Tutorial: AKVIS Enhancer

Workspace

On a Windows computer you can launch AKVIS Enhancer in the following way:

• From Main menu: press the button Start and select AKVIS – Enhancer in the pop-up menu All Programs.
• Using the program's shortcut on the Desktop: put the cursor on the icon of AKVIS Enhancer and double-click it with the left button of the mouse.

On a Macintosh computer open the Applications folder on the side bar of Finder, select AKVIS Enhancer Application and double-click on it.

The workspace of AKVIS Enhancer looks like that:

Most part of AKVIS Enhancer 's window is taken by the Image window with two tabs Before and After. The Before tab displays one of the original images (the one selected in the area under the Image Window), the After tab shows the processed photo. You can toggle between the tabs using the Tab key. To compare the original and the resulting images, just left-click on the image in the After tab.

In the upper part of the window you can see the <>Control panel with the status line and the following controls:

• The button allows opening one image for processing (Enhancer mode).
• The button allows opening a series of shots for processing (HDR mode).
• The button saves the result to a file.
• The button prints the image.
• The button calls information about the program and opens the registration window.
• The button opens Help files.
• The button allows selecting the interface language.
• The button closes the program.

If several images are opened, their thumbnails are shown under the Image Window. The Before tab of the Image Window displays the image, which is now selected (highlighted in blue). To display a different image, left-click on its thumbnail under the Image Window.

The check-box near the thumbnail indicates if the image will be used when generating the HDR-image. Deactivate the check-box near the image with a left-click, if you do not want to use it in creation of the HDR-image

Navigate and scale the image using the Navigation window. In the Navigation window you can see the reduced copy of the image. The red frame shows the part of the image that is now visible in the Image Window.

You can drag the frame to make other parts of the image visible. To move the frame, bring the cursor inside the frame, press the left mouse button and, keeping it pressed, move the frame in the Navigation window.

Besides, to scroll the image in the Image Window you can press the spacebar on the keyboard and drag the image with the left mouse button.

Use the slider or the buttons and , to scale the image in the Image Window. When you click on the button or move the slider to the right, the image scale increases. When you click on the button or move the slider to the left, the image scale reduces.

Enter (Return in Macintosh).

Besides, you can use hot-keys to change the image scale + and CTRL++ (Command++ in Macintosh) to increase the image scale - and CTRL+- (Command+- in Macintosh) to reduce the scale.

Under the Navigation window there are two tabs where the image processing parameters are adjusted: HDR or Enhancer (depending on whether a single image or a series of images is opened) and Post Processing. .

The HDR tab shows the settings for generating of an HDR-image. This tab appears only if two or more images are loaded.

The Enhancer tab shows the settings for improving detail on a single image.

In the Post Processing tab the settings for further image processing are adjusted.

The button Reset to Default Settings below the Settings allows restoring the default values of the parameters.

Besides, under the Settings panel you can see hints: a brief description of AKVIS Enhancer (the first time you launch it) or the description of the parameter in question. .