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# Using the Face Brightener Function

You can brighten dark faces caused by bright background.

1. Select photos in the Select Images screen, then click (Correct/Enhance Images).

   The Correct/Enhance Images window appears.

   Note

   - You can also display the Correct/Enhance Images window by clicking (Correct/Enhance Images) in the Layout/Print or Edit screen. In that case, only the image displayed in Preview can be corrected/enhanced.

   - See "Correct/Enhance Images Window" for details on the Correct/Enhance Images window.

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

   The image appears in Preview.

   Note

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

3. Click Manual, then click Correct/Enhance.

4. Click Face Brightener.

   Move the cursor over the image. The shape of the cursor changes to (Cross).

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

   The entire image is corrected so that the selected area containing the face becomes brighter, and the (Correction/Enhancement) mark appears on the upper left of the image.

   Note

   - You can also drag to rotate the rectangle.

   - Click Undo to undo the preceding correction operation.

   - Effect levels can be changed using the slider below Face Brightener.

6. Click Save Selected Image or Save All Corrected Images.

   You can save corrected images as new files.

   Note

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

   - Only JPEG/Exif file format is available for corrected images.

7. Click Exit.

   Note

   - The corrections will be lost if you exit before saving corrected images.

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