "Verstärkung").
>
> At least that's how I understand it.
>
> Bye,
> Henning
OK, I guess I'll rename the option 'contrast'. I also have to check the
one which I called 'gain' and might have to be called 'light' instead.
Regards,
Stef
