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414 The Photo Tools

This example shows a manually entered curve with three control points. In this example the
mid to dark shades have all be lifted (lightened), but the brighter shades of the photo (right
side of the curve) have not been altered at all.

The histogram graph shows both the original histogram (dark red) of the unmodified
photo and the modified histogram (pale red overlaid) that is the result of the adjusted
curve.
Levels Tool notes

1. The LEVELS dialog works in conjunction with the BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST
SLIDERS. You can use both sets of controls together or separately. All will alter the
overall brightness levels, and all changes are reflected in the histogram and green
mapping line.
2. The LEVELS dialog is non-modal, which means that while it's on screen you can
continue to use Xara Designer Pro X as usual. It will update to show the histogram
levels of any photo selected, and will show blank if none, or multiple, photos are
selected.

Compare & Restoring the original

The COMPARE button can be used to reset all the ENHANCE and LEVELS Tool values back
to their defaults, returning your photo to its original state. Press the compare button a
second time, your previous values are reinstated. Therefore you can use the compare
button to quickly toggle between your edited photo and the original photo so you can see
the effects of the changes you've made.

Panorama Stitching

Xara Designer Pro X includes a tool that can automatically stitch together up to
8 photographs into a single wide, high-resolution panorama.

Creating high-quality panoramas can be a very complex and technical process, often
requiring special equipment or lenses and accurately exposed and aligned photographs.
The panoramic stitching feature built into Xara Designer Pro X requires none of these,
and can use an every-day digital camera so that anyone can create outstanding quality
panoramic images in a few minutes.

This tool features:

• Automatic estimation of the focal length to warp the images to reduce fisheye effects
• Automatic barrel, pin cushion and vignette adjustments
• Automatic exposure correction
• Automatic detection of shared overlap points and seamless blending of joins
• Automatic cropping of the final result.
• The option of using PanoramaStudio 3.0 - a more advanced version of the panorama
stitcher. (download and install using the option in the HELP menu, after you’ve
unlocked Designer Pro).