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Bildbearbeitung

Bevor Bilder bearbeitet werden können, müssen Sie diese zuerst in das StudioLine Bildarchiv laden. Die einzelnen Bildwerkzeuge (Filter) erreichen Sie über das Menü „Bild“ oder über die Schaltfläche „Filter“ in der Symbolleiste.

Mit StudioLine bearbeiten Sie Bilder, indem Sie einen oder mehrere Filter auf ein Bild anwenden. Die Filter dienen dazu, verschiedene Veränderungen vorzunehmen, wie z.B. Drehen von Bildern, Beseitigen von Farbstichen, Korrigieren von roten Augen und die Anwendung einiger Spezialeffekte.

StudioLine speichert dabei stets nur die Filter und deren Einstellungen, die auf ein Bild angewendet wurden. Das ungefilterte Originalbild bleibt weiterhin in der Datenbank erhalten. Das hat den Vorteil, dass Sie problemlos mit den Filtern experimentieren können - alles kann jederzeit rückgängig gemacht werden, auch nach Monaten noch.

Bildwerkzeug anwenden

Die Bildwerkzeuge (Filter) sind in drei Gruppen unterteilt:

  • Bildvorverarbeitung: Hier sind die Bearbeitungsmöglichkeiten „Schneiden und Drehen“, „Rote Augen Korrektur“, „ICC-Farbprofile“ und „Original Bildgröße verändern“ zusammengefasst, die man durchführen sollte, bevor man Farbkorrekturen und Ähnliches vornimmt.
  • Korrektur: Diese Bilder dienen der Verbesserung von Bildern. Sie entfernen Farbstiche, Grauschleier oder schärfen Ihre Bilder nach.
  • Effekte: Mit diesen Filtern können Sie kreativ werden!

Um einen Filter auf ein Bild anzuwenden, müssen Sie zunächst das Bild auswählen. Klicken Sie es dazu mit der linken Maustaste an. Als nächstes öffnen Sie durch einen Klick im Fenster „Filter„ den gewünschten Filter. Im daraufhin geöffneten Filterfenster nehmen Sie die gewünschten Einstellungen vor.

Die Einstellungen werden sofort auf dem ausgewählten Bild angewendet und können somit direkt beurteilt werden. Sie müssen dazu kein bestätigendes „OK“ anklicken. Sollten Sie eine unerwünschte Einstellung vorgenommen haben, können Sie diese jederzeit rückgängig machen.

Sie können Filter auch auf mehrere Bilder gleichzeitig anwenden. Hierzu müssen Sie lediglich die gewünschten Bilder auswählen, bevor Sie Änderungen an den Filtern vornehmen.

Bildvorverarbeitung

Unter „Bildvorverarbeitung“ finden Sie im Fenster „Filter“ die passenden Werkzeuge, um Bilder zu drehen, auszurichten, unerwünschte Ränder abzuschneiden und sowohl die berüchtigten Roten Augen beim Menschen, als auch die verschiedenen Farben von Tieraugen bei Blitzaufnahmen zu korrigieren.

Da die Anwendung dieser Filter nur auf einzelnen Bildern und nicht auf ganzen Bildgruppen sinnvoll ist, erscheinen diese nicht in der Liste „Aktive Filter“.

Aktive Filter

StudioLine speichert zu jedem Bild im Bildarchiv eine Liste der auf diesem Bild angewendeten Filter (Aktive Filter). Diese Liste kann für jedes Bild angefordert werden, indem das Bild markiert wird und im Menü „Bild„ der Eintrag „Aktive Filter“ gewählt wird. Eine weitere Möglichkeit hierzu finden Sie im Kontextmenü des Bildes, das erscheint, wenn mit der rechten Maustaste auf das Bild geklickt wird. Auch hier können Sie den Eintrag „Aktive Filter„ wählen.

Changing the Processing Order

You can control the order in which tools are applied against an image by moving them around within the Active Image Tools list. StudioLine will apply the tools top to bottom.

To illustrate the effect of different processing orders, select an image, apply the „Black & White“ tool, then the „Colorize“ tool to achieve a sepia effect. This will give the picture an aged appearance. If you reverse the sequence of the filters, then the „Black & White“ filter cancels out the „Colorize“ tool.

Discarding Tool Settings

To discard the effect of an image tool, simply drag the tool icon from the „Active Image Tools“ list of a particular image into the Recycle Bin in the upper right corner of the StudioLine window. You can also right-click on any tool icon in the list and choose „Delete“ from the context menu. Alternatively, if the tool’s settings panel is currently open, you can select the particular image and drag the „Copy“ button from the top left corner of the tool’s settings panel to the Recycle Bin.

Copying Settings

There are a number of ways to copy tool settings from one image to another.

  1. Dragging the „Copy“ Button to a Single Image
    Click on the image containing the correct image tools settings. Open the image tool you wish to copy. Drag the “Copy” button of the image tool’s settings panel to any other image that should inherit the identical settings.
  2. Clicking the Copy Button
    Click on the image containing the correct image tools settings. Open the image tool you wish to copy. Hold down the „Ctrl“ key to select additional images (be certain that the original image remains selected). Click the „Copy“ button of that image tool’s settings panel to apply the same settings to all selected images.
  3. Using the Active Image Tools List
    To copy the settings of a single image tool, drag that particular tool from the Active Image Tools list to any target images. (Right-clicking on the Active Image Tools Status Icon below the image will open the Active Image Tools window.) To copy all image tools, drag „Copy“ button of the Active Image Tools list onto any target images (or use the „Ctrl“ key to select additional images and then click the “Copy” button.)

The „Lock“ button (see below) assists in copying tools and settings to images in other folders.

Normally, the Tool panel will display the settings in effect for the currently selected image. If multiple pictures are selected, the panel will display the settings for the image that was selected first. Clicking the „Lock“ button will turn the button red, indicating that the settings are locked. You are now free to browse through folders and select different images – the settings will remain „frozen“ on the originally selected picture. When you have located and selected the target image(s), click the „Copy“ button in the settings panel to transfer the tool settings to them.

Histogram

The histogram displays the distribution of pixels based on brightness and frequency in your image. The x-axis (horizontal) represents brightness ranging from black (0) to white (255). The y-axis (vertical) represents the frequency of pixels for each particular brightness.

Ideally, an image should display an even balance of dark, mid-range, and bright pixels. Images with an excessive number of bright pixels will appear washed out. An image too high in mid-range pixels will appear pale. Too many dark area pixels will result in a lack of detail. The StudioLine histogram helps with assessing the effect of image tools to attain a well balanced picture.

The histogram can be switched to different views to match various image tools. “Red/Green/Blue” is the default view, showing the distribution of brightness combined for all color channels. You can also select one or multiple individual color channels, or view the distribution of saturation or color. In addition, you can choose logarithmic or linear view and overlay the chart with a grid.

To illustrate the use of the histogram, let’s take a look at the “Auto Tone Levels” tool. Select a pale or washed-out looking image lacking contrast. Open the “Auto Tone Levels” tool from the Image Toolbox. In the histogram at the top of the Image Tools Bar the setting should already be the default “Red/Green/Blue” – if not, click on the fourth circular button from the left, the grey one, next to the individual color channel buttons and the black/white “Hue” button.

The image example above nicely illustrates the lack of pixels on the right in the graph. After clicking on “Auto-Contrast” in the “Auto Tone Levels” panel, the histogram shows how the graph is now spread across the entire brightness range.

The balanced brightness results in a much more vibrant image. You can further move the sliders in the “Auto Tone Levels” panel and instantly observe the result in the histogram and on the image itself.

Editing with Third-Party Applications

You can open images in your favorite image editing tool directly from the Image Archive.Right-click on an image, choose „Original“ from the context menu, and select the menu item „Open With.“ You will see a list of applications that Windows has associated with the file type of the original image. There will also be an option „Choose Program …“ to manually pick a specific program. Use the option „Edit Program Shortcuts“ to define shortcuts to your own program choices.

In the panel „Create New Program Shortcut“ enter a shortcut name. Then use the „Browse“ button to locate the appropriate program file. Accept your choices with the „OK“ buttons and you will see your new program shortcut appear in the context menu. You can manage any existing program shortcuts in the panel „Edit Program Shortcuts.“ Click the „New“ button to create another program shortcut. Once selected, your application will launch and you can edit the picture. When done simply save the file and close it.

When launching third-party applications from StudioLine, you should be mindful of certain facts:

  • Any changes made with third-party applications cannot be reversed by StudioLine. If that is a concern, make a copy of the picture before making any changes. Right-click the image and choose „Create Duplicate“ from the context menu.
  • Many programs offer a „Recent Files“ list in the application’s „File“ menu. Do not use the „Recent Files“ list or any other third-party technique to open StudioLine-managed pictures, as StudioLine would not register any changes made. Instead, always open these pictures by launching the application directly from the Image Archive.
  • Do not close StudioLine while you are editing a StudioLine-resident image with a third-party application. If you closed StudioLine, then do not start it again until after you have completed your work and exited the third-party application. If your changes did not carry over into StudioLine after restarting, right-click the image, choose „Original“ from the context menu and select the „Refresh“ function.
  • Any changes you have made to an image with StudioLine will not show up in the third-party application. Since StudioLine does not actually change the source image, the effects of any filters or tools applied by StudioLine will not be available to the third-party application. Therefore, you should limit the use of third-party applications to those effects that cannot be accomplished with StudioLine tools. Only StudioLine tool changes can be edited and reversed at any time.
  • Once you have completed your work in the third-party application, choose the normal „Save“ option in the application’s „File“ menu, or the closest equivalent. „Save“ will simply replace the image on the hard disk. Do not use „Save As“ or „Save as Copy“ or similar advanced functions, because StudioLine would not know where to find the updated picture.

Making Changes to Your Images Permanent

When exporting images to standard graphics files, you have the choice of including the effects of all tools and filters performed within StudioLine (see the section „Exporting“ elsewhere in this manual.) Sometimes, it may be desirable to make changes to an image permanent even though it will stay in the Image Archive. Do this by right-clicking on an image, choosing the submenu „Image with Image Tools Applied“ and select one of the available functions:

  • Open Copy With
    This function is equivalent to the function „Original,“ „Open With,“ discussed previously in the section „Editing with Third-Party Applications.“ However, this time StudioLine will first create a copy of the selected image and its descriptors, as well as permanently incorporate the effects of all filters and tools, including any image preprocessing. The copy will have an empty „Active Image Tools“ list because all editing has been permanently fused into the copy. All descriptors will, however, be carried over to the copy. This copy will then be opened in the third-party application.
  • Create Copy
    Here StudioLine does the same thing as in the previous function „Open Copy With,“ but does not go on to open the copy in a third-party application. As above, the copy will have an empty „Active Image Tools“ list because all tools have been processed and directly rendered into the copy. All the descriptors will nevertheless be retained.
de/basic/image_editing.1384190302.txt.gz · Zuletzt geändert: 2013/11/11 12:18 von henning_stummer